Project Accountant

Reports to:   Senior Project Accountant

Position Summary

The Project Accountant supports the financial tracking, analysis, and reporting of project-related activity across York Group’s commercial real estate portfolio. This role focuses on  maintaining  strong cost controls, improving internal processes, and providing  accurate ,  timely  financial information to support operational decision-making.

Working closely with the  Accounting  team and internal stakeholders, the Project Accountant delivers project-level financial insight related to tenant improvements, landlord work, and other property-related initiatives within a commercial real estate environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Work closely with the  Senior Project Accountant/ Controller to  maintain   accurate  and detailed project accounting across the commercial real estate portfolio .

- Support the  Senior Project Accountant  with budget-to-actual tracking, variance analysis, and reporting for project-related costs

- Maintain oversight of project budgets, quarterly forecasting, and  monthly/ quarterly reporting in collaboration with internal stakeholders

- Track project-related purchase orders, change orders, and cost commitments

- Project related accounting tracking of  development project   new builds, tenant improvements, and landlords work  in new and existing buildings

- Prepare monthly project accruals and ensure costs are recorded accurately and in the  appropriate accounting  periods

- Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly stakeholder reporting.

- Prepare project-related Work in Progress (WIP) reporting, where applicable, and support internal review processes .

- Draf t  project related financing requests to  Quality  Surveyors  (QS) to  facilitate   draws from  construction lenders

- Assist  with process improvements and implementation .

- Provide guidance to Property Administrators on project-related tenant chargebacks and cost allocations

- Other ad hoc tasks as assigned by the  Controller , VP Accounting, and COO

What you bring to York

- Education with a diploma or degree majoring in accounting

- Minimum  5  years’  project  accounting  preferred

- Minimum 2 years’ experience in construction or commercial real estate preferred

- Ability to forge, grow and  maintain  positive relationships with multiple groups

- Ability to remain objective and  maintain  a factual perspective when dealing with questions and inquiries

- Sense of urgency and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable  activities,  capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment

- S tr ong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail

- Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

- Ability to deliver a message to a large group

- Ability to work collaboratively with a positive attitude

Core Competencies

- Microsoft Excel Skills

- Systematic

- Detail-Orientation

- Problem Solving

- Interpersonal Ski lls

Assumed Competencies

- I nquisitive and Curious