About This Role
The Staff Accountant prepares financial statements for community associations and provides general accounting support to community managers and boards. This role involves financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, cash management, and efficiency improvements, suiting an accountant who values excellence, teamwork, and growth.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review accuracy of monthly financial statements
- Reconcile general ledger accounts
- Reconcile bank accounts and provide banking support for communities
- Participate in peer review of monthly financial statements for cash basis communities
- Research and collect information regarding communities for accounting purposes
- Partner with Community Managers/Developers to establish community budgets
- Prepare subsidy (deficit) funding requests for developer communities
- Partner with Accounting Management to develop systems and controls ensuring compliance with state laws and community standards
- Attend meetings as required to provide accounting assistance to community boards and committees per current portfolio assignments
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by supervisor
Requirements
- 5 years of full-time, paid, professional experience in a Staff Accountant role within HOA, Property Management, or a related field
- Exposure to various aspects of accounting, such as general ledger (GL) accounting, financial statement preparation, bank reconciliations, and financial analysis
- Experience working with accounting software
- High School diploma or better
- Strong attention to detail
- Understand accounting functions and processes
- Able to organize and manage multiple priorities
- Excellent customer service and communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently with minimum level of supervision
- Computer proficiency, including Excel at an intermediate level
- Able to function and contribute in a team-oriented atmosphere
- Ability to present accounting information at association board meetings as needed
- Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
- Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
- Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
- Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
