BRIDGE Housing Corporation

Senior Corporate Accountant

BRIDGE Housing Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $92,000 - $105,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Full cycle Trial Balance reconciliation and bank reconciliations
  • Record complex journal entries including intercompany transactions and allocations that affect multiple entities at the corporate, development, and property level
  • Work independently to analyze, investigate and explain budget variances.
  • Handles more complicated projects than Staff Accountant.
  • Ability to research issues independently by consulting appropriate departments or permanent file documents in order to make a recommendation on how to properly record an accounting entry for new projects (including development revenue and fees from affiliated entities)
  • Independently researches the legal entity structure of new entities in order to correctly record affiliate entries, with high comprehension of consolidation elimination rules
  • Records entries related to internal lending and tracks use of appropriate sources for predevelopment, construction, and portfolio loans
  • Produces quality, accurate and timely monthly financial statements by preparing GAAP monthly journal entries and account reconciliations.
  • Prepares and submits detailed audit packages for audited corporate entities
  • Assists in responding to open items for annual audits
  • Possess strong understanding of consolidation rules and elimination entries
  • Assist in new process formation and documentation
  • Effective trainer of new staff; ability to answer questions and train Staff Accountants
  • Document training programs for onboarding positions
  • Demonstrates ability to learn new accounting standards and share with the rest of the team
  • Engages team members in project and demonstrates leadership
  • Acts as backup for manager or individual contributor
  • Able to understand big picture within industry and BRIDGE
  • Develops and submits ad hoc reporting as needed
  • Performs various projects and analysis as required
  • Prepares new reporting documents for VP of Finance, CFO, and other departments with supervision
  • Corresponds with internal departments including (development, fundraising, asset management, property management, HR, and other support departments) requiring strong communication skills.
  • Continuously looking for ways to streamline the monthly close process while ensuring quality and accuracy of the financial statements
  • Takes initiative and leads new process changes
  • Provides suggestions for changes
  • Provides level of technical or procedural expertise
  • Engages team members in projects and demonstrates leadership
  • Actively participates in meetings
  • Leads trainings on various topics for Corporate Finance or other accounting teams

Requirements

  • 2-3 Years of experience in accounting field
  • Ability to autonomously handle daily responsibilities and projects with minimal direction.
  • Ability to effectively train and coach staff level accountant(s).
  • Ability to assimilate a variety of information from diverse individuals, and make decisions for which a precedent may not exist.
  • Ability to improve existing processes and systems.
  • Excellent written, oral and presentation skills, writing sample required.
  • Must be accurate, organized, and highly detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task and follow-through on all projects.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with different levels of staff and management.
  • Ability to work under pressure and successfully meet deadlines.
  • Excellent decision-making, interpersonal and time management skills.
  • Ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural team.
  • Prior low-income housing finance and development experience
  • Prior experience in a multi-entity environment with consolidation entries
  • 3+ years of relevant nonprofit or real estate accounting work experience

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Trial Balance reconciliationbank reconciliationsjournal entriesbudget variance analysisGAAPconsolidation ruleselimination entriesfinancial statements preparationaudit packages preparationad hoc reporting
Soft skills
independent researcheffective trainingstrong communicationleadershipinitiativedecision-makingtime managementorganizational skillsdetail-orientedcollaboration