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Senior Accountant
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What they do
An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$79,643 / year median in New York
-18% projected decline
Job Description
- Read, interpret, and abstract commercial leases directly. Manage pro-rata shares, expense caps, and base rent escalations without relying on the leasing or property management team to provide the figures.
- Perform annual and mid-year CAM, real estate tax, and insurance reconciliations for commercial and retail tenants.
- Reconcile triple-net (NNN) leases. Calculate and bill monthly rent, escalations, and other recoveries, and monitor percentage rent where applicable.
- Prepare accurate monthly and quarterly financial statement packages for the mixed-use portfolio, working independently through ledgers, AR, and reporting.
- Run budget-to-actual variance analysis and provide clear, actionable commentary to property managers, owners, and condo boards.
- Present finished reporting and recommendations to the Controller for review and sign-off, rather than requiring line-by-line supervision.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations and manage cash positions across multiple entities and bank accounts.
- Oversee recurring billings across commercial, mixed-use, and residential, including common charges, maintenance fees, special assessments, and rent roll tracking.
- Process and track security deposits in line with legal interest and escrow requirements, and review property-level AP with accurate OpEx and CapEx coding.
- Support year-end close, external audit, and tax filings. Commercial audit work is heavier than residential and requires real command of depreciation, amortization, and straight-line lease amortization.
- Partner with property management to build annual operating and reserve budgets for the condo associations and private portfolios.
- Prepare financial packages and schedules for annual condo board meetings and internal requests, and coordinate with internal teams on lender compliance. Qualifications and Skills
- 3 to 5 years of property accounting experience with a genuine commercial lease
- Proven autonomy owning the full monthly and quarterly reporting cycle end to end.
- Solid commercial audit knowledge, including depreciation, amortization, and straight-line lease amortization.
- Strong grounding in accrual accounting, fund accounting for reserves, and commercial escalation logic.
- Proficiency in a leading real estate accounting system such as Yardi Voyager, MRI, RealPage, or AppFolio.
- Strong Excel, including pivot tables and
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- Team player, first and foremost.
Benefits
- Dental Insurance