Senior Property Accountant

What You'll Do

• Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation of all required financial information for your assigned portfolio of communities.
• Collaborate with Community Managers and Accounting Team members to perform day-to-day financial operations such as:
• Maintaining tenant ledgers
• Reviewing AP invoice activity and related GL account coding
• Complete Monthly financial closing process, including:
• Bank reconciliations
• Monthly closing journal entries
• Managing closing matters
• Monthly financial reports
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Partner with the Reporting team to provide meaningful variance comments.
• Assist Operations Team with annual budget process
• Participate in the external audit process, including preparation of schedules
• IIdentify and recommend process improvements and efficiencies.
• Administering accounting procedures and monitoring internal controls
• Complete other ad hoc projects as assigned in a timely manner.
• Utilize accounting IT systems such as Yardi and Rent Manager.
• Complete special projects assigned in a timely manner.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• Minimum of 3-5 years of accounting experience
• Advanced degree and/or CPA is strongly preferred, but not required
• Real estate or manufactured housing background a plus, but not required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (must be able to manipulate pivot tables & utilize formulas such as xlookups, sumifs, if statements, etc.)
• Some experience with databases, power query, SQL, VBA, etc. a plus
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate initiative
• Good verbal and written communication skills that enable you to work in a collaborative manner with diverse teams in a variety of different departments
• Ability to work on multiple assignments, prioritize tasks, and manage rapidly changing assignments in a team environment
• Strong work ethic and the ability to meet deadlines
• Persistent sense of urgency and accuracy, with a keen appreciation for detail
• Self-starter with a creative, enthusiastic, innovative, and collaborative outlook
• Aptitude for learning and utilizing various accounting systems
• Willing to travel 1-2 trips a year for training or to visit communities