Assistant Accountant

Location

Sydney - 10 Carrington Street, Level 19

Our Company

At Brookfield Properties, the foundation of our success is firmly rooted in our people.

Our company is comprised of experts across a range of specialties who share a goal of ensuring our properties are continuously evolving to meet the needs of our communities and stakeholders. To meet this goal, we hire visionary, entrepreneurial talent who help us innovate and enhance our business. We build collaborative teams who value integrity, creativity and diversity.

Our teams operate an iconic portfolio of irreplaceable properties within the world’s most dynamic markets. As one of the largest real estate services companies, we provide management and development expertise exclusively for properties owned by Brookfield Asset Management.

Job Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Accountant to join our Sydney based team on a full time, 13-month contract commencing mid-November 2024. This person will play an important role in providing support in our corporate accounting and deliverables for the entities we manage, along with assisting our wider Finance team.

Reporting to the Director | Finance & Accounting, you’ll be joining a national team of enthusiastic and driven individuals who strive for continuous improvement. This position will suit a proactive, composed, and self-starting Assistant Accountant who wants to build on their previous experience within a collaborative and supportive organisation. You will be working towards a professional accounting qualification (CPA/ CA) and preferably have experience in the property industry.

What will you be responsible for?

• Prepare and take responsibility for the accuracy of month end and quarter end closing tasks
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations including preparation of monthly bank transaction journals
• Weekly bank receipting and following up outstanding AR balances
• Raise invoices as and when required
• Prepare monthly BAS – ensuring submission deadlines are adhered to. BAS process includes transaction testing, variance reporting, responding to reviewer queries in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform Balance Sheet and General Ledger Reconciliations for corporate entities
• Prepare weekly Cash Flow actual reports
• Assist with other monthly and quarterly accounting requirements as business needs arise
• Assist with quarterly G&A reforecast for 3 cost centres including preparing cost centre reports, meeting cost centre managers and uploading forecast to HFM
• Process payable invoices in the system in a timely manner and complete invoice review and approvals
• Assist Senior Accountant with ad hoc tasks and responding to queries
• Ensure compliance with SOX and other controls in day-to-day operations
• Assist with internal and external audit queries
• Prepare supporting documentation for cash custody audit
• Prepare ABS surveys
• Process improvements
  • Continuously develop and implement initiatives to improve the integrity and accounting of corporate entities
  • System/ IT improvement and testing as required

What experience and qualifications will you possess?

What skills and qualities do you have?

Why work for us?

We develop, operate, and manage more than 900 properties and 330 million square feet of real estate across the globe. It’s a feat that wouldn’t be possible without our team, a diverse group of creative visionaries and innovative experts who are relentless in pursuit of one goal: to ensure our buildings don’t simply meet the needs of our tenants, residents, and communities — but exceed them, every day.

Brookfield Properties is an equal opportunities employer and a values-driven organisation.

We emphasise an inclusive, transparent work environment with collaboration and work/life balance at the forefront.

We believe that performance is synonymous with advancement. That’s why we reward top-tier work by promoting from within.

Thanks to helpful tools and resources including biannual reviews, internal job boards, referral programs, and the ability to relocate across our offices, we ensure that our employees have ample opportunities to grow … and build their career with us.

What is on offer?

• Competitive salary, performance bonuses and benefits which are benchmarked annually
• Company paid Salary Continuance Insurance (Income Protection), so employees feel protected financially in the event of serious illness/injury.
• As part of our wellbeing offering, all employees are eligible for a reimbursement of certain costs associated with keeping fit and active whether that be by attending gym class or buying equipment for their home gym. We also offer company sponsored wellness checks which run to a yearly calendar.
• Free employee assistance program (EAP) available to all employees and their family members.
• We value our people and want them to grow and develop aligned with our ‘promote within’ culture. We provide our people with a variety of professional development opportunities and an Professional Development Program which supports them to achieve their potential.
• Leave policies that support our people and their families through different life stages including parental leave where we offer 20 weeks of pay, and superannuation paid on paid and unpaid portions to our primary carers, in addition to other benefits.
• As part of Brookfield Properties ESG strategy, we actively encourage our employees to give back to the community via our Workplace Giving program which matches employee donations to selected charities. We also encourage employees to volunteer their time to assist our community partners.
• To encourage collaboration and growth, we also provide a number of Employee Networks including our Brookfield Women’s Network, bNext – for those early in their careers – and Brookfield Cares, for community support and giveback.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.