Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant
Manhattan, NY

Overview

A well-established real estate organization is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join its finance and accounting team. This position will support general ledger accounting, financial close, multi-entity accounting, and financial reporting across corporate and property-level entities.

The Senior Accountant will work closely with internal finance and operational teams, third-party property managers, and external accounting, audit, and tax professionals. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional with experience in real estate, property accounting, development, or other multi-entity environments.

Key Responsibilities

General Ledger & Financial Close

• Support general ledger accounting and maintain accurate books and records across multiple entities.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare and review standalone and consolidated financial statements.
• Support consolidation and intercompany elimination entries.
• Ensure financial information is accurate, timely, and audit-ready.

Corporate Accounting

• Support accounting for payroll, employee benefits, operating expenses, prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, and depreciation.
• Review general ledger coding and assist with payment processing and annual reporting requirements.
• Maintain accounts receivable and assist with billing and revenue reconciliations.
• Support revenue recognition and other corporate accounting activities.

Intercompany, Cash & Treasury

• Prepare and maintain cost-allocation schedules across entities, projects, and properties.
• Review and reconcile intercompany activity and assist with settlements and elimination entries.
• Support cash management, liquidity reporting, and cash forecasting.
• Assist with debt accounting, debt-service activity, and covenant reporting.

Budgeting, Reporting & Audit

• Assist with annual budgets, forecasts, and budget-to-actual reporting.
• Analyze operating expenses, overhead, revenue, and profitability.
• Prepare financial reports and supporting schedules for management.
• Prepare audit schedules and assist with financial statement audits, tax preparation, and other compliance requirements.
• Support internal controls, accounting policies, and financial recordkeeping procedures.

Property & Multi-Entity Accounting

• Maintain owner-level accounting records for property and ownership entities.
• Coordinate accounting and reporting requirements with third-party property management teams.
• Review property-level financial reporting for completeness and accuracy.
• Prepare owner-level journal entries, accruals, adjustments, debt activity, cash activity, and intercompany transactions.
• Assist with property and ownership-entity monthly closes and financial statement preparation.
• Reconcile property-level reporting to the appropriate ownership entities.

Property Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Review property operating results, including revenue, operating expenses, NOI, and budget-to-actual variances.
• Identify unusual trends, discrepancies, and accounting issues.
• Support reporting related to cash, debt, reserves, restricted cash, and capital expenditures.
• Assist with financial information used for annual planning, forecasting, refinancing, acquisitions, dispositions, and other business initiatives.
• Support owner, investor, joint venture, lender, and regulatory reporting as needed.

Process Improvement & Collaboration

• Help maintain consistent accounting and close procedures across multiple entities.
• Identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows and reduce manual processes.
• Support accounting system and chart-of-accounts integrity.
• Collaborate with teams across finance, operations, property management, asset management, development, construction, legal, tax, and other business functions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within real estate, property management, development, or another multi-entity environment.

• Strong experience with general ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting and intercompany transactions.
• Exposure to partnership or joint venture accounting is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with accounting/ERP systems such as Yardi, Sage Intacct, Sage 300 CRE, QuickBooks, or similar platforms.
• Experience working with external auditors and tax professionals.
• Ability to independently manage competing deadlines and accounting responsibilities across multiple entities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred, but not required.

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