Staff Accountant – Properties
Overall Responsibility:
The Staff Accountant – Properties is a team member of the centralized accounting department in the corporate office.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain and update accounting records for the assigned areas
- Review and approve accounts payable timely
- Review and approve tenant refunds timely
- Transfer cash receipts and record bad debt recovery entries
- Download and distribute bank activities to relevant groups
- Work closely with the field team to timely resolve receivable and payable issues
- Analyze activity in capital expenditure accounts
- Apply for replacement reserve according to loan agreements
- Deposit checks
- Prepare W-9s
- Follow month end closing calendar
- Prepare bank reconciliations
- Update balance sheet, income statements and rent roll reports
- Update AR and AP aging, unapplied cash, bad debt allowance, fixed assets register, etc.
- Prepare monthly centralized journal entries and supporting schedules for the assigned accounts
- Record journal entries under guidance from senior members on the team
- With help from senior members on the team, investigate and resolve issues through communication with operations, finance teams
- Follow quarter end closing calendar
- Assist in preparing quarterly financial reports and supplemental schedules
- Prepare lender reports, and other required quarterly reports.
- Perform year end responsibilities
- Prepare required work papers at year end for annual audits and tax filing
- Respond to auditor’s questions
- Complete ad hoc financial projects as required.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree, major in Accounting
- Proficiency in Excel required, Salesforce and Yardi software experience a plus
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Strong work ethic focused on meeting deadlines.