Client GL Supervisor

FirstService Residential; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstService Residential in the United States seeks a senior accounting leader to hire, supervise, and guide a team of Accountants responsible for the monthly financial statements for a portfolio of Condominium and Homeowners Associations, within statutory and departmental guidelines.

Fully remote opportunity. The role supports regulatory compliance, timely reporting, and collaboration with leadership and audit firms to ensure accurate financial results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; minimum five years of general ledger accounting experience.
• Supervisory experience a plus; CAM license; CPA certification a plus.
• Prior experience in property management, real estate and/or residential management is required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the daily functions of the assigned team; ensure processes are followed and statements meet department standards.
• Ensure timeliness; communicate with team, peers, leadership and operations to meet client expectations.
• Prioritize, track, and review accountants' work; monitor quality control of all transactions.
• Provide direction; investigate and resolve issues; ensure open items are resolved.
• Communicate potential issues that may affect accuracy of financial statements.
• Provide ongoing training to ensure compliance with regulations and deadlines.
• Coach staff; conduct evaluations; document actions and promotions or terminations.
• Assist audit firms with year-end audits; post adjusting entries.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA certification (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Overview:

Perform functions to hire, supervise, monitor and provide direction to a team of Accountants in the preparation, review and revision of accurate monthly Financial Statements for an assigned group of Condominium and /or Homeowners Associations, within the guidelines of statutory requirements and the frameworks of the established policies and procedures of the department, while ensuring all contractual due dates are met. Additionally, directly responsible for the preparation of monthly Financial Statements for a select few complex associations within your team’s portfolio. Assist the Financial Reporting Leadership Team in maintaining compliance with accounting principles, policies, procedures and regulations.

Description

Job Overview:

Perform functions to hire, supervise, monitor and provide direction to a team of Accountants in the preparation, review and revision of accurate monthly Financial Statements for an assigned group of Condominium and /or Homeowners Associations, within the guidelines of statutory requirements and the frameworks of the established policies and procedures of the department, while ensuring all contractual due dates are met. Additionally, directly responsible for the preparation of monthly Financial Statements for a select few complex associations within your team’s portfolio. Assist the Financial Reporting Leadership Team in maintaining compliance with accounting principles, policies, procedures and regulations.

Fully Remote Opportunity

Your Responsibilities

• Supervise the daily functions of the assigned team, confirm processes and procedures are followed, monitor and review financial statements and related work product to ensure departmental standards of quality are maintained.
• Ensure timeliness is a priority and deadlines are met. Communicate with your team, peers, leadership and the operations team to ensure client expectations are consistently met.
• Prioritize, track and review accountants’ work, and monitor quality control of all transactions performed by team members.
• Provide direction and assist in the investigation and resolution of internal and external problems and concerns. Ensure prior month outstanding open items have been resolved. Follow up and work on resolution of outstanding items within financial statements.
• Communicate timely the potential issues that may affect the accuracy of the financial statements.
• Provide on-going training to ensure all assigned employees are aware of and comply with company, government and customer regulations, policies, work procedures, instructions and deadlines.
• Track and communicate goals for individual and department performance. Complete annual and semi-annual evaluation process of assigned staff and perform regular meetings to provide coaching and developmental feedback for employees. Timely communicate and document actions needed or to be taken with your leadership such as progressive disciplinary action, promotions, transfers or terminations.
• Assist independent CPA audit firm in their audit and review of associations on a year-end, turnover, and/or periodic audit/review. Analyze and post end-of-year audit adjusting entries.
• Provide ad-hoc reporting as needed by researching and interpreting data to answer accounting and financial questions.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, minimum of five years of general ledger accounting experience. Supervisory experience a plus, CAM license; CPA certification a plus. Prior experience in the field of property management, real estate and/or residential management required.
• Critical thinking, complex problem solving, judgment and decision-making abilities.
• Strong organization, motivation, leadership, supervisory and interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented and strong organizational skills and multi-tasking skills.
• Must have a strong work ethic and be detail-oriented with excellent organizational and multitasking skills.
• Must have strong excel skills along with proficiency in Windows and Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

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