Manager, Financial Reporting

Boardwalk provides Canadians with a quality, comfortable, home living experience. We offer rental apartments and townhouses that come in a wide breadth of shapes, sizes and sets of amenities. We operate 33,000 units across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

Boardwalk recognizes our Associates as our most valuable asset. We are proud to provide competitive wages, profit-sharing, and amazing benefits like flexible group medical and dental, fitness reimbursement, training and development, group RRSP matching, rental discounts, and more.

Responsibilities

• Manage, review, and monitor the financial reporting function to ensure financial records are accurate, complete, and fully supported
• Provide leadership, mentorship, coaching, and training to the Associates in the Financial Reporting team (total 7 Associates) and interface with Associates throughout the organization
• Coordinate, lead, and be accountable for the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end General Ledger (GL) close-off process
• Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the GL and sub-ledgers
• Assist with the preparation and review of quarter-end and year-end consolidated financial statements, MD&A, and other public disclosure documents
• Coordinate and interface with external auditors and consultants and maintain good working relationships
• Perform ad hoc analytics as needed by Boardwalk's Management Team or Operations Associates
• Assist with the review and testing of internal controls over financial reporting
• Assist with the design and implementation of accounting policies and procedures
• Identify and investigate financial system issues and recommend and implement solutions
• Support the day-to-day functions, including the reviewing and signing of vendor payments and tenant security deposit refund cheques
• Assist with IT automation initiatives
• Other duties as required

Experience and Educational Requirements

• Chartered Professional Accountant designation and a bachelor degree (preferably trained in one of the Big 4 accounting firms)
• Minimum 3 to 5 years post-designation financial reporting experience, either with a small publicly traded company or as part of a team for a large publicly traded company
• Experience and judgement dealing with International Financial Reporting Standards
• Knowledge of business best practices

Technical Requirements

• Proficiency with Office 365 (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
• Knowledge with accounting software and working in a fast-paced computer environment
• Sound analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills

Non-Technical Requirements

• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, and time-management skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload, and the workload of others
• Deadline and goal oriented
• Ability to work independently and with other Associates in a team environment
• Passionate and eager to take on new challenges

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application, however, only those candidates who are being considered will be contacted. Offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory Security Background Checks, Reference Checks, and Post-offer/Pre-employment Physical Testing where applicable.

___________________________________________________________

Ready to shape the future of our communities? Come work with us and learn where doing what you love means never working a day in your life!

Deeply rooted in family spirit and humility, Boardwalk's five core values of integrity, associates, teamwork, customer service and social responsibility are more than just words - they are a way of life. Coupled with our Golden Foundation of 'treat others as you would like to be treated,' 'be good,' 'love community' and 'have fun,' we believe in happiness and creating the most memorable experiences for both our Associates and Resident Members, continually looking for new and innovative ways to enhance and strengthen all our Boardwalk communities.

We hope these values speak to you as they speak so meaningfully to us!

As we continue to grow, we remain unwavering in our commitment to providing Resident Members with the best quality rental communities. This same commitment means Boardwalk is always seeking individuals who have a positive attitude, are energetic and passionate, self-driven, productive, have the capacity to deliver high-quality results and who believe in the power of teamwork.

Together, with you as part of our team, we will continue to create meaning every day for those who choose to call Boardwalk home.

___________________________________________________________

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Statement

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse team that will honour and celebrate your experiences, perspectives and unique identity regardless of age, ethnicity, race, colour, abilities, religion, socio-economic status, culture, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Together, our communities strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

We believe every Associate in our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of values, customs and experience to better understand and engage with the world around us, identify challenges, so as to discover, design and deliver solutions together.