Senior Accountant - Affordable Housing Portfolio (Remote)

Community Roots Housing; Indiana; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Community Roots Housing is seeking a Senior Accountant to manage end-to-end financial accounting for a portfolio of 10-15 residential buildings and support new construction projects throughout development.

The role requires close collaboration with accounting managers and other accountants, reporting to the Accounting Manager of Portfolio Operations; remote-friendly with in-person/hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent education/experience.
• At least 2 years relevant work experience (or 4 years if no accounting degree), including accounting for residential apartment buildings.
• Experience with a complex chart of accounts and working in an organization with multiple entities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Intermediate/Strong skills with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Teams, Outlook).
• Experience with remote meetings and collaboration, using tools such as MS Teams and Zoom.

Responsibilities

• Ensure CRH accounting policies, standard procedures, and internal controls are upheld.
• Prepare and review monthly operating statements for portfolio of assigned buildings, follow up on aging balances and provide accounting support for site managers and property managers.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for bank accounts in assigned portfolio, and collaborate with portfolio managers to clear reconciling items.
• Record monthly transactions for assigned portfolio, including reserve account interest and laundry deposits.
• Manage recurring entries, including monthly insurance expense, and update periodically as needed.
• Prepare assigned support schedules for annual audits, including building audits and the annual consolidated financial statement audit.
• Prepare financial portion of annual City reports for multiple properties.
• Assist with construction project accounting and tracking of funding sources and uses.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

Remote collaboration

Deadline oriented

English proficiency

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Abila MIP

Concur

MS Teams

Zoom

Job description

Community Roots Housing is seeking a Senior Accountant to manage end-to-end financial accounting for a portfolio of 10-15 residential buildings and support new construction projects throughout development.

The role requires close collaboration with accounting managers and other accountants, reporting to the Accounting Manager of Portfolio Operations; remote-friendly with in-person/hybrid options.