Job Description
Accountant Job Description
Commercial property owners seeks skilled accountant with property management accounting background.
Full charge accounting for 7 commercial real estate properties with approximately 50 tenants, a non-profit foundation and other Ownership LLCs. Other duties include basic office management, supply inventory, track employee payroll, vacation, sick-time and insurance, etc.
Job Duties include but are not limited to:
- Support Owner and property managers with day-to-day property (Yardi Breeze) and foundation (QuickBooks) accounting
- Coordinate and work with outside CPA related to property sales & the associated accounting.
- Perform professional bookkeeping work in Yardi Breeze and QuickBooks and generally accepted principles of accounting (GAAP)
- Process daily cash receipts
- Accounts Payable, including invoice entry and tracking payment processing
- Accounts Receivable, including making deposits, posting rental payments and tracking deposits.
- Process bi-monthly payables including check cutting
- Reimbursement processing
- Records management and filing
- Monitor bank balances
- Provide cashflow projections as needed
- Create and process monthly Management Fees
- Create and process allocations across multiple entities
- Set up new tenants in Yardi Breeze
- Process security deposits in Yardi Breeze
- Transition/set-up incoming properties onto Yardi Breeze
- Enter budgets into Yardi Breeze
- Run monthly A/R reports for property manager
- Under direction from an independently contracted CPA, prepare documents for financial audits
- Prepare quarterly financial reports (balance sheet, P&L statements, GL, A/R, A/P, etc)
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations for multiple bank accountants
- Maintain Chart of Accounts.
- Comply with all internal control policies of the organization
Required Qualifications
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Ability to work independently
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Strong analytical skills
- Able to complete tasks accurately and timely with minimal supervision
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interface well with staff and external clients
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work quickly, accurately and flexibly in managing changing priorities
- 2-4 years' experience in general ledger accounting and month-end reconciliation
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & Outlook); Knowledge of YARDI and QuickBooks preferred
Required to be onsite in Santa Monica office 4 days/week. 5th day may work from home.
Free Parking
Health insurance for employee only – PPO
3 weeks paid vacation