Staff Accountant
GHJAtlanta, GA
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Job Description
GHJ Search and Staffing serves as the recruitment division of GHJ, a prominent national accounting and advisory firm. Our team provides qualified Accounting and Finance professionals on a temporary and permanent basis across a broad range of industries. GHJ’s relationship with our Global Advisory and Accounting Network provides the resources needed to better understand client’s needs, attract a higher caliber of candidates and assess candidate potential.
Overview
This role is responsible for a wide range of accounting functions supporting both development activities and ongoing property operations. The position also assists with the preparation of consolidated and single-entity reporting packages.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- Experience
- 2–4 years of accounting experience
- Development/job cost accounting or real estate accounting experience preferred
- Strong general ledger background
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Experience with Yardi preferred
- Skills & Attributes
- High ethical standards and strong sense of integrity
- Strong written, verbal, and listening communication skills
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Team-oriented with strong time-management and prioritization abilities
- Professional, dependable, and customer-focused
- Problem-solver with a results-driven mindset
- Able to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
Key Responsibilities
- Development Accounting
- Set up construction budgets for new projects in the accounting system
- Analyze development reports and update cost projections with the project team
- Review project status classifications (proposed, under development, abandoned, completed) and record related entries
- Prepare and submit construction loan draws; respond to lender inquiries
- Calculate and record development fees
- Record land takedowns for vertical development
- Maintain non-financial development tracking data
- Record land acquisitions, including earnest money deposits
- Record capitalized lease-up losses for newly completed projects
- Operational Accounting
- Review and process monthly tenant rent charges
- Monitor aged receivables and support collection efforts
- Calculate and charge late fees when applicable
- Prepare deferred rent schedules and set up recurring entries
- Maintain depreciation and amortization schedules and recurring journal entries
- Process monthly debt payments
- Lead month-end close activities, including trial balance review, variance analysis, GL review, and AP/AR review
- Prepare bank reconciliations for multiple accounts
- Record journal entries and support property managers with variance analysis and reporting
- Joint Venture Reporting
- Prepare monthly joint venture reporting packages, including financials and variance explanations
- Calculate and record monthly net income allocations
- Support Functions
- Review and input property-level operating budgets into the accounting system
- Assist with annual audit schedules and provide information requested by external auditors
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