Staff Accountant

Garden Street Communities is one of the largest privately held residential land developers operating in seven states across the Southeast. Currently seeking a Staff Accountant to join our team in Pensacola, FL. This position will report directly to and support the Controller.

Ideal Candidate Attributes:

• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and relentless desire to learn
• Detail-oriented and highly organized individual
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels within the organization
• Commitment to abide by the workplace rules – attendance, dress code, codes of conduct
• Ability to work in a team environment to support regional operations in their field activities
• Working knowledge of accounting software and Microsoft Office
• Basic/advanced project and general accounting experience
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

Job Responsibilities:

• Accomplish tasks in accordance with established procedures, standards, and applicable legal parameters
• Review invoices, check requests, and pay applications for posting
• Review prepaid, accounts receivable, burden, and correcting journal entries for posting
• Review/generate updates to the company’s standard operating procedures (SOP) from the accounting team
• Review inventory status report weekly
• Prepare cash, monthly, and quarterly journal entries for review
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations
• Prepare cost allocations for review
• Prepare bank engagement package
• Assign and create project numbers in accounting software
• Set up prepaid and earnest money deposit (EMD) account numbers

Requirements:

• An Accounting Degree (or actively pursuing such a degree) from an accredited university
• Minimum 2 years of experience in an accounting department

Preferred:

• Construction Industry knowledge or experience
• Processing invoice and pay application experience
• Intermediate to advanced Excel knowledge
• Account reconciliations experience

Why Garden Street?

Founded in 2016, Garden Street Communities Southeast, LLC is a privately-held residential lot development company focused primarily on land acquisitions and development to sell finished single-family and townhome lots to homebuilders. Garden Street Communities is headquartered in Pensacola, Florida, and operates primarily in the Southeastern region of the United States, including Texas.

Garden Street Communities manages a wide range of land acquisition, infrastructure development, and project planning activities related to residential lots for a specific community. Land acquisition and lot development activities are currently focused on six regions comprised of twenty-eight individual markets across seven Southeastern and Central states – Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, with the expectation of expanding further into other attractive regions.

Garden Street Communities Southeast, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, or any other protected characteristic.