Senior Property Accountant

Thalhimer

$75K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS Degree in Accounting required, CPA preferred
  • 5+ years of accounting experience
  • Proficient in financial statement reporting and bank reconciliations
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP principles
  • Advanced Excel skills essential
  • Experience with financial planning and real estate is necessary
  • Familiarity with MRI or Yardi software is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and maintain monthly financial statements and supporting schedules
  • Conduct monthly bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
  • Perform mortgage escrow account reconciliations
  • Execute journal entries including accruals and amortization
  • Manage balance sheet reconciliations and cash flow oversight
  • Assist owners during year-end audit and tax reporting
  • Support the onboarding process of new properties

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with property management teams
  • Focus on client satisfaction and effective communication
  • Independence in completing tasks and meeting results
  • Opportunities for continuous improvement and personal development
  • Engagement in special projects that enhance skill sets
Full Job Description
Reports To: Director, Client Accounting

Primary Function: Maintain financial statements for commercial and multifamily real estate properties

Education: BS Degree in Accounting, CPA preferred. Minimum five years' work-related experience

Qualifications: Accounting experience including financial statement reporting, bank reconciliations and journal entries. GAAP reporting experience, advanced Excel skills, financial planning experience, and real estate experience are required. MRI or Yardi experience a plus.

Key Skills and Core Values:
  • Collaboration with Thalhimer's accounting and property management teams
  • Client Focus addressing questions and requests for information from owners and asset managers.
  • Results Focused and ability to work independently.
  • Continuous Improvement, make recommendations
  • Excellence


Responsibilities:
  1. Prepare monthly financial statements & supporting schedules
    • Practical understanding of accounting principles
    • Monthly bank reconciliations, research and resolve reconciling items
    • Mortgage escrow account reconciliations
    • Journal entries, including accruals, depreciation and amortization, etc.
    • Balance sheet reconciliations
    • Record transactions from a closing statement
    • Calculate distributions to owners
    • Monitor cash flow and accounts payable
    • Validate/calculate monthly management fee calculation
    • Assist owners with year-end audit/tax reporting
  2. Develop and update short- and long-term cash forecasts to assess available liquidity and support owner distribution planning
  3. Assist with the onboarding of new properties, record activity from prior manager, monitor utility, mortgage, and other sensitive vendor
  4. Monthly bank reconciliations for master accounts and resolution of reconciling items
  5. Special projects
  6. Train and support accounting team members

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