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FirstService Residential Staff Accountant in Guttenberg, New Jersey
Job Overview:
As a Staff Accountant, at The Galaxy Condominiums in Guttenberg, you’ll be responsible for analyzing and reporting the financial activities of your assigned communities. You'll work closely with building management and Board of Trustees to prepare and monitor community budgets and cash management.
Your Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly financial statements for The Galaxy
- Coding invoices
- Bank reconciliations
- Journal entries
- Review/test accounts receivable activities (i.e. potential assessments)
- Review accounts payable activities (i.e. review coding)
- Review cash activities (i.e. review outstanding checks, reconciling items)
- Prepare accrual entries and maintain backup schedules (i.e. accrued interest, prepaid expenses, deferred assessments)
- Analyze and reconcile all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
- Assist management with annual budget.
- At year end, close out financial statements, code the new budget, enter budget spreads into the system and prepare monthly/quarterly reserve contribution payment requests for the accounts payable folder
- Work with independent CPAs on audit issues
- Process audits and tax returns prepared by independent CPAs for assigned portfolio (i.e. review draft audits, consider audit entries, distribute tax returns to managers to obtain signatures, mail tax returns by deadlines)
- Monitor investments, cash balances and cash adequacy
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university.
- Previous Accounting experience
- This is an onsite position M-F
Preferred Skills & Qualifications:
- CPA certification and/or related work experience preferred.
- Five (5) + years of experience as Staff or Sr. Accountant in property management or real state fields, residential management preferred.
Strong working knowledge of customer service principles and practices.
Ability to perform with minimum supervision and make decisions independently.
- Strong communication and analytic skills.
- Detailed oriented with multiple tasks and information organization.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Windows software, especially EXCEL.
What We Offer:
As a full-time exempt associate, you will be eligible for full comprehensive benefits to include your choice of multiple medical plans, dental, vision, and others. In addition, you will be eligible for time off benefits, paid holidays and a 401k with company match. Occasional travel may be required to attend training and other company functions.
Compensation : $60,000- $70,000 annually