Accounting Specialist

Metro West Housing Solutions•Lakewood, CO

10d•$33 - $40

About The Position

Metro West Housing Solutions is recruiting an Accounting Specialist to support accounting operations for Section 8 Housing, Residential, and Tax Credit properties. The role maintains and reconciles accounts and is primarily responsible for accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. It also provides the accounting department’s first point of contact for calls, answers payment questions, and supplies bookkeeping, data-entry, word-processing, and filing support. The specialist backs up other team members as needed. The position handles property and internal invoices, payable batches and payments, vendor 1099s, receivable batches and checks, non-sufficient-funds checks, and billing support for properties with separate operating accounts. Section 8 duties include monthly and supplemental Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) runs, tracking promissory-note and micro-loan balances, reviewing tenant ledgers, setting up landlord EFTs and notifications, and managing port-outs and tenant 50058 updates at recertification and interim reviews. The specialist also works with property managers on ledger cleanup and Yardi issues related to accounts payable and receivable, and processes credit card statements. The expected schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Regular and consistent attendance is required. Metro West Housing Solutions conducts background checks in accordance with applicable laws after a conditional offer, where required; applicants receive a separate disclosure and must provide written authorization before a consumer report is obtained.

Requirements

Associate degree in accounting or a similar field.
Three to five years of professional bookkeeping or accounting experience.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
Ability to complete assignments amid changing priorities, strict deadlines, and high work volume.
Computer literacy and ability to learn new programs and software.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience in governmental or Tax Credit accounting.
Experience with Yardi.

Responsibilities

Review property invoices for approval signatures, coding, and payment amounts, and post payable batches.
Process internal invoices, route them for signatures, and enter them into the system.
Process payments for approved internal and property batches.
Perform high-volume accounts payable processing, including ACH/EFT bank uploads.
Maintain accounts payable files.
Process vendor 1099s at year end.
Help resolve auditor questions regarding accounts payable invoices.
Set up and close receipt batches for the front desk.
Review checks receipted through the front desk, confirm accuracy, and receipt them electronically to the bank.
Process non-sufficient-funds checks.
Track and create backup for expenses billed through the Propman fund for properties with separate operating accounts, for invoicing back.
Run monthly and supplemental HAP payments to landlords for the Section 8 portion of tenant rents.
Track Section 8 Promissory Note and Micro Loan balances.
Review tenant ledgers for accuracy.
Set up landlords with EFT and EFT notifications.
Manage port-outs and update tenant 50058 forms at recertification and interim reviews.
Work with property managers on ledger cleanup and Yardi issues related to accounts payable and receivable.
Process credit card statements.
Provide bookkeeping, data-entry, word-processing, and filing support for the accounting division; answer calls and payment questions as the accounting department’s first contact.
Back up team members as necessary.
Maintain regular and consistent attendance.