Lucas Group is partnering with a real estate investment trust in the Denver Tech Center to identify a strong Senior Accountant. This is a contract opportunity lasting until the end of the year. The right candidate will have experience managing a staff, as well as real estate or multi-site experience.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supervise the timely and accurate accounting close of a 100 property portfolio
• Apply critical-thinking and Excel skills to analyze financials statements and underlying data; develop and present to management find insights into financial results.
• Support accounting processes and procedures in other property portfolios
• Perform various general ledger accounting tasks in a complex, multi-entity environment:
• Develop, document and post journal entries
? Cash transactions
? Monthly revenue
? Prepaids and accruals
? Consolidation and elimination entries
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, supported by best-practice-quality documentation
• Review work prepared by staff:
• Journal entries
• Balance sheet account reconciliations
• Bank activity and cash reconciliations
• Supervise a staff of two; prioritize tasks and projects; and coach team members to meet and exceed department, company and individual career goals
Qualifications:
• Strong communication skills are mandatory
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or similar
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience
• Both public- and industry-accounting experience
• Experience in real-estate or multi-unit-business accounting, preferred
• Supervisory experience, preferred
• Ability to work collaboratively across departmental functions
• Working knowledge of internal controls and financial reporting
