United Active Living- Corporate Why Join Us?
United Active Living Inc. is a leader in the development and implementation of programs and services that support residents to “Live Well in Our Community.” As an innovative company, United Active Living integrates new and creative ways to enrich life experiences, provide growth and inspiration, and promote independence for individuals in the community.
Controller– Full time
Reporting to the CFO, the Controller owns the day-to-day accounting operations and financial reporting for the organization and its portfolio of communities. This is a hands-on leadership role accountable for the integrity of the general ledger, the timely and accurate consolidated multi-entity close, a strong internal control environment, and the development of the accounting team.
The Controller leads two connected streams of work: a corporate accounting stream (consolidation, external and management reporting, technical accounting, audit) and a property operations finance stream (community-level reporting packages, budgets, and partnering with Operations). The role is a key finance partner to operations, asset management, and senior leadership, and plays a central part as the organization scales and acquires.
Responsibilities (includes but not limited to):
Corporate accounting, consolidation & reporting
- Own the multi-entity close: Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across all communities and corporate entities, delivering an accurate and timely consolidated set of financial statements under ASPE.
- General ledger integrity: Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, chart of accounts, and intercompany accounting across multiple property-level entities.
- Financial statements & disclosures: Prepare and review the financial statements and related note disclosures, and present results, variance analyses, and management reporting packages to senior leadership and ownership at both the consolidated and community level.
- Audit: Coordinate the year-end audit and review engagements, serving as the primary liaison to external auditors and tax advisors.
Property operations finance
- Community reporting packages: Oversee the production of accurate and reliable property-level financial reporting packages, and review them for accuracy before they reach Operations and Senior Management.
- Operations partnering: Act as a key finance partner to community Executive Directors and operations leaders, providing financial analysis and decision support on performance, occupancy, and cost.
- Operating metrics. Monitor key operating metrics across the portfolio — occupancy, NOI, labour cost, and per-resident-day (PRD) figures — and surface the business drivers behind variances.
Accounting operations
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, resident billing, payroll accounting, cash and debt management, and bank reconciliations across the portfolio.
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition for resident accommodation fees, home-care funding, care and ancillary services, and proper accounting for occupancy and rate changes.
- Manage fixed asset accounting, capital expenditures, and lease accounting for owned and managed communities.
Budgeting, forecasting, and lender reporting
- Budget process: Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts in partnership with Operations and community leadership, including operating and capital budgets.
- Performance tracking: Track performance against budget at the community and consolidated level, and provide actionable insight to leadership.
- Covenants and lenders: Support cash flow forecasting, debt-facility administration, and lender/covenant reporting, including DSCR/FCCR and other financial covenant calculations.
Internal controls and compliance
- Design, implement, document, and maintain a robust internal control environment — including segregation of duties and approval workflows — appropriate to a multi-site operator.
- Ensure compliance with ASPE, corporate, GST and payroll tax filings and applicable regulatory and reporting obligations in the jurisdictions where the company operates.
- Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and process documentation that scale with the organization.
Leadership, systems, and growth
- Team leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop the corporate accounting team and the community/property accountants, setting clear standards and supporting professional growth.
- Systems & automation: Optimize the use of accounting/ERP systems, drive process improvement and automation, and build scalable financial infrastructure to support portfolio growth.
- Acquisitions: Support due diligence, purchase accounting, financial integration, and onboarding of acquired communities, transitioning their financial operations onto company systems and standards.
- Special projects: Partner with the CFO and CEO on financing initiatives, strategic analysis, and special projects as required.
Qualifications
Required
- CPA designation in good standing;
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, commerce or related field;
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a controller, assistant controller or senior accounting leadership role;
- Strong working knowledge of ASPE (and/or IFRS) and full-cycle accounting, including multi-entity consolidations and intercompany accounting.
- Demonstrated experience leading, building, and developing an accounting team.
- Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with accounting/ERP systems, with Yardi experience being an asset.
Preferred
- Experience in seniors housing, long-term care, hospitality, multi-property real estate, or another multi-site operating business.
- Familiarity with property-level and entity-level reporting, real estate or REIT-style ownership structures, and lender/covenant reporting.
- Experience supporting acquisitions and integrations, including purchase accounting.
- Public accounting (audit) background.
Physical Requirements
- Extended periods of sitting and screen time;
- This is an in-office role on our corporate team with some requirement to travel to community
Competency Profile
- Accountable: accepts personal responsibility for managing activities, ensuring technical quality of work and taking charge of learning; acts ethically.
- Adaptable and flexible communication: accepts change and is willing and able to modify own style and approach as required by the situation; sees other points of view; demonstrates active listening skills; is approachable, and demonstrates respect, professionalism, and genuine interest, regardless of the individual, both in written and verbal contexts; tailors style and content to the audience; shares meaningful, understandable and timely information with others.
- problems, or making decisions; looks at a situation from multiple angles and with a big- picture view; asks probing questions to uncover underlying issues
- Confidentiality: displays respect for confidential information by utilizing appropriate information security practices.
- Organization: able to prioritize and delegate work effectively, displays sound time management skills by meeting deadlines and goals, maintains electronic and hard-copy files in a systematic way in order to retrieve information in a timely manner.
- Problem sensitivity: has the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem, and will bring the issue to the appropriate person’s attention.
- Work flow planning: can plan out work tasks and resources to accomplish daily goals in a manner that does not interfere with others, or can work cooperatively with others to share resources to achieve overall goals; is organized and efficient; is able to produce enough product each shift to meet client needs
Why join us?
United Active Living is leading the way to transform the experience of aging, made possible by our passionate team, dedicated to delivering meaningful experiences and excellent customer service. Enhancing the health and well-being of our residents drives every action and decision and our approach is guided by clear and simple values: respect, individuality, community.
When you join United Active Living, you’ll become a part of a collaborative team focused on delivering exceptional experiences. Our team takes pride in using an approach rooted in its values to provide industry-leading services, programs, and care. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to a values-driven, growing organization and to work in a collaborative team environment with meaningful impact.
As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy a competitive total rewards package, including a number of extra incentives that contribute to an exceptional experience for our team members:
- Competitive wages
- The opportunity to participant in a discretionary annual organizational bonus when company-wide business objectives are achieved
- Generous benefits RSP matching
- High quality meals offered at-cost, when in community
- And so much more…
Apply today to begin your journey with United Active Living!
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and thank you for your application. United Active Living will only contact those candidates being considered for an interview. By submitting your resume, you agree to United Active Living sharing your information with those responsible for the hiring process. United Active Living will keep your resume on file for one year and protect your personal information according to our privacy policy and governing privacy legislation.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $110,000.00-$130,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Experience:
- progressive accounting: 10 years (required)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
- CPA designation (required)
Work Location: In person
