Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting
Empire State Realty Trust
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Support and assist in the SEC and stand-alone reporting processes
- Prepare footnote disclosures to be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements through collaboration with our various departments
- Prepare sections of the quarterly Supplemental Report and Earnings Release
- Assist in the preparation of support for other public documents including the Proxy and investor presentations
- Assist in the completion of the monthly and quarterly consolidation process
- Prepare clear workbooks in support of financial statement line items and disclosures such as stock-based compensation expense, interest rate swap derivatives, earnings per share and share buy-backs
- Collaborate with property accounting and finance teams to prepare consolidated and stand-alone property variance analyses for management and MD&A disclosures
- Prepare various required financial covenant calculations and reports
- Liaison with internal and external auditors to facilitate a timely audit process and report to various stakeholders on the status of internal/external audits
- Oversee ESRT SOX submissions to internal and external auditors
- Maintain equity ledgers and review equity conversion and/or transfer requests
- Process updates to equity compensation plan
- Keep abreast of accounting developments and stay up-to-date on the most recent accounting standard updates
Requirements
- 2-3 years hands on audit experience with a public company client base or equivalent experience at a public company
- CPA license
- Big 4 audit experience and/or public REIT experience preferred
- Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills (oral and written)
- Self starter who understands the “why”, must be able to work with a degree of independence to complete tasks
- Controls-based mindset
- Ability to collaborate with various business groups and develop solid business relationships
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; Excel skills include intermediate functions such as pivot tables, SUMIF, V or X lookup
- Experience with Workiva and/or Yardi functionality preferred
- Experience with data management tools such as Alteryx or Power BI preferred
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and bonus
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance
- Company sponsored Life, AD&D, STD (with Salary Continuation), and LTD Insurance
- Voluntary Enhanced LTD Program
- Voluntary Hospital, Accident, and Cancer Programs
- 401(k) with 100% match up to 5%
- Paid parental leave
- Pre-tax transit accounts
- Employee Assistance Program for emotional, financial, and legal support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
audit experiencefinancial statement preparationfinancial covenant calculationsstock-based compensation expenseinterest rate swap derivativesearnings per shareshare buy-backsvariance analysesSOX complianceequity compensation plan
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem solvingcommunication skillsself-starterindependencecontrols-based mindsetcollaborationrelationship building
Certifications
CPA license