Job Title: Senior Accountant
Reports To: Controller/CFO
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Accountant Job Duties:
- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Post financial transactions including Journal Entries, Accruals, Prepaid, Fixed Assets.
- Reconciliation of all subledgers to general ledger (monthly and quarterly) correcting financial discrepancies.
- Process vendor invoices by Property, verifying accuracy, posting each with details and verifying documentation is in agreement with any existing contract or regulatory agreements.
- Cut checks/secure signatures, mail and file invoices.
Bank reconciliations.
- Prepare and update all work papers reconciling to trial balance.
- Prepare Monthly Cash-Flow reports with variance analysis of budget to actual.
Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents and assist external auditors for interim and year-end audit engagements.
- Maintains accounting controls in place and recommending policies and procedures is encouraged.
- Provides support to Property Managers by assisting and researching transactions when necessary.
- Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
- Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends as needed.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge as may be required.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
WHAT SKILLS ARE REQUIRED - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years' experience in a similar role.
Working knowledge of financial and core accounting concepts, techniques, and regulatory requirements.
- Able to handle many separate accounting entities.
- Understanding of both financial and operational processes and controls.
- Proficient with YARDI (or ERP system), EXCEL, Microsoft Outlook at a minimum.
- Construction and/or multi-family apartment experience, preferred.
- Ability to understand business objectives, strategies and directions and to develop & implement actions plans accordingly.
- Ability to collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels.
- Effective in project management, implementation and follow through.
- Excellent customer service; good interpersonal/problem solving skills.