What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at The Alta Group?
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Opportunity to join a growing residential real estate leader with a true career runway. The Senior Accountant will be exposed to senior executives, property management, and investors, will own the financials for several large properties, and will be part of a cohesive finance team tasked with providing insightful financial results used by senior management to drive the business and investment decisions.
What you will do:
- Own the preparation of property financial statement packages, including management reporting, variance analysis and proactive financial guidance to Property Management.
- Assist with advanced level accounting and reporting requirements and higher level complex financial analysis.
- Work with property managers on preparing budgets and forecasts.
- Proactively identify KPI's and trends, alerting management and providing guidance.
- Prepare models and proforma financials for potential real estate investments and acquisitions.
- Ensure all transactions are properly coded to proper GL accounts and perform account reconciliations.
What you can expect:
- The satisfaction of making an impact and being a true finance business partner to Sr Management
- Being a member of a cohesive, supportive team
- Challenge and and a true career runway to a financial leadership role
- An entrepreneurial environment
Skills/Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree and 4-5 years of combined accounting and finance experience.
- Experience from the Real Estate industry.
- Ability to prepare and analyze financial statements, prepare budgets and forecasts, and financial models.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written to as the finance business partner to property managers and executive team.
- A proactive leader with the ability to think analytically and strategically.
- Strong Excel skills, experience with Yardi, Entrata, AppFolio or MRI.