ASSISTANT PROPERTY CONTROLLER
Scope of Responsibilities:
- Co-Manage Property Accounting team (Property Accountants and Revenue Accountants) - approximately 12 people
- Responsible for training, assigning tasks and ensuring the team’s deadlines are met, assist in performance reviews.
- Lead team meetings, including coordination of agenda and communication of new processes and procedures.
- Create procedures to continue to gain efficiency for processes and lead training sessions with the Property Accounting and Operations team.
- Answer questions from property and revenue accountants to help them complete their monthly and quarterly requirements as well as daily tasks.
- Manage the relationship between the regional operations group (Property Managers) and the Property Accounting group.
- Coordinate monthly processes (ex: closing GL, CM, AP; payment of fees; preliminary and final rent up and late fee processing; monthly calendar of deadlines to the field).
- Coordinate status of property accountants’ quarterly processes (ex: accruals, WIP reconciliation, balance sheet lead sheets, variances).
- Coordinate the group’s responsibilities related to other processes which occur on a semi-annual or annual frequency (ex: reforecasts, budgets, CAM estimates, CAM reconciliations).
- Oversee the delivery of reporting packages to joint venture partners.
- Coordinate the group’s adherence to internal control policies.
- Review items prepared/reviewed by the property accountants (ex: wires, NOLTs, rental adjustments, invoices).
- Review monthly deliverables and quarterly financial packages prepared by the property accountants.
- Lead the coordination with the external auditor regarding their interim internal controls testing and interim/year end substantive property level testing.
- Manage the acquisitions/dispositions post-close checklist process.
- Identify and implement process improvements.
- Collaborate and communicate with Accounting management team.
Qualifications/Criteria:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting required.
- CPA and/or Commercial Property Accounting Experience.
- 7 + years experience in Accounting, preferable commercial property accounting.
- 3+ years of Managerial experience required
- Knowledge of MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook