Real Estate Controller

About the Company:

Our client, is a family owned privately held real estate company headquartered in Southern Westchester. They have been in business for over 50 years and have doubled in size and assets over the past 5 years. As they grow in size, they are looking to hire a Controller to be groomed into their CFO in 3-5 years’ time.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting.

• Record monthly and quarterly accounting journal entries to ensure financial statements are in accordance with GAAP and Tax basis.
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial statements and variance analysis through the use of the Yardi accounting system.
• Review general ledger transactions to ensure coding is accurate and all ending balances tie out to supporting documents.
• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations.
• Coordinate with Property Managers to prepare annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Prepare supporting workpapers for annual audit.
• Dedication to continuously improve accounting processes through the automation of the accounting tasks and reporting.
• Assist with special tasks and projects as requested.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting 7-15 years of experience
• Experience with Residential & Commercial property accounting including work paper preparation, capital expenditures and depreciation.
• Sound analytical abilities
• Excellent Excel skill set.
• Attention to detail as well as strong written & verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, & Outlook.
• Experience in YARDI is a must

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