Real Estate Appraiser

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Make an impact with our Property Tax Services team as a Real Estate Appraiser. This diverse team of professionals delivers customized tax strategies within a complex and dynamic regulatory framework. As a trusted advisor, you’ll monitor markets and legislative changes to ensure that clients are utilizing all available programs and incentives to maximize tax recovery potential on real estate.

MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices.

Responsibilities

  • Determine real estate values using various appraisal methods
  • Prepare tax and assessment forecasts
  • Present and discuss assessment and market information with internal and external clients/assessors
  • Liaise with municipalities, real estate brokers, developers, landlords and tenants to ensure information is collected that will assist in the annual determination of real estate values
  • Execute audit procedures to determine if clients are being fairly assessed
  • Prepare client reporting and valuation reports to Boards and municipalities
  • Present and answer questions before the Assessment Review Board
  • Manage engagement planning and scheduling as well as project financials (budgets, WIP, timely billing, collection, variance recognition)
  • Review, design and develop high-quality deliverables including reports, presentations and other correspondence
  • Network in the local business community, consider business development opportunities and lead the preparation and delivery of competitive proposals to meet client needs
  • Mentor, motivate and coach team members towards professional and personal development by setting clear expectations, providing feedback and conducting performance reviews
  • Maintain flexibility to travel, as necessary

Skills and Experience

  • Post-secondary education in real property valuation, property assessment, real estate, urban studies, economics, finance, or law. Equivalent work experience may be substituted.
  • Member of the Ordre des Évaluateurs Agréés du Québec (OEAQ).
  • Strong knowledge of established evaluation methods and the Quebec Property Assessment Manual.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Understanding of real estate valuation for assessment purposes
  • Ability to learn the current assessment legislation and impacts to the taxation of various property types, i.e. commercial, industrial, etc.
  • 3 to 5 years of related experience
  • Strong research skills and familiar with standard valuation methodologies and/or taxation principals
  • Strong understanding of business, accounting, management and practice development principles
  • Proven people management, relationship building and leadership skills

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