Avenue Living Asset Management is dedicated to sourcing, analyzing, and strategizing long-term investments. Our unique approach has led to rapid growth across North America now representing one of Canada’s largest alternative asset managers. Since 2006, we have acquired over $9.5 billion in assets under management across a variety of sectors throughout Canada and the USA. Our various funds include assets in multifamily residential, self-storage, commercial, as well as agricultural land.
The strength of our platform lies in working with the right people. Acting with integrity and employing an entrepreneurial mindset, our employees work together to create an exciting, dynamic workplace. By employing an active hands-on approach to asset management, our skilled and innovative team operates closely alongside our investors. We’re disciplined, we focus on value, and we’re informed experts. We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive workplace; we are a unique workplace with unique people.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives with minimal supervision, enjoys building structure in a practical environment, and can effectively communicate financial processes to non-accounting teams.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Own and execute full-cycle accounting: general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Prepare accurate and timely monthly and annual financial statements.
- Manage the end-to-end procure-to-pay process, including invoice processing, approvals, and payments.
- Oversee accounts payable, ensuring accuracy, proper coding, and strong audit trails.
- Manage cash flow, banking, and treasury activities, including cash forecasting and payments.
- Process payroll and ensure accuracy and timeliness of employee compensation.
- Manage government remittances, including payroll-related filings and GST filings and payments.
- Establish and maintain internal controls across purchasing, payments, payroll and cash management.
- Develop and implement policies for payables, credit cards, and employee expenses.
- Train operational staff on financial processes and ensure policy compliance.
- Support accounting for inventory and biological assets, including valuation, tracking, and reconciliation.
- Identify process improvements and build scalable, practical financial operations.
WHAT WILL YOU NEED?
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
- 5–10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Proven ability to manage full-cycle accounting independently with minimal oversight.
- Strong technical accounting expertise and financial reporting experience.
- Experience building processes and controls in a growing or less-structured environment.
- Experience in agriculture, biological asset accounting, or similar industries is an asset.
- Highly self-sufficient with the ability to operate as a one-person finance function.
- Strong technical accounting capability and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain financial processes and policies to non-accountants.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Practical, solutions-oriented mindset with sound judgment and high integrity.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
- We live and breathe our core values. We go the extra mile. We’re honest. We always have each other's back. We have tons of integrity. And we always own it and adapt – no matter the challenge.
- With the support to do things differently, grow personally and professionally, and bring your whole self to work, there's no limit to the impact you can make.
- An employee centric culture with paid time off for employer supported volunteerism, maternity leave top-up, a generous awards and recognition program, discounted monthly rent in Avenue Living properties, and employee savings program through industry partnerships.
- We are committed to a strong, safe work environment.
- We provide a competitive compensation package composed of a group benefits plan, GRSP matching, and a discretionary bonus program. In addition, Avenue Living also offers an Employee Referral Program that rewards active employees for successful referrals.
What makes us different makes us stronger. We want Avenue Living to be a great place to work for everyone; where people feel safe, included, inspired, trusted, and supported so they can be, and bring, their best. We're committed to creating a respectful and inclusive workplace where unique perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, cultures, and attributes are valued and utilized to help achieve better results. As an organization with operations across different geographies, we celebrate the fact that our workforce is made up of people with diverse demographics. We are committed to ensuring our workplace is fair, equitable, and free of discrimination and harassment. Should you require accommodation to participate fully in the recruitment process, please email [email protected].
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