Senior Accountant

Company Description

A privately held real estate investment firm focused on value-add multifamily real estate is seeking to hire a Senior Accountant, who wants to work with our team in a friendly, low stress environment and has the ability to take on a key financial role.

Job Description

• Background in real estate/property management required
• Accounting and Reporting
• Work closely with outside property management companies to ensure timely and accurate flow of financial information.
• Review monthly property reports prepared by outside property management companies.
• Map, upload, and reconcile monthly financial property data to MRI accounting system.
• Coordinate with the property management companies and lenders on reimbursement requests, funding requirements and any other requests.
• Assist with the preparation and analysis of financial statements for corporate and real estate entities, including monthly financial close, account balance reconciliations, lead schedule preparation, compile footnote support, and all other schedules requested by audit and tax teams.
• Update capex activity for quarterly property reimbursements.
• Prepare and post journal entries into the financial system.
• Assist with acquisition and disposition process as needed by the team, including but not limited to proration review, closing entry preparation, etc.
• Assist with various investor entity level bank reconciliations.
• Assist with calculating and preparing invoices for various fees related to the properties.

Corporate

• Process corporate billings, invoices, and credit card charges.
• Prepare and process staff expense reports, as needed.
• Prepare special reports for Principals, as needed.
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting.
• Reconcile all bank accounts monthly.

Tax and Entity Maintenance

• Tie out various schedules to tax returns and assist in processing payments.
• Prepare year end audit and tax schedules, in collaboration with fund administrator.

Qualifications

• Background in real estate/property management required
• Advanced level of English
• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or equivalent required.
• 2-5 years of accounting experience.
• 2-5 years of commercial real estate experience.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office in Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Yardi or MRI system experience preferred.