Careers

Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Junior Financial Analyst (“JFA”) will be a key member of the portfolio finance team of one of Starlight’s business lines. The portfolio finance team’s are dedicated to various investment funds created and managed by Starlight and through this role, the JFA will have exposure to the accounting for various portfolio’s owned by Starlight and/​or large institutional investors. The role will act as a key business partner to other members of the portfolio finance team to assist in providing insightful, timely and accurate financial and operational information to assist with optimizing decisions surrounding the operation of the properties which ultimately allows Starlight to maximize returns for our investors. The role will have exposure to all levels of management and most internal stakeholders including asset management, investments, leasing, shared service finance teams including treasury, property accounting (CORE), tax and other business lines as required to successful execute their responsibilities. 

The successful candidate must be a motivated individual who is eager to learn, a strong-team player, strong communicator, be detail oriented and possess the ability to think analytically to understand and evaluate performance of our assets. The individual also needs to be able to work within a dynamic, high-growth environment and assist with process improvement efforts positioned to allow our business to position itself well for potential growth in the future utilizing best-in-class processes and leading-edge technologies where relevant.

Financial Analysis and Accounting 

• Ensure the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of Fund and property financial results prepared by the third-party property managers and CORE team to understand and highlight key trends / opportunities to improve financial results. 
• Review and analyze monthly reporting packages provided by property managers as required to understand key variances and communicate to internal stakeholders (primarily senior management and asset management team) for each property including ensuring commentary reflects the underlying performance of the assets and is complete and accurate.
• Assistance with the preparation of certain monthly bank reconciliations for corporate bank accounts
• Review of consolidated account reconciliations required to support external and internal reporting disclosures.
• Assist with process improvement projects to streamline accounting processes, as required. 
• Assist with the maintenance of general Ledger, including journal entries and analysis as required to ensure the integrity of financial and operational information. 
• Utilize business intelligence tool and other standardized reporting frameworks to prepare working papers for monthly reporting to assist auditors complete quarterly/year-end reviews/​audits and tax return preparation

Acquisition and Financing Management 

• Provide support on financial aspects of property acquisitions, dispositions, and property financing activities, as required.
• Assist with other business transactions to provide financial support, as required.

Cash and Debt Management 

• Assisting with the management of cash availability, including review of cash position reporting prepared by the Starlight shared service treasury team to ensure accurate cash reporting and forecasting
• Assisting with the management of the partnership’s debt portfolios, including ensuring all loan provisions are appropriately complied with 

Investor Reporting

• Work collaboratively to assist with the standardization and preparation of quarterly investor reporting materials including financial statements, operational performance updates, market trends and other performance indicators including commentary on financial results.
• Assist with the preparation of budgets and analysis for budget inputs for the properties, as required.
• Assist with other financial management initiatives or ad-hoc projects, as required.

• Currently enrolled in an Accounting program in pursuit of CPA designation at a Canadian University 
• Pursuing full-time employment post-graduation 
• Highly motivated, strong organizational skills and analytical mindset, eager to learn, be impactful and think outside of the box
• Detail oriented, self-motivated, with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to prioritize, multi-task and able to work in a changing, fast-paced environment, sensitive to deadlines
• Understanding of IFRS accounting principles, practices, and application a strong asset