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Client Accountant managing property accounting for Transwestern’s commercial real estate portfolio. Preparing financial reports, reconciliations, tenant billings, budgets, distributions, and compliance documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily property accounting duties for assigned properties
- Prepare financial reports, operating statements, variance reports, escalation reviews, payable reviews, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Enter accrual and cash journal entries and ensure accuracy, consistency, GAAP adherence, Management/Leasing Agreement compliance, and SOC1 control compliance
- Use real estate accounting software such as MRI and Yardi for client accounting tasks
- Coordinate with property management to meet monthly reporting, annual budgeting, escalation settlement, and other deadlines
- Review tenant billings, adjustments, cash receipt batches, rent rolls, aged delinquency reports, account ledgers, and general ledger entries
- Maintain property cash balances and review bank reconciliations
- Review and approve large accounts payable disbursements and submit weekly open accounts payable reports
- Submit monthly financial report packages to the accounting manager
- Assist with CAM and real estate tax escalation reconciliations and auditor inquiries
- Prepare and initiate owner distributions
- Prepare and post rent-up reports and make tenant ledger corrections or adjustments
- Ensure timely payment of mortgages and property taxes
- Calculate monthly management and incentive management fees
- Maintain scanned financial reporting packages, bank statements, and reconciliations; load documents into OneSpace
- Communicate with clients, auditors, tax preparers, vendors, tenants, and team members
- Calculate and file sales tax
- Close accounts payable, commercial management, and general ledger modules as appropriate
- Perform additional client accounting duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with emphasis in accounting, finance, or related field preferred
- 2-3 years of recent fee-based property management accounting experience
- Working knowledge of financial terms, principles, and current accounting methods including cash and basic accruals
- Ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Working knowledge of Owner budget reporting requirements and annual budget preparation
- Working knowledge of escalation and operating expense budgeting and settlement processes, including calculation of gross-ups
- Experience with real estate accounting software, preferably MRI and/or Yardi
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe
- Strong analytical capabilities and high attention to detail
- Ability to handle multiple projects, changing priorities, and demanding time-sensitive workloads
- Ability to work independently and under general supervision
- Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable, and courteous service
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to remain stationary 50% or more of the time and constantly operate a computer and office productivity machinery, or receive reasonable accommodations
- Successful completion of pre-employment background checks and drug screen required before starting employment
Benefits:
- Pre-employment background checks
- Drug screen check prior to starting employment
- Reasonable accommodations may be provided to perform essential functions
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