Property Accountant

Aston Carter; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking a Contract Accounting Specialist for a Fresno, CA portfolio, handling all day-to-day accounting tasks, AP/AR, and financial reporting. The role interfaces with property managers, staff, vendors, tenants and owners to address billing, collections and variances.

Responsibilities include processing tenant payments, posting GL entries, maintaining data in Yardi, and assisting in budgets and CAM reconciliations. On-site, contract position with a competitive hourly pay range.

Qualifications

• 2 years office experience required.
• Prior bookkeeping experience required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) encouraged.
• Experience handling property accounting tasks preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process daily accounting for a portfolio of properties.
• Post receipts and tenant payments.
• Maintain Yardi property and tenant data.
• Prepare monthly financial reports and close monthly.
• Assist in budget preparation and CAM reconciliations.
• Respond to PMs and owner inquiries.

Skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Thoroughness

Timeliness

Detail orientation

Time management

Problem solving

Values alignment

Education

High school diploma

2 years office experience

Microsoft Office proficiency

Bookkeeping experience

Tools

Yardi

Job description

This position is responsible for all accounting functions for a portfolio of properties. Processes accounts payable and receivable; generating financial statements. Interfaces with property managers, office support staff, site staff, vendors, tenants and owners in the handling of billing, payables, collections and other financial issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Daily Accounting Functions for a Portfolio of Properties
• Posting receipts
• Tenant ACH and check payments
• Non-Tenant Receipts
• Pull Tenant EFT Payments
• Post and Pay Critical Payments
• Owner Draws, Mortgages, Loan Payments, Association Dues
• Special requests from PMs for emergency payments
• Respond to e-mail requests for information or action
• Commit payables and review for correct coding and for missing payments
• Process NSFs and Velocity Limit Notices
• Prepare Monthly Financial Reports
• Close properties for the month
• Run Report Scheduler and add loan statements, bank statements as required, and all other owner required reports
• Review reports against the Monthly Financial Review Checklist, special secondary checklists, and verify information against prior months financial
• Send completed reports to PM by the deadline.
• Maintain Property and Tenant Data in Yardi
• New property set-up to include bank account set up, property level set up, property CAM/Escalation set up, and individual tenant set up.
• Process lease renewals, move-ins, move-outs and move-out CAM recs as received
• Post adjustments to ledgers as requested by PMs
• Perform audits of tenant ledgers as requested to aid in collections
• Prepare and Process Tenant Billings
• Review and post monthly tenant charges for all properties. Resolve discrepancies.
• Post late fees monthly. Post utility, tax, insurance bill backs and other tenant charge backs as received.
• Perform annual & quarterly CAM reconciliations and Escalations. Calculate, post and mail tenant notices.
• Assist in Preparation of Budgets
• Extend leases or enter speculative leases in the flow per P.M. request.
• Add loan principal and interest, and all other expense amortizations.
• Verify budget upload when complete. Work with PM to resolve discrepancies. Calculate tenant CAM estimates and send tenant notices of new charge amounts.
• Perform or Assist in Special Projects
• Special audits such as utility bill back or owner management fee audits
• Covering for absent accountants

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Fostering Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together.
• Initiative: Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.
• Thoroughness: Ensuring that ones own and others work and information are complete and accurate; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled.
• Timeliness: Can be counted on to be present and on-time as needed (punctuality and attendance).
• Detail Orientation/Accuracy: Successfully manages many tasks or processes with many details is accurate and methodical with details and/or numbers.
• Time Management: Ability to manage and prioritize both everyday responsibilities and broad level, longer term objectives.
• Problem Solving: Ability to see and define problems and devise workable solutions to solve problems.
• Values: Has values aligned with Manco Abbott and acts accordingly.

Education/Experience

• High School or equivalent.
• 2 years office setting experience.
• Microsoft Office systems (Outlook, Excel, Word) ability to learn new programs.
• Prior Bookkeeping experience required (multiple sets of books a plus).

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Fresno, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $23.00 - $30.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 6, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Fresno,CA.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] ([e-mail]) for other accommodation options.

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