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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

+ Use accounting software to prepare general ledgers, financial statements, budgets and reports.

+ Allocate costs to individual organizational entities and analyzes the impact of cost allocation on financial statements.

+ Oversee the input and review of property level financial statements into accounting software.

+ Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure accurate presentation.

+ Research and make recommendations to resolve unusual or irregular transactions and variances.

+ Assist in the collection of late reporting documents and the collection of outstanding accounts receivable.

+ Provide support for accounts receivable and accounts payable processing.

+ Respond to internal/external auditor inquiries and requests.

+ Communicate with external CPAs and Management Companies to request reports and resolve variances, as needed.

+ Research issues regarding application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to allocating revenue and expenses and preparing financial statements.

+ Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information.

+ Assist in the check deposit and review process.

+ Assist in training others.

+ Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of

+ Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures.

+ Accounting software packages.

+ Cost allocation concepts and practices.

+ Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Skill in

+ Reviewing, interpreting and analyzing financial statements.

+ Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies.

+ Preparing financial statements, budgets and management reports.

+ Allocating costs and evaluating the impact on financial statements.

+ Researching GAAP issues.

+ Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets and complex databases.

Ability to

+ Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances.

+ Make independent decisions and solve more complex accounting problems.

+ Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels and external CPAs.

+ Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management.

+ Provide training to others.

+ Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

+ Provide a high level of customer service.

Education/Previous Experience

+ Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Accounting or Finance (Accounting preferred) and a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in preparing and analyzing financial information.

+ Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.

+ Experience with Financial Reporting or External Audit Coordination a plus.

Licenses/Certifications

+ CPA preferred.

**Travel Required:** No