Senior Accountant
Location: Costa Mesa - 3200 Park Center Drive, Suite 1000
About the company
At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind – creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community. As part of Brookfield — one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world — we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere.
Responsibilities
- Record and calculate sales, cost of sales, land acquisition, and accruals.
- Monitor, record, and reconcile cash activity (banking, wire transfers, loan draws, capital calls, etc.).
- Track property taxes and prepare payments.
- Prepare entries for consolidation, elimination, sales billings, reimbursements, and month-end closing.
- Reconcile accounts, including intercompany transactions and working capital.
- Collaborate with internal departments on purchase orders, change orders, budgets, and reclasses.
- Handle special projects (procedures, forms, templates, reconciliations).
- Evaluate and implement internal controls, policies, and procedures for compliance.
- Review and update process documentation regularly.
- Liaise with auditors, providing requested information and responding to queries.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end working papers, including balance sheet reconciliation and journal entries.
- Verify accuracy of land development budgets across systems and department reports.
- Prepare reports, tax filings, and general ledger account analysis.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field required. CPA or CPA-track a plus. An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant land/homebuilding accounting experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Experience in financial reporting and working paper preparation, full-cycle and job cost accounting.
- Developed business acumen and willingness to learn, including an exceptional work ethic and goal-oriented perspective.
- Self-motivated, comfortable taking initiative, possesses superior organizational skills and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in an efficient and effective manner to meet deadlines and work with multiple departments/managers and assignments simultaneously.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, including Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Utilize intermediate Excel formulas to develop ad-hoc templates and streamline processes for automation.
Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000
- Bonus Potential: Up to 20%
- Excellent extended medical, dental and vision benefits beginning day 1.
- 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1.
- Career development programs.
- Charitable donation matching.
- Paid Volunteer Hours.
- Paid parental leave.
- Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy and adoptions options.
- Wellness and mental health resources.
- Pet insurance offering.
- A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity and Community!