Senior Accounting Associate

Position Responsibilities

• Senior Accountants will have at least 3-5 years of experience in public or private accounting, preferably with real estate industry experience.
• Some accounting work will be supervised. Senior Accountants will begin to deal directly with client personnel with guidance.
• Senior Accountants will prepare financial statements as well as perform tax services and consulting for clients.
• No supervisory skills are required.
• Operate effectively within client accounting systems, including Yardi (required) and Sage
• Intacct (preferred), to support day-to-day accounting and reporting needs.
• Prepare/write up full monthly work for more complex clients
• Communicate with team members for missing items for monthly work
• Calculate, review, and analyze financial ratios
• Maintain client relationship and discuss open items

Qualifications

• Experience with financial statements and tax returns is required
• Prior experience in public accounting is strongly preferred
• Prior experience working with real estate clients is highly preferred
• Bachelors degree is strongly preferred
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to be flexible
• Ability to think critically
• Ability to handle more than one project / task at a time
• Ability to learn different software and understand how they work and improve the firm
• Proficient communication skills to talk to clients and team members

Essential Functions

• Prepare/write up full monthly work for more complex clients
• Communicate with team members for missing items for monthly work
• Calculate, review, and analyze financial ratios
• Complete more complex business and personal tax returns
• Begin client relationship and discuss open items
• Work closely on income tax projections, cash flow projections, and buy/sell transactions

Preferred Attributes

• Background in public accounting or professional services.
• Experience with real estate investment structures, REITs, and fund accounting.
• Proven ability to drive efficiencies and improvements within client systems and processes.