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Director of Finance, Real Estate Investment

Toronto, ON

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TITLE
Director of Finance, Real Estate Investment

SALARY RANGE
$165,000 - $175,000

CASH BONUS
Discretionary  up to 15% - 20%

THE PERKS
  • RRSP
  • CPA Dues Support
  • Professional Development Support
  • Standard Health Benefits
LOCATION
Toronto, ON

THE OFFICE
Hybrid 4 days in office

TEAM SIZE
5-10 people

THE ROLE
A hands-on finance leader who will take ownership of the full-cycle close and lead the corporate finance team, with a clear growth path into a senior leadership role.
  • Financial Reporting (40%)
  • Financial Planning & Analysis (40%)
  • Treasury Management (20%)
 
THE TASKS
Financial Reporting
  • Oversee delivery of monthly, quarter-end and year-end close deliverables, ensuring each entity's financial statements are accurate, complete and prepared on a timely basis for group-level consolidation
  • Review the financial and investment accounting for each entity, ensuring the appropriate ASPE / IFRS frameworks are applied with technical accuracy
  • Lead the quarterly consolidated reporting process across corporate and subsidiary entities, ensuring subsidiary books are complete and presented on time for executive reporting
  • Lead, coach and develop corporate finance managers and analysts, providing a secondary review of the team's deliverables before they roll up for group consolidation
Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Participate in the development and implementation of financial models to support forecasting, KPI reporting and treasury management
  • Own the annual corporate services budget, recovery model and quarterly forecast, including the underlying data, schedules and variance detail
  • Maintain the corporate services overhead pool and chargeback calculations
  • Deliver accurate, decision-ready inputs and analysis so senior leadership can focus on high-level FP&A and executive / committee reporting
Treasury Management
  • Oversee day-to-day treasury and short-term working capital needs, ensuring billing, collection and payment processes operate effectively
  • Monitor the corporate cash flow position and forecast, flagging funding needs and surpluses, and administer banking relationships and payment controls
 
THE COMPANY
A well-established real estate investment and property management group operating across multiple corporate and investment entities. The organization is entering a period of leadership transition and continued growth, offering direct exposure to group-level consolidation, treasury and investor stewardship.

THE OPPORTUNITY
This is an opportunity to step into a true director-level role with a clear path to a senior leadership position within two to three years, working closely with senior finance leadership on group consolidation and executive reporting. It's an ideal fit for a hands-on finance professional who wants ownership over the full close cycle and is equally comfortable leading a team and rolling up their sleeves.

THE EXPECTATIONS TIMELINE PREVIEW
By Month 1
  • Absorb the organization's structure, entities and reporting processes, understanding how each entity's financials roll up into group-level consolidation
  • Build relationships with the corporate finance managers, analysts and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Shadow the monthly close process, including reconciliations, schedule maintenance and review checkpoints
  • Begin reviewing investment accounting entries across entities to build fluency in the ASPE / IFRS frameworks applied to each
By Month 3
  • Independently review monthly close files and flag where ASPE / IFRS treatment needs correction before entities roll up for consolidation
  • Own the underlying data, schedules and variance detail behind the corporate services budget, recovery model and quarterly forecast
  • Begin providing a secondary review of the finance team's deliverables before they roll up to leadership for group consolidation
  • Take on oversight of day-to-day treasury and short-term working capital needs, including billings, collections and payment processes
By Month 6
  • Begin building the quarterly consolidated report directly alongside senior leadership, incorporating subsidiary entity reporting
  • Take full ownership of the corporate cash flow position and forecast, flagging funding needs and surpluses
  • Administer banking relationships and payment controls, including payment integration within the accounting systems
  • Lead workload allocation and review quality and timeliness across the corporate finance managers and analysts
By Month 12
  • Independently present the consolidated financial report to the executive team each quarter
  • Operate with full ownership of the close process, FP&A deliverables, chargeback calculations and treasury oversight
  • Coordinate year-end audit timelines and deliverables directly with the external auditor
  • Be positioned for continued growth into a senior leadership role, with a hand in developing an internal successor
 
THE SKILL SET
  • CPA designation with 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on ownership of a full-cycle close and financial statement preparation
  • Industry experience in private equity, real estate investment, or real estate company
  • Proven leadership experience managing a team for at least 2-3 years
  • Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines across multiple entities