Staff Accountant

Responsibilities

• Maintain community ledgers which includes, among other things, bank account reconciliations, including researching and clearing outstanding items; balance sheet reconciliations, including appropriate journal entries to adjust balances; prepare, key, and edit journal entries; and, process check requests.
• Complete monthly review of all assigned communities which includes: analyze community income statements; prepare and follow-up on financial statement inquiries to communities; and journalize all necessary adjustments to the community general ledgers; distribute financial statements to communities, regional directors, and corporate office management team.
• Maintain communications and provide accounting-related guidance to assigned communities.
• Apply accounting pronouncements to community balance sheets.
• Assist in the interim and year-end audit.
• File all accounting related data in a timely, organized manner.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in related field is required.
• 1-3 years experience at a minimum.
• 1-3 years accounting experience working with the month-end close process and completing financial statements
• Community Staff Accountants are assigned a specific number of communities and must be able to follow strict timelines to close each month.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications such as Excel and Word.
• MBA certification or CPA license is preferred.