Junior Real Estate Accountant

at  Zolo

What is Zolo
Home transactions are confusing, stressful, and difficult. They shouldn’t be. Old-school real estate sites aren’t up to the challenge of making it better. That’s where we come in.
Zolo helps people confidently take the next step in life by making the home journey easier, transparent, and exciting.
One of Canada’s most popular national real estate marketplaces – more than 12 million home shoppers use Zolo each month to buy, sell, rent, finance, and learn about real estate.
The team is composed of technology industry veterans from companies like Uber, Kijiji, and Zillow, award-winning journalists, and experienced real estate professionals. Founded in 2012, Zolo is a profitable growth company helping Canadians with all steps of homeownership.
How you’ll work
Born as a digital-first company, Zolo offers a hybrid work environment. Slack and Google Workspace are the primary ways to collaborate. The family-first culture allows for convenient work and home integration. Never miss family events again.
Focus time is sacred. Operate a flexible calendar with minimal meetings.
Your efforts will have an outsized impact on the happiness of millions of Canadians.
What you will be doing
As a Junior Real Estate Accountant, you will assist the Finance and Accounting team with the handling of corporate financing and general accounting and managing and reporting on financial data. This will include management of month end closing procedures, T4A and T4A filing. This position operates in a cross functional role capacity supporting other departments related to managing tasks that transition from deal transactions through to agent commission payouts. You’ll provide support to team members along with other partnering departments.

Skills and experience needed for success

• 1-3+ years of professional experience with a background in accounting completing full cycle accounting and financial reporting.
• 2+ years of recent experience working with real estate accounting procedures.
• Expert knowledge of Lone Wolf and Quickbooks would be an asset.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, business administration or has completed a college program in accounting/bookkeeping or a related field is preferred.
• Tech savviness and proficiency working in Excel and Word.
• To get a head start, the following experience would be useful but not required:
• Working at a tech scale-up
• Real estate or fintech secto

• Monthly reconciliations
• Bank accounts
• Credit cards
• Expensify expense management
• Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable collection procedures
• General Real Estate Accounting
• Maintain comprehensive and up to date filing systems related to all accounting functions
• Prepare and submit accurate General Ledger entries into Lone Wolf
• Lone Wolf reporting
• Calculating agent commissions
• Complete month end closing procedures
• Assist with year end T4A and T4 filing
• Auditing and adjusting entries where required
• Vendor management and preparing associated expenditures statements
• Prepare managerial accounting reports
• Communicating with government offices when needed
• Communicate effectively with managers and agents regarding deal inquiries
• Provide support to both the Deals and Talent & Culture departments as required
• Additional Ad hoc accounting or administrative tasks as required

Skills and experience needed for success

• 1-3+ years of professional experience with a background in accounting completing full cycle accounting and financial reporting.
• 2+ years of recent experience working with real estate accounting procedures.
• Expert knowledge of Lone Wolf and Quickbooks would be an asset.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, business administration or has completed a college program in accounting/bookkeeping or a related field is preferred.
• Tech savviness and proficiency working in Excel and Word.
• To get a head start, the following experience would be useful but not required:
• Working at a tech scale-up
• Real estate or fintech sector

Benefits

• Health & wellbeing resources and programs
• Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Opportunities to contribute to community causes
• Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment
• Family-friendly – never miss a family event or dinner

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At Questrade Financial Group of Companies, with multiple office locations around the world, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible work environment. This is an environment where individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Here, the unique skills and experience you bring will be valued. You will be supported and motivated, so that you can harness your unlimited potential. Our team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and operate in. Having a collaborative and diverse team helps us push boundaries to bring the future of fintech into existence—not only for the benefit of our customers, but for those who build their career with us. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment/selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.