Client Accountant

🕒 April 1

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Transwestern

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1001 - 5000 employees

The privately held Transwestern companies have been delivering a higher level of personalized service and innovative real estate solutions since 1978. Through an integrated, customized approach that begins with good ideas, the firm drives value for clients across commercial real estate services, development, and investment management. Operating from 33 U.S. offices, Transwestern extends its platform capabilities globally through strategic alliance partners whose unique geographic, cultural, and business expertise fuels creative solutions. Learn more at transwestern.com and @Transwestern.

📋 Description

• Perform daily property accounting duties for assigned Properties. • Preparing financial reports, entering accrual and cash journal entries. • Reviewing operating statements and variance reports. • Preparing escalation and payable reviews, performing reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to the Management/Leasing Agreements and SOC1 controls. • Utilizing assigned real estate accounting software (e.g., MRI, Yardi) to perform client accounting tasks. • Working with property management to ensure reporting deadlines are met such as monthly operating reports and annual budgets. • Reviewing tenant billings and adjustments according to information provided by the Property Manager. • Submitting Commercial Management batches for review and posting. • Reviewing and posting cash receipt batches entered by Client Accounting Associate. • Maintaining property cash balances. • Reviewing and approving all large accounts payable disbursement items. • Submitting weekly Open A/P report for check-run processing. • Reviewing or preparing bank reconciliations for assigned accounts. • Reviewing or posting the monthly posting of the Rent Roll by property management. • Ensuring reasonability of changes from the prior month’s Rent Roll. • Reviewing aged delinquency report and applying necessary adjustments. • Reviewing and revising all supporting schedules with monthly charges as required by the Owner. • Ensuring sub ledgers tie to the general ledger. • Reviewing financial statements and confirming supporting schedules tie to financial reports. • Submitting monthly financial report package to the accounting manager for review. • Monitoring property bank account cash balances. • Assisting in review of prior year reconciliations and answering questions from Auditors. • Preparing calculation for owner distribution and initiating monthly distributions as per Management Agreement. • Preparing monthly rent-up reports to send to property manager for review.

🎯 Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with emphasis in accounting, finance or related field preferred. • A minimum of 2-3 years of recent fee-based property management accounting experience. • Working knowledge of financial terms and principles including knowledge of current accounting methods (cash and basic accruals). • Ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). • Working knowledge of the budget reporting requirements of each Owner and participate/assist in the preparation of the annual budget with members of property management. • Working knowledge of the escalation and operating expense budgeting and settlement process, including the calculation of “gross-ups”, and may participate/assist in the preparation of the actual settlement schedules. • Applicable experience in real estate accounting software, preferably with MRI and/or Yardi. • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe. • Demonstrate strong analytical capabilities with a high attention to detail. • Ability to handle multiple projects, changing priorities and demanding, time-sensitive, work load(s). • Ability to receive general work supervision/be self-managed/work independently. • Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to internal and external customers. • Ability to keep information and internal communications confidential. • Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% or more of the time/constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (ex. a calculator, copy machine, computer printer) or, by request, be provided reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of the position.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities