Senior Property Accountant
About the Company and Opportunity:
- Our client is a leading North American energy infrastructure company with one of the largest portfolios of regulated and non-regulated energy assets on the continent.
- This organization owns and operates critical infrastructure supporting the transportation, storage, and delivery of natural gas and other energy products across multiple jurisdictions.
- Why work here:
- Join a leading North American energy infrastructure organization that plays a critical role in delivering essential resources across the continent.
- Opportunity to contribute to high-impact accounting initiatives supporting large-scale capital assets and infrastructure projects.
- Work alongside experienced accounting and operational professionals in collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- Gain valuable exposure to fixed asset accounting, capital project accounting, asset retirements, and data remediation efforts.
- Long-term contract opportunity with meaningful work, offering the ability to make a visible impact on key business objectives.
- Be part of a supportive culture that values accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
- Exposure to complex, asset-intensive operations and large-scale accounting projects that will strengthen your technical and analytical skillset.
- Hybrid work schedule!
What You’ll Be Doing as a Senior Property Accountant:
- Review completed capital projects and transfer eligible costs from Construction in Progress (CIP) to fixed assets.
- Analyze project costs to determine appropriate capitalization, expense treatment, transfers, or project closure.
- Research, process, and record fixed asset retirements, disposals, replacements, abandonments.
- Calculate and record retirement entries, including remove of original cost and accumulated depreciation.
- Investigate and resolve aging project balances, open capital projects, and historical backlog items.
- Reconcile Construction in Progress (CIP), fixed asset subledgers, and general ledger accounts.
- Perform large-scale asset and project data cleanup, including identifying and correcting data inconsistencies and missing information.
- Analyze large datasets using Excel to support asset accounting, reconciliations, and remediation initiatives.
- Partner with Accounting, Engineering, Operations, and Project Management teams to obtain supporting documentation and resolve accounting issues.
- Assist with audit requests, compliance requirements, and accounting documentation.
- Support process improvement initiatives, special projects, and additional accounting responsibilities as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications of the Senior Property Accountant:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in Property Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Capital Accounting, Project Accounting, or Construction Accounting.
- Experience processing fixed asset additions, transfers, retirements, and depreciation.
- Experience working with Construction in Progress (CIP) and project closeout activities.
- Strong understanding of capitalization and fixed asset accounting principles.
- Advanced MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, reconciliations, and large data analysis.
- Strong investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage large volumes of data and transactions.
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