Senior Accountant, Real Estate

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant drives the financial management of the real estate department and actively supports ongoing real estate projects. In this role, you will prepare and input journal entries, analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts, and manage full-cycle lease accounting alongside strategic projects. This role will routinely collaborate with internal and external teams regarding accounting matters relevant to their projects and departments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute month-end journal entries, including accruals and amortization, and generate required reports.

• Review and manage property financials, collaborating with appropriate departments to resolve discrepancies.

• Oversee property tax activity by monitoring assessed values, recording accruals, and ensuring payments are completed timely.

• Analyze lease agreements to identify relevant accounting terms and maintain records in Excel and facilitate new property onboarding in JDE Oracle.

• Maintain compliance with relevant accounting standards and internal policies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide training and conduct detailed financial variance analysis.

• Work closely with management teams to develop and upload annual real estate budgets.

• Deliver updates and insights into accounting and real estate leadership on financial matters.

• Facilitate year-end audit processes by preparing audit packets and addressing auditor requests.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager.

Position Requirements (Work Experience, Skills, Licenses, etc.):

• Minimum 5 years’ accounting experience, Property Management or Lease Accounting experience preferred 
• Four-year accounting degree, CPA preferred
• Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage competing deadlines 
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• JDE Oracle experience a plus

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.

• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.

• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.

• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.

• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.

• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.

• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people’s strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.

• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.

• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.

• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.

• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.

• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.

• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take directions, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for their actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization.

Job Responsibility Level:

No direct reports

Travel Requirements:

Travel required 0-5% of the time to other office locations. 

Hours:

This is an exempt position. Workdays are scheduled from Monday through Friday. Typical work hours begin and end between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm as coordinated with the position's supervisor. Work outside of regular hours may occasionally be necessary to meet business needs.

Physical Demands:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Prolonged sitting.

• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.

• Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch.

Competitive Wages:

$81,000 to $106,500 annual salary. Applicants, please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee’s total compensation.

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