Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Overview:

Our client is a global real estate investment firm located in central Houston and they’re seeking to hire a Senior Accountant to join their growing team. This company is a leader in the industry and has a fabulous reputation for internal growth opportunities and career-long retention of their employees. They also have a large network of former big 4 public accountants that work at the company and they love showing big four assurance candidates how great life after public accounting really can be!

In this role, you will act similar to a divisional controller by overseeing and leading the accounting and reporting efforts of a few different property management teams of various site locations.

Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the applicable property management teams to ensure accuracy of financial reporting, construction draws (if applicable) and budgets.
• Treasury functions including cash management and cash flow projections.
• Prepare funding requests to investors.
• Review journal entries prepared by Staff Accountant/Accountant and record journal entries for more complex accounting areas.
• Perform month-end close procedures including preparation and review of account reconciliations for more complex accounting areas.
• Assist with the annual budget preparation process by preparing revenue projections and variance analysis for certain accounts, generating reports, and preparing budget packages.
• Prepare quarterly debt compliance, if applicable.
• Research accounting guidance and draft position memos documenting accounting treatment of new/unusual items.
• Assist in supervision and training/development of Staff Accountants & Accountants.
• Assist in the setup of new projects with guidance from the Accounting Manager.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited institution.
• Two or more years professional accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• CPA designation is preferred.