Portfolio Accountant

About the role

We are seeking a Portfolio Accountant to join our team. The primary function of the Portfolio Accountant is to participate in the creation, collection, review and reporting of Company and third-party revenue and expenses. In addition, the Portfolio Accountant will be exposed to the entirety of the monthly accounting and property management cycles.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze general ledger for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Assume responsibility for evolving real estate portfolio which requires extensive technical competency.
• Administer portfolio with little to no input from management by “taking ownership” of the portfolio.
• Perform tenant ledger reconciliations as well as aged-receivable reconciliations comparing what was charged and what was received.
• Collaborate with Property Managers in day-to-day payables administration.
• Provide assistance to Accounting and Property Management by auditing year-over-year property level budgets and identify discrepancies.
• Reconcile underwriting, leasing and property level budgets to ensure accuracy.
• Aid in further improving our process to identify property level operating expense.
• Aid in generating financial spreadsheets and reports in Microsoft Excel.
• Conduct assigned research projects and prepared informal summaries for business development and management decision purposes as required.
• Work closely with the Accounting team and Vice President of Finance on special assignments such as Work-In-Progress account maintenance, company credit card and expense report processing, and corporate financial statement maintenance.

Requirements

• Meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills, an energetic work-ethic, and the ability to accurately manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Identify as a “teachable” employee and have a “can-do” attitude, professional correspondence etiquette, strong interpersonal skills and take “ownership”/pride in work deliverables.
• Ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment while managing conflicting priorities and be able to self-manage and complete tasks with a certain degree of autonomy.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field required.
• 3–5 years of accounting experience required; public accounting or real estate accounting experience preferred.
• CPA preferred, with an expectation to pursue CPA certification if not already attained.
• Familiarity with reading and interpreting leases preferred.
• Experience with Yardi software is a plus.