Staff Property Accountant

About the role

Join Wallick Communities, a 100% employee-owned company with over 55 years of experience in providing affordable housing and assisted living for families and seniors across the Midwest. With 1,000+ associates and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for the financial statements produced for all assigned communities.
• Analyze data, provide variance analysis, review entries, make corrections, and perform reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting.
• Communicate with outside partners including lenders, investors, and government agencies.
• Work with lenders, syndicators, investors, regulatory agencies, and various internal stakeholders on reporting and inquiries.
• Review audits and tax returns for assigned sites.
• Assist in annual budgeting for the sites.
• Learn more complex accounting transactions: acquisitions, refinance, casualty loss, sales, other onboarding/offboardings.
• Assist on projects that ensure internal controls and bring efficiency.
• Learn HUD, RD, and other applicable regulatory agency requirements.
• Ensure payments made on taxes and other annual items, along with verifying the accuracy of accruals analytically.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or real estate. Or equivalent experience of 5+ years in the role.
• Effectively able to record journal entries and evaluate financial statements for accuracy and completeness.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Possess basic knowledge of laws and regulations regarding HUD, Tax credit, public housing.
• Possess basic knowledge of construction, affordable/senior living development accounting.
• Possess basic knowledge of ownership structures and financial modeling.
• Ability to analyze and provide commentary on financial results/variances.
• Must possess the ability to read and analyze financial reports and other accounting data.
• Possess intermediate skills in Excel.
• Ability to communicate with lenders, investors, auditors, and various governmental representatives.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job.
• Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
• Gym membership reimbursement.
• 401K.
• Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities.
• Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.

Schedule

Hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• CPA – Certified Public Accountant preferred