Senior Accountant

Purpose:

The fundamental role of the Senior Accountant will be to handle all corporate accounting in a timely manner. This position works directly with the Controller in the Corporate Close and Consolidation of 5 entities for Financial Reporting. This will allow the Senior to be in control of numerous key balance sheet reconciliation and Revenue / Cogs review and analysis.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain ownership over general ledger across all balance sheet and income accounts, which includes performing monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and bank reconciliations across multiple companies.
• Review the monthly P&L to ensure accuracy of expenses and all invoice billing, COGS and profit margins per unit and per JV members.
• Ownership of the monthly close process with agreed upon key metrics.
• Responsible for the monthly financials – Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow.
• Match invoices with pre-approved purchase orders for payment.
• Manage all aspects of prepaids and accruals working closely with the AP function.
• Inventory Management and inventory counts/audits.
• Extensive data entry in the inventory system.
• Assist with the coordination of external audit activities and audit preparation for annual financial statements audit.
• Conduct special projects as assigned by Controller.
• This position will play a key role in our migration from QBO to NetSuite and will have the opportunity to become a strong user of NetSuite and Parity Factory for inventory controls.
• Starting job duties on time, staying on the job throughout the assigned shift to complete duties properly, and attending all scheduled meetings and appointments.
• Track all incoming invoices for accuracy in the AP process.
• Track all incoming payments against the A/R report.

Skills & Abilities:

• Clear understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Proper Application, balance sheet and income statements, internal controls, and other areas related to financial reporting.
• Ability to create workpapers in a clear concise manner and execute a quick month-end workpaper package that supports the month-end financials for the combined group.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with large data sets in Excel.
• The ability to analyze GL data and reconcile key accounts quickly with close attention to month end workpaper format as provided by the Controller.
• Accounting organizational skills to include strong GL expertise and GAAP treatment of GL entries.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Self-motivated – can get close done on time each month.
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to work in a team environment or independently as needed.
• Experience working with Microsoft programs
• Sound knowledge of Excel a must
• Good knowledge of QuickBooks and/or other accounting software
• Ability to document work with legible handwriting
• Ability to secure and maintain a favorable background investigation and clearance.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business.
• Previous work experience as a Senior Accountant / Public Accounting experience helpful.
• Experience in NetSuite, Parity Factory or QuickBooks very helpful.
• Minimum of 5 years of general ledger accounting experience
• Prior experience in real estate and/or property management accounting.