Job DescriptionAccounts Receivable
Monitor daily ACH and lockbox deposit activity in bank portal.
Review cash receipts and submit deposit backup to the AR team to post to the accounting system, noting how the payment should be applied to open AR.
Review tenant ledgers to ensure deposits are posted accurately.
Prepare analysis of aged AR on a monthly basis and distribute to property teams.
Review and submit manual tenant adjustment forms and other misc. AR forms to the AR team.
Reconcile depository activity between the bank and the general ledger each month.
Accounts Payable
Monitor operating account activity on a daily basis, notify finance team when client funding is transferred, and reconcile funding amount to current check batch.
Prepare the commit payment batch reports and submit to AP team for each check run.
Enter check information from current check batch into the positive pay feature in the banking portal.
Prepare GL activity backup for each client funding request with analysis between GL balance and minimum reserve balance.
Reconcile operating account activity between the bank and the general ledger each month.
Financial Close
Support senior accountants in preparing the month-end workpapers each month for a portfolio of properties including all balance sheet reconciliations. This includes preparing bank reconciliations for the operating and depository accounts, AR rollforward, prepaid expense rollforward, construction WIP schedules, fixed asset and depreciation schedules, straight-line-rent rollforward, accrued expense schedule, rent roll reconciliation.
Perform a trial balance flux analysis, noting significant variances in monthly activity over each GL account.
Enter journal entries into the accounting system.
Maintain project costing workbooks for Capex projects and reconcile monthly.
Any and all other duties and tasks assigned.
Staff Accountant Skills/Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting preferred
1-3 years of relevant experience in AP/AR responsibilities
Strong background in Microsoft Excel including experience using and writing vlookup functions, if functions, and data validations
Ability to communicate effectively over email with client, vendor, and property team stakeholders outside of the accounting department
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