The Senior Accountant handles core accounting responsibilities and supports the accounting department in areas focused around the processing, reconciliation, analyzing, and reporting of financial transactions.
As a Senior Accountant, you will continually look for ways to help our team get better at what we do. A team player at heart, you'll collaborate with onshore and offshore teams and advocate best practices. You'll move fast while keeping your attention to detail to support Amherst's business objectives.
Responsibilities:- Design, implement, and manage the process for accounting of property cost, including expense accrual, amortization, property tax liability, and related balance sheet reconciliations.
- Oversee the day-to-day work of an offshore accounting team. Provide guidance and review their work related to the property tax payment, insurance billing, accrual entries, and reconciliations.
- Identify opportunities and implement processes to centralize, eliminate, automate or outsource activities. Work with service providers to outsource established processes and manage ongoing activities.
- Responsible for a specific fund's reporting, including preparing monthly financial statements, lender's reports, compliance reports, and addressing financial implications to the management team and investors.
- Analyze financial information for discrepancies and summarize financial status.
- Work through accounting implications and provide accounting guidance to operations, portfolio management, and other cross-functional teams.
- Conduct monthly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
- Partner with internal and external auditors to review processes, implement controls, and ensure compliance.
- Document policies, procedures, and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility
- Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
- 3+ years of accounting experience.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and have established skills in accuracy, organization, and working in a high-volume environment
- Demonstrated ability to support all other departments within the company and coordinate training and information sessions
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of products, particularly with Excel.
- A mix of Public and Private Experience is preferred.
- CPA preferred.
- Proficiency with Yardi Voyager preferred.
- Experience in Real Estate, preferably rental property preferred.
Our full-time employee benefits include:- A competitive compensation package, annual bonus, 401k match
- Flexible PTO including 7 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 1 volunteer day
- Employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, vision, health savings account)
- Professional career development and reimbursement
- Up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave; up to 4 weeks of paid parental leave
- Backup childcare offered through Bright Horizons
