Job Description

We are looking for a Property Accountant to join our team! You will be responsible for preparing and analyzing financial records for our company. The activities listed here are not all-inclusive; rather, they indicate the types of activities normally performed by this position.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and examine accounting records, financial statements, taxes, and other financial reports
• Perform accounting month end closing process and reconciliation.
• Prepare journal entries for accrued and/or prepaid expenses.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial statements for assigned residential and commercial properties.
• Reconcile and update schedules for all balance sheet accounts.
• Review and post bank reconciliation and follow-up on all reconciling items.
• Review and approve invoices in accounts payable workflow.
• Prepare year-end tax workpaper schedules and reconciliations.
• Prepare annual CAM and real estate tax billings for commercial properties.
• Assist with annual budget preparation.
• Assist onsite property staff with accounting issues and process in Yardi property management software.
• Special Projects as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications (Ideal)

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or relevant degree, with 5+ years’ accounting experience in property management environment.
• Solid knowledge of accrual accounting procedures.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience with property management software. Yardi Voyager preferred.
• Moderate to advanced skills in Excel and Word.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated.

Physical Demands of the Position:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly sitting, walking, or standing. Occasion stair climbing.
• Using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching with hands and arms; climbing or balancing; stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Use seeing, hearing, speaking and writing clearly in order to communicate with co-workers.
  
  

Company Description

Standard Management Company (SMC) is a private real estate investment and management firm founded in 1961 by Samuel K. Freshman.

Over the past 50 years SMC has acquired and managed over 6,000 apartment units and five million square feet of office, retail, mixed-use and industrial space valued at over $2 billion, across 12 states and 25 cities throughout the U.S.

SMC’s investment partners have included, Northwestern Mutual, Kemper Insurance, Prudential, as well as, multiple high net worth, private equity and family office investors of both domestic and foreign sources.

Today, SMC’s current investment portfolio encompasses more than 3,200 multi-family units, 1 million square feet of retail/office and industrial space and land for future development.

Standard Management Company (SMC) is a private real estate investment and management firm founded in 1961 by Samuel K. Freshman. Over the past 50 years SMC has acquired and managed over 6,000 apartment units and five million square feet of office, retail, mixed-use and industrial space valued at over $2 billion, across 12 states and 25 cities throughout the U.S. SMC’s investment partners have included, Northwestern Mutual, Kemper Insurance, Prudential, as well as, multiple high net worth, private equity and family office investors of both domestic and foreign sources. Today, SMC’s current investment portfolio encompasses more than 3,200 multi-family units, 1 million square feet of retail/office and industrial space and land for future development.