ABOUT SHAPE
SHAPE is the real estate investment, development and management company leading some of the largest and most exciting projects in North America including The Amazing Brentwood, The City of Lougheed and RC at CF Richmond Centre.
Through our fully integrated platform, SHAPE specializes in complete neighbourhoods with a top-calibre mix of shops, restaurants, residences, entertainment and a complete range of daily services on rapid transit. By executing on every stage of the real estate process, from land acquisition to property management, we are able to collaborate more efficiently, work seamlessly and perform at the highest level. Every SHAPE property reflects lasting vision, bold creativity and obsessive attention to detail.
Our projects are complex, our vision is simple: deliver social and financial value for generations. With a proven ability to raise the bar across our diverse portfolio of assets, we build on where we’ve been to push the edge of better: for industry standards, quality of life and return on investment.
ABOUT UPTOWN
Uptown is more than a shopping centre. It is an artfully designed social gathering place. It is a hub for commerce and culture where you can shop, dine, work and one day live. It is an easily accessible focal point for all of Victoria. And it has Vancouver Island’s best mix of shops, restaurants, and entertainment. Uptown is built for the future of Victoria and the future of retail.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking to hire a full-time Accounts Administrator for the Uptown location in Victoria. This individual will be reporting directly to the General Manager, as well as the Accounting Manager and will provide accounting and administrative support for the onsite and head office teams. Applicants for this position should be detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated and have the desire to work with a dynamic and collaborative team..
Primary Job Responsibilities
Accounting
- A/R – daily bank deposit, processing monthly rent cheques, adjustments to tenant accounts and NSF cheques, preparation of account statements and monthly power chargebacks, monthly percentage rent billings, collection of outstanding rents and other receivables, reconciling clearing accounts and security deposit account, preparing write-off forms and cheque requisitions
- Staying current with Accounts Receivable and other issues with tenants and supporting the collection of tenant receivables when initial efforts by Accounts Receivable department are not successful
- A/P – coding and processing invoices, petty cash and weekly cheques runs, preparing monthly, quarterly, and year-end operation accruals, promotion accruals, utility accruals, specialty leasing accruals, manage void cheques, reconciling the gift card program, and preparing bank transfer request forms
- Budgeting – assist with preparing operations and marketing revenue and expense budgets, review of financial statements, complete monthly variance reports, track utility consumption
Lease and Accounts Administration
- Tenant correspondence – liaising with tenants when they have questions on monthly billings, GLA calculations, yearend recoveries, etc.
- Communicating with tenants to ensure that policies and leases are properly followed, logged, and maintained tenant files, preparing initial rental advice notice and cover letters to tenants, reconciling monthly rent roll, and verifying year-end realty tax and CAM for year-end adjustments
- Running weekly catchups
- Running lease master listings
- Enter and update new leases, renewals, amendments, PAP setup, lease terminations, and rent changes
- Accurately and timely abstract all fully executed lease and ancillary documents into Yardi Voyager
- Maintain the tenant database in Yardi Voyager
- Assist in the development, documentation, and maintenance of lease admin processing policies and procedures
- Assist with the setup of new properties and tenants on Yardi Voyager
Property Revenue Analyst
- Percent Rent – Monthly billings (LYE, Permanent, TOAs and % in lieu) Accruals, Matching, Updating schedules and reconciling GLAs
- Calculate pre-bill rates for Food Court CAM, CAM, Tax, HVAC, Electricity, Water, etc. – calculation of rates during budgeting and adjustments during forecasting
- Involved with forecasting
- Calculate and post prior year amounts into recoveries
- Reconcile and post recoveries into corresponding accounts – journal entries to re-class recoveries from balance sheet to income statement
- Prepare CAM and Tax accruals
- Prepare year-end adjustments and reconciliation
- Rent Roll – generation vs. posting
- Catchup Billings – review leases, Logs, % rent, other and posting
Other responsibilities
- Other duties and projects as reasonably required by The Company. Monitoring expenses on a monthly basis, reviewing actual performance against budget and conducting monthly variance analyses, and recommending solutions
- Prepare recurring charges report for Property Manager review
- Post recurring charges to tenant accounts
- Point-person for lease entry related questions
- Prepare and distribute correspondence including tenant letters
- Review all GL coding for capital, operational and miscellaneous payables
- Assisting with year-end tenant statements
- Special projects as may arise
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Exceptional organizational, mathematical, and communication skills
- Basic understanding of lease interpretation
- Ability to work well in a deadline driven environment
Required Training and Experience
- Post-secondary education in Business is preferred
- 2+ years of related industry experience with an emphasis on accounting/bookkeeping
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Microsoft Excel and Word
- Experience with Yardi and Sage is preferred
Salary Range: $62,000-65,000/year