Senior Accountant

Savant Senior Living; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Savant Senior Living is seeking an experienced accounting professional to oversee comprehensive financial duties in a multi-site healthcare setting. You will manage daily transactions, monthly closings, and financial reporting to investors and lenders from our Downey, CA office.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Accounting and 5+ years of accounting experience, including healthcare and intercompany work. Strong Excel skills and knowledge of GAAP are essential, with opportunities to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting is required.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, with strong recent experience.
• 3+ years of multi-site healthcare accounting experience preferred.
• Intercompany accounting experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of federal and state payroll and tax laws and GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Handle daily accounting tasks: posting receipts, payables, and tenant billings.
• Close monthly books and prepare balance sheet/income statement schedules.
• Record rental and ancillary income; reconcile cash receipts.
• Prepare bank reconciliations and depreciation/amortization entries.
• Assist with annual audit and year-end closing; support budgeting and forecasting.
• Prepare monthly financial statements for investors and lenders.

Skills

Accounting

GAAP

Financial reporting

Intercompany accounting

Budgeting

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Yardi Voyager

Job description

Under direction, performs a variety of professional level accounting duties involved in preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports; maintains the accuracy of the Agency’s ledgers financial systems; assists in the preparation and reconciliation of assigned reports, annual audit, and year end closing.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In addition to all components of the above position summary the following “Essential Duties and Responsibilities” are essential to successful performance in this position:

• Perform daily activities such as receive checks, post receipts and prepare deposits; review and post payable invoices; review and post tenant billing adjustments; review and post prepayment application to open charges, and; update gross sales reports
• Monthly accounting close process, including recordation of monthly operational activity
• Monthly preparation of schedules to support the balance sheet and income recordation
• Record monthly rental income, ancillary income, and reconcile cash receipts
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
• Record and amortize prepaid items such as insurance, loan fees and deferred income
• Maintain fixed assets, calculate and record monthly depreciation and amortization expense
• Works with Controller to determine most effective procedures and drafts accounting & finance policies and procedures. As appropriate assists in the implementation of such policies and procedures.
• Reconcile security deposits to the subsidiary ledger monthly
• Accrue all property taxes, which includes understanding how property taxes are calculated
• Record debt service monthly, including principal amortization, interest expense, escrow accounts
• Understand how to analyze and record bad debt expenses and prepaid rent
• Record monthly accrued liabilities, including utility expenses, debt service, etc.
• Record management fee expenses, asset management fees, and other G&A expenses monthly
• Work with Controller for proper capitalization of fixed assets and operational expenses
• Conduct monthly comparison of income and expenses to budget with follow-up and explanations for significant variances
• Complete analysis of financial data and assist with ad hoc projects
• Prepare monthly financial statement reporting for investors and lenders
• Monthly forecasting of income, expenses, and cash flow analysis
• Quarterly consolidation of financial data
• Prepare the annual budget
• Assist with annual audit with outside auditors
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) and Agency policies and procedures.
• Develops and maintains job appropriate skills and knowledge of Federal, State, Local, laws, through seminars, publications, workshops or other forms of training/education

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• 5+ years of Accounting experience ,candidate must shows strong recent experience

3+ years of multi-site healthcare experience

Intercompany accounting experience

• A working knowledge of federal and State payroll and tax laws and regulations, and basic accounting principles.
• Strong personal computer skills including data entry, transmission of data, formatting of routine accounting reports, preparation of spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Ability to calculate accurately and efficiently, including ten-key skills by touch.
• Ability to be flexible and work in a changing environment.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to work independently and make mature business decisions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

To perform this position successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office systems
• Yardi Voyager is the accounting system and experience is optional, but preferred
• Ability and willingness to report to work on time and ready for work on each scheduled day.
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Exceptional ability to prioritize tasks and to work on multiple assignments at the same time (multi-task).
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the concepts of providing outstanding customer care.
• Ability to work independently on complex assignments
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to make decisions independently and communicate effectively when dealing with clients, families, other staff members, department heads, visitors, external agencies and community members
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with appropriate documentation skills to complete reports, utilize data, and communicate ideas constructively at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrate flexibility in applying different approaches to changing work demands Be open to opinions and recommendations of others
• Ability to manage change and uncertainty in a way that encourages principle-based decisions
• Responsible for personal stress management
• Be assertive and respectful
• Resolve issues through interaction
• Ability to establish and consistently enforce appropriate boundaries with clients
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation $95,000- 110,000 per year DOE

Equal Opportunity Employer

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