Property Lease Accountant

The Alliance Group; Florida; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alliance Group in Florida seeks a seasoned real estate accounting professional to manage general ledgers for assigned properties, prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages, and support audits. You will handle journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and budget/forecast activities using MRI, Yardi, Skyline or JD Edwards.

Responsibilities include reviewing tenant billings, assisting with external audits, and providing analyses of variances, GAAP adjustments, and cash flow

Qualifications

• 5+ years of public accounting and/or commercial real estate accounting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP (real estate).
• Understanding of property management in relation to financial accounting, recoveries, budgeting and forecasting.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred; CPA a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the general ledgers for assigned properties, including monthly journal entries, income and expense accruals, expense recovery true-ups review, GAAP adjustments and bank reconciliations.
• Understanding of accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash receipts and lease administration functions of commercial real estate and how they drive the financial results of assigned project.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages on the assigned portfolio of properties. The packages include analyses and support schedules of all balance sheet account and explanations of significant variances in income statement accounts.
• Review annual expense reconciliation schedules and billings to tenants.
• Prepare detailed interim and year-end working papers and support schedules requested by internal and external auditors.
• Work with the external auditors and prepare the draft annual financial statements and notes.
• Assist with audits in terms of research, analysis, documentation and response.
• Responsible for the annual property budget and quarterly forecast review. This includes review of the lease and expense data in the prescribed software to generate revenue, expense and capital budget/forecasts, and preparation of property GAAP adjustments.
• Assist in preparation of the budget/forecast packages including detailed analysis of the revenue, expense and capital components.
• Prepare monthly cash forecast
• Assist Managers and Controllers with ad hoc requests.
• Handle special projects, as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Interpersonal skills

Real estate accounting

Public accounting

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA (desirable)

Tools

MRI

Yardi

Skyline

JD Edwards

CTI systems

MS Excel

Job description

• Responsible for the general ledgers for assigned properties, including monthly journal entries, income and expense accruals, expense recovery true‑ups review, GAAP adjustments and bank reconciliations.
• Understanding of accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash receipts and lease administration functions of commercial real estate and how they drive the financial results of assigned project.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages on the assigned portfolio of properties. The packages include analyses and support schedules of all balance sheet account and explanations of significant variances in income statement accounts.
• Review annual expense reconciliation schedules and billings to tenants.
• Prepare detailed interim and year‑end working papers and support schedules requested by internal and external auditors.
• Work with the external auditors and prepare the draft annual financial statements and notes.
• Assist with audits in terms of research, analysis, documentation and response.
• Responsible for the annual property budget and quarterly forecast review. This includes review of of the lease and expense data in the prescribed software to generate revenue, expense and capital budget/forecasts, and preparation of property GAAP adjustments.
• Assist in preparation of the budget/forecast packages including detailed analysis of the revenue, expense and capital components.
• Prepare monthly cash forecast
• Assist Managers and Controllers with ad hoc requests.
• Handle special projects, as assigned.

Desired Competency, Experience and Skills

• Communication, presentation and interpersonal skill
• 5+ years of public accounting and/or commercial real estate accounting experience preferred
• knowledge of GAAP (specifically, real estate
• Understanding of property management in relation to financial accounting, recoveries, budgeting and forecasting
• bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred; CPA a plus, but not require
• experience in MRI, Yardi, Skyline, JD Edwards, CTI systems desire
• proficiency in PC-based software such as Microsoft Excel