Senior Accountant

Conifer Realty LLC•City of Rochester, NY

42d•$95,000 - $105,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Accountant is the accounting team's go-to for complex accounting issues, including multi-entity consolidations, technical GAAP research, lease accounting, audit lead work, and judgment calls. The role also involves a significant transactional workload, managing complex journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly close deliverables. The position is approximately 60% technical and 40% transactional, with fluctuations based on reporting cycles. This role reports to the Corporate Controller and collaborates with various departments, executive leadership, external auditors, and tax advisors. Strong written communication, self-direction, and follow-through are essential due to the dispersed nature of the finance team.

Requirements

5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years actively performing senior-level technical work (consolidations, audit lead, technical accounting memos, GAAP research).
Hands-on experience with multi-entity consolidations, including intercompany eliminations and stand-alone vs consolidated reporting.
Experience leading or substantially supporting an external financial statement audit as the client-side owner of PBC and auditor coordination.
Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 842 (leases) and ASC 606 (revenue recognition); familiarity with ASC 805 (business combinations) and ASC 810 (consolidations) a plus.
Excellent technical writing: ability to draft a clean accounting memo that an auditor will accept.
Strong Excel: advanced formulas, pivot tables, data integrity discipline; comfortable building and maintaining a complex consolidation workbook.
Track record of working independently, managing competing deadlines, and driving items to closure without hand-holding.
Clear, direct communication with auditors, senior leaders, and cross-functional partners.
Comfort with AI and automation tooling for accounting research, memo drafting, and data analysis.
Familiarity with partnership accounting concepts and how partnership reporting interacts with corporate-level books.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
CPA strongly preferred; non-CPA candidates with strong technical chops and a clear path to license also considered.

Nice To Haves

Public accounting experience (Big 4 or national firm) preferred, with audit or transaction services background.
Industry experience in real estate, real estate funds, REITs, affordable housing, or LIHTC partnerships preferred.
Experience with NetSuite, Yardi Voyager, MRI, or comparable ERPs and property management systems preferred.
Experience implementing a new accounting standard or supporting an ERP implementation from the technical accounting side preferred.
Master's in Accounting or Taxation preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual corporate consolidation, including eliminations, intercompany reconciliations, and stand-alone and consolidated GAAP financial statements for board, lender, and management reporting.
Serve as the team's first stop on technical accounting questions (leases, revenue recognition, business combinations, equity method, debt modifications), draft accounting memos that hold up to audit, and monitor new FASB standards through adoption.
Partner with the Corporate Controller on accounting guidance for new deal structures, joint ventures, refinancings, and unusual transactions.
Own the annual external audit day-to-day, including PBC list, timeline, auditor communication, and internal review of adjustments and final financial statements.
Coordinate with external tax advisors on corporate filings, extensions, quarterly estimates, workpapers, and book-to-tax reconciliations, and partner with Residential/Development Accounting where corporate and partnership tax intersect.
Support state, local, and other tax filings and manage responses to tax notices.
Own a portfolio of complex monthly entries and reconciliations (consolidation eliminations, equity method, lease accounting, debt and interest accruals, intercompany, fixed assets).
Support the corporate close end-to-end: post entries, resolve variances, tie sub-ledgers to the general ledger, and clear open items on the close calendar.
Partner with the Financial Systems Administrator on NetSuite-driven automation to reduce manual close work overtime.
Maintain and test key internal controls in the technical accounting area and document processes, recurring entries, and judgment-based positions so they survive turnover.
Serve as a technical resource for the broader accounting team, reviewing complex work and contributing to training on new standards and systems.
Identify control gaps, process pain points, and improvement opportunities and drive them to resolution.