Senior Accountant, Rose Community Builders - Rose Companies Employer : Job Details

Company DescriptionJonathan Rose Companies is one of the country's leading owners, developers and operators of green affordable and mixed-income communities. Founded in 1989, Rose has created projects with more than $4.2 billion of value with a current portfolio of 19,000 apartment homes in 15 states and Washington DC. Our mission is to create a more environmentally thriving, socially just world through the development, preservation, renovation and management of green, affordable and mixed income housing. The firm is a fully integrated investment management, development and asset management company with construction management, solar energy, mortgage finance and title company affiliates. We strive to achieve positive environmental impact by investing in energy efficiency, decarbonization, and water conservation to reduce our use of natural resources and toxins. Our social impact is achieved by preserving and expanding housing affordability, and connecting our residents to health, education, financial, cultural and social services. And we aim to achieve these impacts in a co-creative process with governments, our residents and staff. We are signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI), benchmark performance annually through GRESB, and align our reporting with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines, SASB.Rose Community Builders is a subsidiary entity which expands upon Jonathan Rose Companies' mission and work by providing Construction Management and General Contracting services to the projects we serve. We work exclusively with Jonathan Rose Companies on select rehabilitation projects where we can leverage our extensive experience in project planning, preconstruction, bidding, and the construction phase to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with the highest level of quality while ensuring prioritization of the residents' wellbeing throughout the design and construction process.Position DescriptionThe Senior Accountant is responsible for focusing on the generation, preparation, and communication of information that is complete and accurate to support effective decision making, management, internal controls, and financial reporting. The individual will be responsible for completing a wide range of general accounting, project accounting and reporting activities. In addition, the individual will be responsible for the corporate accounting and may be responsible for project accounting on 3-6 rehabilitation projects depending on the level of accounting complexity involved.The pay range for this position is $115-125k based upon factors including but not limited to related experience and time in the industry.Essential FunctionsCORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNTING

• Prepares monthly financial statements utilized by management including Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Budget to Actuals Variance Report, WIP, and Cashflow Statement. Prepares supporting data and analyses for financial reporting requirements.
• Prepares corporate bank reconciliations, reconciliations of general ledger accounts of the corporate entities, as required. Supporting independent third-party audits. Performing variance analysis, as required. Provides insights into accounting for complex transactions.
• Processes corporate accounts payable including data entry, general ledger coding, obtaining proper approvals, preparing check runs and resolving vendor issues.

PROJECT ACCOUNTING JOURNAL ENTRIES:

• Prepares and analyzes journal entries on both GAAP and tax basis including but not limited to: standard entries, applicable reclassifications / adjustments, review of all income and expenses, accruals, overhead allocations, consolidations and eliminations, and intercompany transactions.

Reports:

• Prepare and distribute monthly reports for projects including Budget Snapshot, Buyout Summary, General Conditions Forecast, Profitability Projection, and Billing Summaries.
• Provide support data and analysis to aid Ownership in creation of their monthly budget variance reports.

Support Data & Analysis:

• Provide support data and analyses for change orders and invoices processing and approvals
• Manage the preparation, processing, and approvals of the monthly requisition for assigned projects.
• Establish projects and vendors in the accounting and project management systems working with external providers to ensure seamless integration between the two.
• Maintain all insurance certificates and ensure they are current and in compliance by working with our in-house risk department.

General Accounting:

• Facilitates disbursements via check or wire transfer upon receipt of funding.
• Manages cash balances.
• Ensures that all expenses, receipts, owner's distributions, funding requests and other transactions for the accounting period have been accurately posted.

Non-Accounting Functions:

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert of our accounting system and its integration to our Project Management System
• Ensure adherence to company standard operating procedures and budget management protocol
• Further evolve our process and procedures

Education Requirements and/or Years of Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.
• 5-10 years of experience in public accounting and/or real estate accounting preferred. 10+ years of relative work experience can offset minimum educational requirements.
• CPA preferred.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of general accounting principles and processed required.
• Analytical background with detail-oriented mindset required.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage time to meet deadlines required.
• Ability to perform quality assurance reviews required.
• Knowledge of accounting software systems required.

Rose Companies Benefits:At Rose Companies our goal is to provide an affordable and comprehensive benefits package that provides security for you and your family and supports your overall wellbeing. Benefits offered include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401K with company match, competitive paid time off policy, paid holidays, parental bonding leave and educational assistance. Rose Companies is committed in policy and practice to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees, based upon their training, experience, and overall qualifications. Consistent with this commitment, discrimination against an applicant or employee based upon the individual's race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, military status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other condition or characteristic protected by law is strictly prohibited.