Sr. Accountant, Debt
About The Position
Berkshire Residential Investments is a people-first real estate investment company that values the impact it makes as a company and the time spent in high-performing teams. The company values individual skills and perspectives to best serve its employees, investors, residents, and other stakeholders. This role is for a workplace where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work each day, joining a talented and growing team. The environment fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, a culture of expertise, and a people-first approach to allow employees to thrive and grow in their careers. The Senior Accountant, Debt will produce monthly financial statements for assigned portfolio or corporate entities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Full General Ledger maintenance, preparing or managing the preparation of monthly financial statements, assisting in the preparation of quarterly and annual investor reports, facilitating the completion of the monthly close process, analyzing revenue and expenses to ensure proper recording, ensuring bank reconciliations are prepared and reviewed monthly, taking the lead with transactional closing statements and closing journal entries, coordinating and overseeing work performed by offshore staff accountants, reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statement support, and other schedules prepared by offshore team members, providing clear review comments, coaching, and follow-up, serving as the primary point of contact for offshore staff accountants, assisting in reviewing budgets and forecasts, assisting in the management of the external audit process, and other special projects as assigned. The role requires consistent demonstration of tact and discretion.
Requirements
- Two plus (2+) years of experience in accounting; real estate experience preferred
- Aptitude for organizing, prioritizing, and managing multiple priorities, using critical thinking and problem solving
- Demonstrated understanding of the accounting cycle, account classifications, debits, and credits
- Demonstrated multi-modal communication style that reaches every stakeholder, specifically excellent verbal, and written communications
- Ability to communicate with and manage up to senior management
- Collaborative working style with inclusive work and thinking behaviors, commitment to excellence in teams and work product, with a strong work ethic
- Demonstrate emotional intelligence in high pressure and sensitive situations
- Tenacity, patience, and perseverance to work with business deals from beginning to end of process
- Represent the Berkshire employment brand well to candidates by seeking to understand the capabilities and insights of people with unique backgrounds, cultures, styles, and abilities
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and communications of information
- Develop productive working relationships with all team members including internal clients and external third parties
- Demonstrated high level of ethics and integrity with a straightforward and honest approach
- Bachelor’s degree with concentration in accounting
- Demonstrated advanced financial modeling and Excel skills required
- Demonstrated ability to use and learn new technology (e.g., computers/hardware, mobile, software, cloud-based programs)
- Proficiency with computers, keyboards, monitors and telephone headsets.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite of Products (e.g., Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, Power Point)
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in Yardi & SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (Outlooksoft) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Full General Ledger maintenance
- Prepare or manage preparation of monthly financial statements
- Assist in preparation of quarterly and annual investor reports
- Facilitate completion of monthly close process
- Analyze revenue and expenses to ensure recorded properly on a monthly basis
- Ensure bank reconciliations are prepared and reviewed on a monthly basis
- Take lead with transactional closing statements and closing journal entries
- Coordinate and oversee work performed by offshore staff accountants, including assigning responsibilities, communicating priorities, and monitoring completion against established deadlines
- Review journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statement support, and other schedules prepared by offshore team members for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established procedures
- Provide clear review comments, coaching, and follow-up to ensure issues are fully resolved and recurring errors are addressed
- Serve as the primary point of contact for offshore staff accountants assigned to the portfolio and escalate significant accounting, reporting, or timing issues to accounting manager promptly
- Assist in reviewing budgets and forecasts for reasonableness
- Assist in the management of the external audit process
- Other special projects as assigned
- Consistently demonstrate use of tact and discretion
Benefits
- An excellent benefits package, focusing on our employees’ total health and wellness.
- Programs and incentives that promote physical, mental, financial, and behavioral wellbeing both within and beyond our workplace.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
