Staff Accountant Needed Immediately!

If you're looking to build your career in accounting, there's currently a Staff Accountant position in the Real Estate & Property industry that you may want to check out. As a Staff Accountant, you will prepare monthly and year-end closings, journal entries, fixed asset maintenance, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. You will be responsible for many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close. You will assist in developing and implementing accounting policies. In addition, you will play an active role in compliance, collaborate with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and review schedules for the reporting processes. This position is very involved as it will produce Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. Based in the Santa Barbara, California region, this company offers an engaging and mulit-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded.

Responsibilities

- Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Complete month end close, journal entries, without supervision

- Be responsible for analysis of income statements and balance sheets and communicate findings to management

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed

- Offer succinct analysis on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a clear and concise manner

- Maintain intricate journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

- Play a role in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation

- Be a part of various initiatives spanning multiple departments

- Maintain fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Manage capital lease and monthly payment schedules

Requirements:

- 2+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Dedication and requisite skills to meet critical business deadlines

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

- Attentive, ability to work independently and prioritize tasks

- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

- Critical thinking skills and the ability to retain complex work directions

- Self-driven motivator who takes initiative on projects with a strong ability to understand and solve creative challenges

- Solid understanding of Microsoft Excel

- Strong familiarity with Yardi Software

- Yardi Property Management experience

- Yardi experience preferred

- ERP system experience

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Competent with spreadsheets and databases

- Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment