VP of Finance

About the Company Our client is a leading real asset management firm. They are currently looking for a VP of Finance to join their team! Why Work Here Collaborative and supportive culture with abundant opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth Reports to a highly qualified SVP who is a strong mentor and leader Lead a high-caliber team of CPAs Comprehensive salary and benefits package About the Opportunity Financial Reporting: Lead the preparation and analysis of financial statements, ensuring accuracy, compliance with regulatory requirements, and adherence to generally accepted accounting principles (ASPE, IFRS, etc.) Controls and Compliance: Develop and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with financial regulations and policies. Audit and Tax: Will be the senior leader to oversee the annual financial audit, annual tax compliance and all other compliance financial reporting manners. Understand, explain, and implement simple to complex accounting transactions and correctly reflect into financial statements. Work with internal and external advisors to minimize impacts of tax, including but not limited to Income Tax, HST, LTT, etc. Financial Statements and Notes Disclosures: Final review of all financial statements on a quarterly and annual basis and will oversee the preparation of financial statements and accompanying notes disclosures, providing insights into disclosures and accounting for complex transactions with minimal supervision. Complex Transactions: Manage and oversee complex financial transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring activities, ensuring proper accounting treatment and financial impact analysis. Work collaboratively with other Senior Finance leaders cross divisionally and be a key lead in creating a Finance Centre of Excellence across Fengate with shared knowledge transfer of best practices. Coaching and Mentoring: Provide leadership and guidance to finance team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning, professional development, and high performance. Third-Party Joint Venture Partnerships: Serve as a liaison for controllership duties for third-party joint venture partners, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and alignment on financial matters. Investor Relations: Interface with investors and other stakeholders to communicate financial performance, strategies, and key initiatives, fostering transparency and trust. Investor Reporting: Prepare and present investor returns, performance, operational updates into professionally curated decks for external and internal stakeholders. Real Estate Asset Management: Apply comprehensive understanding of real estate asset management principles to optimize financial reporting performance and mitigate risks. Project Accounting: Manage project accounting processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of project financials, budgeting, and forecasting for real estate development initiatives. Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders such as audit firms, tax firms, legal firms, joint venture partners, vendors, lenders, and key stakeholders. Implement an incredibly high sense of urgency and bias for action, with the ability to triage issues and track progress against a critical path to meet agreed upon deadlines. Partner closely and regularly with FP&A finance team to assist with monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting and scenario analyses including balance sheet, income statement and cash flow forecasting. About You CPA, CA Proven track record of 10-12 years in progressively responsible finance roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity. Extensive experience in financial reporting, controls, and compliance, with a deep understanding of financial statements, disclosures, complex transactions, cash flow statement, equity and shareholder capital statements, etc. Understanding of the real estate landscape, including understanding of acquisition/investment, development, asset management, and financing is a plus. Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is a must, including the ability to prepare high quality decks. Ability to decipher complex language in legal agreements such as joint ventures, partitions, property management, GP, and LP agreements, loan documents, and other binding contracts. Salary Range $185,000 - $195,000/year How to Apply Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote # 412674. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role. Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. EEO Notice Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.