Commercial Real Estate Corporate Accountant

Essential Functions

• Maintains the general ledger, perform general accounting and month-end close duties of the corporate entities.
• Reconciles bank accounts monthly, verifies deposits, and addresses inquiries from banks.
• Reconciles cash disbursement accounts, payroll, and other financial accounts; manages accounts receivable collections.
• Verifies and completes payment of invoices associated with accounts payable in a timely manner and ensures payments are charged to the appropriate accounts.
• Aids in preparing accurate and timely monthly financial statements, cash flow reports, annual budgets, forecasts and review of quarterly property-level financial results.
• Aids in the processes for financial forecasting, budgeting and consolidation reporting and identifies and explains significant budget variances to management.
• Aids in the annual review and preparation of fair market valuation summaries.
• Aids in the preparation of lender reporting packages on monthly and quarterly basis.
• Prepares payments for partner distributions and helps the financial team with various capital raising activities, reporting and compliance.
• Provides information for and takes part in Q&A for audits, tax preparation and appraisals.

Required Competencies

• A passion to create useful, concise, informative financial reports.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Flexible, strategic team player with high integrity and ethical standards.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Technical capacity - Proficient with Excel and experience with real estate general ledger software accounting systems (MRI & QuickBooks preferred).
• Familiarity with Argus software (helpful).

Required Education and Work Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or finance.
• 3-5 years’ experience in the commercial real estate industry.
• CPA (preferred).
• Experience in both the private and public accounting sectors is preferred but not required.