Senior Property Accountant

Company Overview

Green Courte Residential Holdings, LLC, located in Clearwater, Florida, is a high growth real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates properties across the United States which include 23 land-lease manufactured home communities with approx. 7,900 home sites, 21 senior living communities with over 3,300 senior living units, and 7 truck storage facilities.

Green Courte Residential Holdings is an exciting, fast-growing company, exploring ways to enhance our residents experience and grow our footprint across the United States. We own and operate our active adult/independent living senior housing communities under the True Connection Communities brand and our land lease communities under the Windward Communities brand. We are an affiliate company with Green Courte Partners, LLC, a private equity real estate investment firm focused on building industry-leading companies within niche real estate sectors. To learn more about our entities visit: www.trueconnectioncommunities.com or www.livewindward.com

Job Purpose

The Senior Accountant will own the accounting and monthly close process for an assigned portfolio of 5-8 communities and their related entities. This role requires strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and the ability to explain financial results. The successful candidate will prepare accurate financial statements, investigate unusual activity and discrepancies, reconcile accounts to supporting documentation, and resolve accounting issues proactively.

The Senior Accountant will interact with corporate leadership and collaborate closely with on-site community managers to provide accounting support, assist in timely completion of monthly accounting processes, and ensure that all portfolio transactions are recorded accurately and reported on a timely basis. Additionally, this position will assist in identifying areas of improvement and implementing best practices to facilitate Green Courte Residential’s ongoing expansion. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation of all required financial information for an assigned portfolio of communities.
• Collaborate with community managers and accounting team members to account for day-to-day financial operations, which include:
  • Review tenant ledger activity for accuracy.
  • Review accounts payable invoice activity and related general ledger account coding.
  • Assist in the accounting and reconciliation of other property transactions and home sales activities, as needed.
• Complete monthly financial closing processes, which include: 
  • Complete bank reconciliations.
  • Prepare monthly closing journal entries.
  • Proactively manage closing matters.
  • Prepare and review monthly financial reports.
  • Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Partner with the Reporting team to provide meaningful variance comments.
• Assist Operations Team with annual budget process.
• Participate in the external audit process, including preparation of schedules.
• Identify and recommend process improvements and efficiencies.
• Administering accounting procedures and monitoring internal controls.
• Complete other ad hoc projects as assigned in a timely manner.
• Utilize accounting IT systems such as Yardi and Rent Manager.
• Complete special projects assigned in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of accounting experience. 
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, or related field. 
• Advanced degree and/or CPA are strongly preferred but not required.
• Real estate or manufactured housing background is a plus but not required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (must be able to manipulate pivot tables & utilize formulas such as xlookups, sumifs, if statements, etc.).
• Experience with databases, power query, SQL, VBA, etc. a plus.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate initiative.
• Good verbal and written communication skills that enable you to work in a collaborative manner with diverse teams in a variety of different departments.
• Ability to work on multiple assignments, prioritize tasks, and manage rapidly changing assignments in a team environment.
• Strong work ethic and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Persistent sense of urgency and accuracy, with a keen appreciation for detail.
• Self-starter with a creative, enthusiastic, innovative, and collaborative outlook.
• Aptitude for learning and utilizing various accounting systems.
• Willing to travel 1-2 trips a year for training or to visit communities.

We offer a great opportunity to sharpen your skills, enhance your real estate knowledge, and grow in your profession. We are proud of our company culture and work hard to build a strong connection among our team members. We offer a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plan including:

• Base salary, a merit-based bonus program, annual performance increase and equity participation opportunity
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability insurance
• Matching 401(k) Plan, holidays, and paid time off

Green Courte Residential Holdings, LLC, believes in maintaining a diverse workforce and are strongly committed to extending equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals.