**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** + Use accounting software to prepare general ledgers, financial statements, budgets and reports. + Allocate costs to individual organizational entities and analyzes the impact of cost allocation on financial statements. + Oversee the input and review of property level financial statements into accounting software. + Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure accurate presentation. + Research and make recommendations to resolve unusual or irregular transactions and variances. + Assist in the collection of late reporting documents and the collection of outstanding accounts receivable. + Provide support for accounts receivable and accounts payable processing. + Respond to internal/external auditor inquiries and requests. + Communicate with external CPAs and Management Companies to request reports and resolve variances, as needed. + Research issues regarding application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to allocating revenue and expenses and preparing financial statements. + Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information. + Assist in the check deposit and review process. + Assist in training others. + Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. **Knowledge of** + Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures. + Accounting software packages. + Cost allocation concepts and practices. + Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). **Skill in** + Reviewing, interpreting and analyzing financial statements. + Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies. + Preparing financial statements, budgets and management reports. + Allocating costs and evaluating the impact on financial statements. + Researching GAAP issues. + Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets and complex databases. **Ability to** + Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances. + Make independent decisions and solve more complex accounting problems. + Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels and external CPAs. + Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management. + Provide training to others. + Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. + Provide a high level of customer service. **Education/Previous Experience** + Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Accounting or Finance (Accounting preferred) and a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in preparing and analyzing financial information. + Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources. + Experience with Financial Reporting or External Audit Coordination a plus. **Licenses/Certifications** + CPA preferred. **Travel Required:** No