Staff Accountant

Description

Join a mission focused organization where your accounting expertise directly supports a community that feels like home. As our Staff Accountant for Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets, you’ll help ensure the financial foundation that allows residents, families, and team members to thrive. From managing vendor relationships to maintaining an accurate fixed asset portfolio, your work will strengthen the operations behind compassionate, high quality senior living.

If you’re detail oriented, committed to excellence, and inspired by work that makes a meaningful difference in the lives of others, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

Earn a competitive salary within the range of $60–75k annually, based on experience.

This is a hybrid role (weekly onsite work).

• Full-time employees:
  • Generous PTO beginning with a maximum of 104 hours annually
  • Benefits:
    Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, Supplemental:
    Accident/Cancer/Critical Illness, Legal Resources, and Identity Theft
  • Tuition reimbursement: up to $5,250 annually for qualifying coursework
• All employees:
  • 401k with company match
  • Educational Partnership Discounts:
    South University, ECPI, Regent University, St. Leo University, and Colorado Christian University
  • Referral Bonus for new employee referrals that join our team
  • Star Employee Recognition Program including monetary awards
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The Staff Accountant
, Accounts Payable & Fixed Assets, is responsible for day to day accounting activities related to vendor payables and capital assets. This role ensures accurate and timely processing of invoices, proper recording of capital expenditures, compliance with GAAP, and support of month end close, audits, and financial reporting. This position reports to the Accounting Manager.

• Process and review vendor invoices, employee reimbursements, and payments with accuracy and care to support smooth daily operations for residents and team members.
• Manage weekly check runs, ACH/wire payments, vendor records, AP reconciliations, and annual 1099 reporting to maintain strong financial stewardship.
• Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including additions, disposals, transfers, and CIP tracking, ensuring assets that support resident life are recorded and placed in service timely.
• Ensure proper capitalization, calculate monthly depreciation/amortization, and reconcile fixed assets to the general ledger in alignment with GAAP.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and financial schedules; support month‑end and year‑end close, audits, and periodic asset inventories.
• Uphold internal controls and regulatory requirements while contributing to process improvements that enhance efficiency and strengthen the community's financial foundation.

Education and/or

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance plus 2-4 years of accounting experience; OR 8 years of accounting experience with exposure to accounts payable and fixed assets.

• Experience with ERP and accounting systems. Net Suite experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of the budgeting process
• Working knowledge of GAAP, particularly related to expense recognition and fixed assets
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, lookups, pivot tables preferred)
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage deadlines, prioritize tasks, and work independently
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with construction in progress or capital project accounting
  • Experience in nonprofit, healthcare, real estate, or senior living environments
  • CPA or CPA eligible (not required)

To be a neighborhood where people want to live and work. Located in Virginia Beach, we are an award‑winning continuing care retirement community serving ages 55 and up. We live our mission of being a welcoming neighborhood promoting active lifestyles in a community which ensures freedom, dignity, wellness, independence and security for all residents and staff.

• Service to others
• Culture of Trust/Honesty
• Leadership to Grow
• Loyalty

We are looking for people who have a heart full of compassion, people who are warm and kind. Here at Atlantic Shores, you will have the opportunity to make a wonderful difference in someone’s life every day. Employment with Atlantic Shores comes with great benefits - with the flexibility to choose the health and welfare plans to best meet your needs.