Senior Accountant

nsaction Processing and Financial Controls:

• Acquire in-depth understanding of structure, agreements, financing and risks of complex development projects.
• Review agreements and financial documents to determine and establish appropriate accounting procedures.
• Evaluate financial transactions and suggest appropriate treatment.
• Work directly with various staff levels from other departments to resolve multifaceted accounting and reporting issues and problems.
• Work with outside Joint Venture and financial partners in predevelopment costs processing and construction draw requests.

Accounting and Cash Management:

• Responsible for day-to-day accounting, prepare journal entries, analyze accounts, and make necessary adjustments. Ensure all transactions are accounted for in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company policy and procedures.
• Facilitate draw fundings, receive wires, confirm amounts, notify appropriate parties, and initiate wires in Kyriba environment.
• Reconcile loan draws, funding payments and outstanding invoices monthly to general ledger. Record adjusting journal entries as required.
• Track pre-development costs, calculate pre-development loan interest, and provide various reports on pre-development costs incurred for each job.
• Prepare comprehensive analysis of all activities for assigned entities and perform various reconciliations between the accounting system and other sources to confirm accuracy.
• Responsible for the month-end close process, verifying integrity and accuracy of the general ledger, investigate variances, identify and resolve issues. Prepare supporting schedules and record accruals.
• Reconcile various bank accounts, monitor cash position, ensure timely correction of transactions and follow up as needed using online banking tools.

Financial Reporting:

• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly GAAP-compatible financial reports on Joint Venture entities and development projects required internally and by outside third parties.
• Gather and compile information as needed by auditors for audit, cost segregation study, cost certifications and tax returns. Work with auditors to ensure timely completion.

General:

• Respond to special request for information internally and externally.
• Assist with other special projects as needed.
• Other duties, as assigned.
• Ability to travel, but rarely.

The education and experience we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or equivalent experience is required.
• 2-5 years development or cost accounting experience required, with construction experience preferred.
• Must have intermediate to advanced level of computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and PDF.
• NetSuite and Yardi experience preferred.

What skills you should have:

• Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges, acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret business documents, agreements, financial documents, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions.
• Ability to interpret various instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Intermediate to advanced level of computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and PDF.
• Exceptional organizational skills, highly attentive to