Senior Accountant

(Commercial Real Estate) Staff Accountant Needed in Kansas City

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Salary: $50,000 - $70,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our firm provides a range of commercial real services including sales and leasing, property and facilities management, global corporate services, institutional capital markets dispositions, owner's representative services for public and private development projects, as well as various real estate consulting services. We are looking for an experienced accountant to join our accounting and finance division in Kansas City.

Why join us?

Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Job Details

Basic Function: Provide professional accounting services that involve the application of established accounting principles, theories, and concepts. Maintain confidential accounting records of various assigned entities on a daily basis and prepare monthly and/or quarterly financial statements. Assist with Accounts Payable entry and operational duties within the accounting department.

1. Experience/Education: BS in Business with a Major in Accounting.
2. Experience with commercial real estate accounting preferred.
3. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Sage Software, and Yardi System.
4. Must be able to juggle multiple tasks, detect and reconcile mistakes, and adapt pace to complete the required amount of work.

Essential Job Functions:

Accounts Payable and Operations

Remotely deposit checks to operating account. Assist in maintaining Cash Receipts information with invoices/backup for incoming checks. Update Accounts Receivable when payments are made for different divisions.
Assist deposit log coordinator with review of checks.
Upload and enter vendor invoices in Yardi for payment using AP templates and work orders - add GL coding when needed.
Issue checks weekly verifying BillPay, credit cards and EFT vendor payments. If applicable, match in-house checks with corresponding invoices and scan documents for attaching to checks in Yardi.

Financial Statements and Property Management

Review and enter tenant lease information adding pertinent lease info in Yardi and computing additional rents or Common Area Maintenance (CAM). Prepare any tenant charges in a timely manner.
Responsible for accounts receivable functions necessary for tenant ledgers on assigned entities, including but not limited to depositing monies, entering cash receipts, notifying Property Manager (PM) of discrepancies, and assisting PM with communications to tenants about charges.
Responsible for accounts payable functions necessary for assigned entities including, but not limited to GL coding/entering invoices, reviewing adequacy of cash balances, review of weekly checks issued, preparation of bank adjustments as needed, and reviewing work performed by accounting assistant. Perform final approval for non-utility invoices to ensure approvals, GL coding and post period are accurate.
Maintain accurate depreciation schedules in Sage software for assets and amortization schedules for non-tangible assets. Prepare financial statements in accordance with these schedules.
Prepare/maintain job costs for tenant improvement and review construction management fees (CM) to ensure accuracy.
Prepare and maintain cash flows for each assigned entity, including adjusting for differences between actual amounts and budgeted amounts and making revisions as necessary when timing of actual items differs from budget.
Maintain general ledgers and prepare monthly financial statements including all related schedules in accordance with guidelines as determined by the property management agreement and the Director of Accounting Services. Balance Sheet verification based on subsidiary ledgers or specific details is required to ensure income statements are prepared accurately.
Prepare monthly invoices to charge tenants for any direct expenses not included in CAM.
Review monthly delinquency report to ensure late charges are accurate before tenants are charged.
Review monthly property management fees and asset management fees to ensure fees are accurate based on property agreements before tenants are charged.
Prepare monthly bank fee allocation spreadsheets for various bank accounts and record entries or prepare check requests as needed.
Prepare move out reconciliations for tenants upon lease termination.
Prepare quarterly distributions for owners as requested.
Year-end additional responsibilities including preparation of yearly budgets, tenant CAM estimates and CAM reconciliations.
Cross-train on properties assigned to other accountants as needed.

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