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. 

• Draft 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 

• Strong 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 Skills 

Assumed Competencies

• Inquisitive and Curious