Development or Project Accountant
Company: Cansel
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia (Remote)
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-02-03
About this role
Development Accountant / Project Accountant
About The Role
Onekaland is seeking a detail-oriented and commercially minded
Development Accountant / Project Accountant
to support the financial management of our real estate development projects. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate project costing, financial reporting, and budget control across multiple developments.
This is a
remote position
, with a preference for candidates based in the
Lower Mainland, BC
, to support collaboration with local stakeholders and projects.
The ideal candidate brings strong accounting expertise, project finance experience, and the ability to collaborate closely with development, construction, and leadership teams.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the CFO, your responsibilities include:
- Complete all time-sensitive deliverables accurately, including draw processing, deposit collections, and sales reconciliations.
- Conduct bank reconciliations on a timely basis and ensure the closure of each period efficiently.
- Record GST and Utilities refund cheques and assist with filing GST and Empty Homes Tax.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly project updates and reports on project budgets, tracking and reporting on budget variances.
- Liaise with the development team, vendors, and other staff as required.
- Liaise with Project Quantity Surveyor & lenders to provide project cost information and review draft reports.
- Prepare monthly working papers.
- Ensure invoice amounts are within contract values.
- Process Journal Entries as required.
- Reach out to lenders for Banker Acceptance (BA) rate /Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDAR) rates and assist with registering Home Proection Office (HPO) and Travelers.
- Enter statements of adjustments on closings and general contractor invoices.
- Ensure all invoices are properly coded, and development fees are accurately calculated and paid promptly.
- Process cheques and EFT payments to ve...