Senior Accountant

Highpoint Developments is a Calgary-based real estate development company with an active portfolio of development, construction, and investment projects across multiple legal entities. We are hiring a Senior Accountant to own the full accounting function under the direction of our Controller.

This is a hands-on role. You will be responsible for everything from daily transaction processing through to month-end close and financial reporting across 5 – 10 entities. The person who succeeds here is fast, accurate, and able to work independently.

ResponsibilitiesFull-Cycle Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Own the complete month-end close process across all entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial statements. Target: close completed within 10 business days of month-end.
• Maintain the general ledger with a high standard of accuracy and compliance with GAAP/ASPE.
• Prepare internal financial reports with variance analysis and commentary on project performance, trends, and budget deviations.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and manage intercompany eliminations across the entity structure.
• Lead audit preparation, including producing clean, audit-ready working papers and responding directly to auditor inquiries.
• Support cash flow monitoring and short-term liquidity forecasting.
• Prepare and file GST returns and support CRA compliance and other regulatory reporting.

Project & Construction Accounting

• Manage project cost accounting across active development projects, including accurate cost capitalization, allocation by phase, and tracking against approved budgets.
• Prepare monthly construction draw packages in coordination with the operations team, ensuring documentation is complete and costs are properly capitalized before submission.
• Maintain amortization schedules for leasehold improvements and tangible capital assets.
• Allocate and reconcile shared expenses across projects and entities.
• Track and reconcile intercompany loans, advances, and balances monthly.
• Prepare monthly reporting on external debt, intercompany activity, and corporate credit card expenditures.

Accounts Payable & Transaction Processing

• Manage the full AP cycle end-to-end: invoice receipt, coding, approval routing, and entry into QuickBooks Online across all entities.
• Process vendor payment runs on a regular cycle, ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
• Maintain the AP subledger, including reconciliations, aging analysis, corporate credit card coding, and employee expense reports.
• Act as the primary contact for vendor inquiries, statement reconciliations, and discrepancy resolution.
• Support payroll processing, including preparation, review, journal entry recording, and reimbursement workflows.

Budgeting & Decision Support

• Assist the Controller in maintaining and updating project budgets and development pro formas.
• Produce monthly budget-to-actual variance reports with meaningful commentary that flags issues early.
• Identify and recommend improvements to accounting processes, internal controls, and reporting workflows.

RequirementsMust Have

• CPA designation, or actively completing final modules/CFE with a clear completion timeline.
• 5+ years of progressive full-cycle accounting experience, ideally reaching a senior level in a small to mid-size organization.
• Direct experience in real estate development, construction, or project-based accounting with multi-entity structures.
• Experience preparing construction draw packages and managing project cost capitalization.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Online. Comfortable managing the chart of accounts, bank feeds, and reporting across multiple company files.
• Experience with intercompany transactions, eliminations, and consolidated reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage month-end and year-end close processes to a tight timeline.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP or ASPE, GST filing requirements, and CRA compliance.

What Sets You Apart

• Experience working as the sole or primary accountant in a lean finance team, where you owned everything from AP to financial statements.
• Familiarity with Procore or similar construction management software.
• Track record of improving processes, not just maintaining them.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and speed matters as much as accuracy.