What are the responsibilities and job description for the Property Accountant position at CHARLESGATE?
CHARLESGATE is seeking an energetic Property Accountant with excellent interpersonal and technical skills to execute accounting duties for a portfolio of condo and apartment communities.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for executing the accounting function for a portfolio of multifamily complexes with monthly reporting deadlines.
- Complete bank reconciliations, assist in writing variance analysis’s, security deposit management, and assist in various client requests.
- Engage and review work from the outsourced accounting team.
- Collaborate with the property management team in reviewing tenant ledgers and assist in correcting tenant activity.
- Compile monthly financial packages for clients.
- Be a resource for various needs of assistance with our ERP system, AppFolio for internal staff.
Job Qualification Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
- At least 2 years of multifamily real estate accounting experience
- Ability to collaborate at a high level with internal staff and external providers
- Ability to overcome obstacles to deliver high quality work product
- General ledger maintenance and ability to cross reference reports to the general ledger
- Ability to productively engage property management staff and assist in their needs
- Ability to communicate quickly and effectively daily using various remote office tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom.
- Working knowledge of AppFolio, Yardi, or Buildium
Working environment
- This position is located in the corporate office in Boston, MA. Currently we are engaged in a hybrid office attendance with at least 2 days/week in the office.
- Travel outside the office is not expected
About CHARLESGATE
CHARLESGATE is an integrated real estate firm that empowers thousands of clients throughout Eastern Massachusetts with a comprehensive array of services across residential and multifamily commercial real estate - property management & leasing, sales brokerage, investment sales, construction, and new development. With deep, local roots, we were founded in Boston in 2003 and are headquartered in Boston. We are rapidly growing, including making the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Our VISION is to inspire and empower our clients, our team, and our communities through comprehensive real estate solutions.
As a Values based firm, we are founded on the Core Principles of ETHICS. RELATIONSHIPS. RESULTS. as well as our Seven Fundamental Cultural Values that we expect our team to exhibit:
- Positive Attitude. Smile and move
- Empathy. Seek first to understand the perspectives of others
- Proactivity. Bias towards action using good judgement
- Ownership. See the big picture
- Curiosity. Think, learn and rapidly improve
- Resourcefulness. Be effective
- Communication. Be concise, articulate and make meaning clear
Employees First!
We are an employee first organization that believes that being committed to our employees first is the only way we can deliver the best service to our clients. Our office culture and work environment is second to none to promote harmony in all of our lives. We do everything we can to offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Competitive salary.
- Health Insurance - Excellent and industry leading coverage.
- Paid time off - Liberal and flexible. Enjoy yourself.
- Company holidays - A lot. If it is a holiday, we celebrate it.
- 401K/FSA/supplemental insurance - All available.
- A support team like none other in the industry.
