Senior Financial Accountant

Location

Key Tower - 127 Public Square

Business

At Brookfield Properties, our global network and relationships are here for our tenants and partners — wherever they are in the world. Where going to work never feels routine. We integrate commercial real estate with world-class shops, restaurants, and entertainment, creating spaces where work and play don’t just coexist, but thrive. If you’re ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

We Are Brookfield Properties:

We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join the Brookfield Properties Corporate Division in Cleveland. In this role, you will play a key part in inspiring change and continual improvement. If you are committed to excellence and ready to contribute to a dynamic culture, we would love to meet you.

The Senior Financial Accountant focuses on the generation, preparation, and communication of information that is complete and accurate to support effective decision making, management, internal controls, and financial reporting. You will be responsible for completing a wide range of corporate accounting, real estate accounting, and reporting activities within the Corporate Accounting & Reporting under the guidance and supervision of Accounting Managers or Supervisors. Senior Financial Accountants may be responsible for and/or corporate/service/management entities depending on the level of accounting complexity involved. Senior Financial Accountants’ responsibilities reflect varying levels of capabilities and are expected to evolve as individuals acquire relevant experience and demonstrate greater accountability.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Monthly and quarterly preparation and review of journal entries on IFRS, GAAP, and tax basis including but not limited to: standard entries, applicable reclassifications / adjustments, review of all income and expenses, accruals, overhead allocations, consolidations and eliminations, and intercompany transactions. Collaborating with business unit and property level colleagues to obtain necessary data and documentation to prepare and support journal entries

• Preparing and distributing periodic financial statements and reporting packs for management and various legal entities (properties, management services companies, partnerships), lending institutions (banks, institutional investors), and external auditors. Required periodic reports may include but are not limited to: Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows statements, and debt reporting

• Preparing reconciliations of general ledger accounts, as required. Ensuring completion of periodic accounting close checklists for respective entities

• Preparing support data and analyses for financial reporting requirements and corporate communications needs including but not limited to: budgets, projections, schedules, reconciliations, footnotes, board books, earnings calls, and analysts requests. Performing variance analysis, as required

• Supporting preparation of SOX 404 package including but not limited to: expense and income review, journal entries / supporting documentation, accounts payable and accounts receivable support, and fixed asset analysis. Performing tests of internal controls under SOX 404

• Train, coach and mentor Financial Accountants and other Senior Financial Accountants on general accounting and property accounting processes and activities. Provide insights into accounting for complex transactions and/or properties

Your Qualifications:

• 3-4 years of Public Accounting or Real Estate Accounting experience preferred

• Certified Public Account (CPA) licensing preferred

• Advanced GAAP Principles and Processes

• Advanced Journal Entry Creation and Analysis

• Advanced knowledge in Monthly, Quarterly and Year End Accounting Close Duties

• Advanced Variance Analysis skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Primarily Excel)

• Strong People Management and Development

Your Career @ Brookfield Properties:

At Brookfield Properties, your career progression is important to us. As a successful employee, you will have the opportunity to grow within your team, department, and across the Brookfield organization. Our leadership teams are dedicated to the accomplishments of their employees. We also invest time into training and developing our people. We take pride in knowing that 70% of our employees have more than 5 years of tenure.

End your job search and find your career today, at Brookfield Properties.

Why Brookfield Properties?

We imagine, create, and operate on a foundation of values to build a better world, together. Brookfield Properties strives to create spaces where going to work never feels routine. As a Brookfield Properties employee, you will enjoy many benefits such as 401K matching, tuition reimbursement, summer Fridays, paid maternity leave and more. There is also a generous employee referral program because we want our existing team members to help us build a more diverse workplace through their networks.

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.

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