Senior Staff Accountant for Property Management

Job Description

Job Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

At HTG, we are always looking for great talent. Come join our TEAM. We believe in teamwork, innovation, professionalism, and long-term decision-making. We recognize the need to be flexible, entrepreneurial, and aggressive—both as individuals and as a company. We encourage creativity, flexibility, and innovative approaches to our work. We always do what is fair, right, and ethical.

Housing Trust Group (HTG) is an award-winning full-service developer of multifamily residential communities whose real estate transactions exceed $4 billion in commercial, land, and residential developments across Florida and the Southeastern U.S., including Texas, Illinois, and Arizona. HTG develops, builds, and manages a diverse portfolio of affordable housing, workforce housing, market-rate housing, mixed-income and mixed-use developments.

Housing Trust Group offers competitive pay scales and full benefits packages, including Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and 401(k) plans. Housing Trust Group is an equal opportunity employer.

JOB BRIEF

Senior Staff Accountant will focus on the real estate development primarily in low-income housing tax credit industry. The Position will report to the Controller of Property Management Department, collaborate with additional accounting staff members and Property Management staff to ensure that all reporting is accurate and met in a timely manner.

The Position will be a primary contributor to the production of reports vital to management and their decision making. The Position will generate financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to provide senior management with the tools to make financial decisions and mitigate risk.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports for financial regulatory reporting.
• Reconcile tenant and housing authority revenues against property rent rolls.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages.
• Prepare and review financial statements and exception reports.
• Prepare calculations and GL adjustments for accounts for rental income properties.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, analyze income and expenses monthly.
• Prepare year-end audit schedules for auditors.
• Perform reconciliations and other control functions required by the company.
• Prepare, review and upload transaction charges, and invoices into the accounting system.
• Participate in the innovation and implementation of the departmental process improvement projects.
• Maintain professional working relationships with property managers, auditors, tenants, vendors, investors, and lenders.
• Provide timely and appropriate responses to requests for information and / or reports for outside parties for compliance, and investors.
• Provide supporting documents and explain financial statement results.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
• Prepare year-end special reports such as SR-1.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
• Perform bank reconciliations as required.
• Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare documentation for external auditors.
• Provide detailed analysis and explanations of all transactions.

EDUCATION (OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE)

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE / ABILITIES REQUIRED

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some lifting (up to 10 lbs), walking, bending and standing for short periods of time may be necessary. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.