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Job Title: Cost Accountant

Job No.: 1019201

Job Type: Full time Permanent

Location: Calgary, AB

Salary: Competitive Market Salary

Start Date: Immediately

Benefits:

-50% Rental Discount

-Company Paid Dental, Vision and Health Care Benefits (including family)

-Group Benefits- AD&D, Short & Long Term Disabilities, Life insurance (including family)

-Opportunity for Growth

Company:

Mainstreet Equity Corp is a Canadian publicly trading Real Estates Investment and Residential Property Management company. Mainstreet Equity Corporation is listed on the TSX, is growing rapidly and consists of almost 15,000 residential apartment units across Western Canada from British Columbia to Manitoba . Further information on MEQ can be found at our website, www.mainst.biz

The Candidate:

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in an Executive/ Senior Operations role in Multi-Family Residential Property Management or Hospitality Industries. They will possess proven excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills. An intermediate level of proficiency is required for Microsoft Office.

The Role:

The Cost Accountant will report to the CEO and CFO. This job is based in Calgary and this role is critical to the growth plans of our company.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with detailed budgets and forecasts, perform budgetary control and variance analysis of all major expenses items.
• Guide cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; provide trends and forecasts; collects operational data, explain processes and techniques; recommend practical control actions to improve status quo.
• Collaborate with internal groups, (Operation, Capital Project, Supply Chain, etc.) to provide financial insights resulting from business activities (operation control, capital review, maintenance work, warehouse inventory, etc.)
• Monthly analysis of internal financial reports and identify and investigate major financial performance discrepancies.
• Prepare and present a monthly management report with recommendation of corrective actions to be taken based on variance analysis.
• Assist in the monthly close process by analyzing trends and variances related to revenue, and compare and correct data to reconcile financial transactions, including journal entry processing, to ensure accurate IFRS financial reporting. Assist in other accounting duties as requested by the senior managements

Qualification and Skills

• Strong familiarity with accounting policy, budget and variance analysis, proven experience in a corporate finance setting.
• Communication/Interpersonal Skills: work effectively and cohesively in a team environment, collaborating and demonstrating strong interpersonal skills, and strong ability to translate work and recommendations to other teams in a way they can comprehend, in order to achieve the best results and deliver the most value.
• Analytics /Problem Solving Skills: strong ability to process a large amount of data, extract and communicate insights, as well as identify and resolve financial problems by utilizing analytics tools, identify improvements to the status quo and recommend practical solutions.
• Self-motivated and results orientated.
• Organization and Multi-tasking Skills: Deadline-orientated and strong ability to prioritize and stick to time constraints.

Submit your resume online or send your resume to our email address quoting "Job No. 1019201" in the subject line. Visit our website for more information at www.mainst.biz. Although we thank all applicants for applying, only those considered for further discussion will be contacted.

Human Resources

Mainstreet Equity Corporation

Corporate Head Office

305 10 Ave SE, Calgary, T2G0W2