What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Property Accountant position at lpc?
The Senior Property Accountant is responsible for the accurate and timely financial reporting of a designated real estate portfolio. This includes managing property budgets and forecasts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and working closely with property managers to optimize operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Reports accurately and timely, the financial records of the assigned real estate portfolio, including budgets and forecasts
- Works closely with the property managers to ensure accuracy, consistency and promote effectiveness in operations reporting
- Ensures implementation of company-wide property management accounting and reporting initiatives
- Maintains a calendar of all required reporting deadlines for assigned properties and prepares accurate and timely reporting as required
- Prepares and review monthly accruals and straight-line rent journal entries
- Reconciles balance sheet accounts monthly
- Ensures delinquency reports are correct and contacts property management about serious delinquencies
- Understands lease terminology and works closely with Lease Administrators
- Monitors cash and ensures that critical payments are made timely and prepares funding reports as needed
- Participates in budget preparation by providing information and analysis to property managers
- Reviews budgets for accuracy and uploading into accounting software
- Prepares monthly bank reconciliations for assigned properties
- Analyzes data from several sources and provides accurate and complete answers for owners
- Prepares personal property tax listings and monitors sales/use tax for owners
- Handles other duties as assigned by Controller
Desired Competency, Experience and Skills:
- Four-year degree in Accounting required
- 2-3 years of accounting experience; Commercial property accounting preferred
- GAAP experience preferred
- Exhibits strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills
- High degree of professionalism in addition to excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Team oriented, with the ability to build effective relationships in a cohesive business environment
- High proficiency in EXCEL
- MRI and/or Yardi preferred
About Lincoln Property Company
Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”) is one of the largest private real estate firms in the United States. Offering a fully integrated platform of real estate services and innovative solutions to owners, investors, lenders and occupiers, Lincoln supports the entire real estate lifecycle across asset types, including office, multifamily, life science, retail, industrial, data center, production studio, healthcare, government, universities, and mixed-use properties, throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Lincoln’s combined management and leasing portfolio on behalf of institutional clients includes more than 680 million square feet of commercial space. For more information, visit: www.lpc.com.
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