Description:
The Senior Accountant will generate accurate and timely financial reporting on assigned properties including completing bank reconciliations, recording mortgage payments, tax packages, oversee the posting and payment of property taxes, property insurance and related property fees, record the acquisition and disposition of properties, among other accounting tasks as assigned. The Senior Accountant will assist the property accounting team in complex reconciliations and problem solving to ensure financial accuracy across the portfolio, as well as assist the Property Management Controller on special projects.
What you have already achieved: (Requirements)
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
- 3+ years Accounting experience
- Property Accounting experience preferred
What you are great at: (Responsibilities)
- Reporting: Preparation of timely and accurate monthly financial statements on assigned properties by the deadlines indicated on Accounting Department Reporting Scorecard.
- Mortgages: verify principal, taxes, insurance and reserves balances match statements. Record taxes and insurance paid by escrow.
- Insurance & Taxes: Responsible for monitoring and assisting in processing the payment and amortization of all insurance and property taxes to ensure timely payment and accurate amortizations.
- Reconciliations: Reconciles assigned bank accounts. Investigates and solves issues regarding cash deposits/checks and cash balances.
- Reporting: Reviewing financial reporting before finalized to ensure accuracy.
- Track and send monthly/quarterly distributions list.
- Post and pay property management fees and asset management fees.
- Acquisitions and Dispositions of Properties: Responsible for recording the HUDs of single family & multi family purchases, dispositions, and refinances.
- Responsible for annual tax workpapers for your assigned properties; verifying data and adjusting inconsistencies.
- Assists PM Controller, SVP Finance, CFO and the accounting department with special projects as may be needed or directed.
- Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time (often on short notice), as directed.
- Assist with implementing new policies & procedures as necessary.
- Mentoring, leading, guiding, training, instructing, overseeing, monitoring and verifying the work of direct report team members, delegating such duties as feasible while at all times controlling the processes and maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the financial ledgers, and related record keeping.