Community Accountant (PAZ2023-5795)

Company Overview

Vision Communiy Management is a division of RealManage. RealManage is a national Inc. 5000 firm with clients and operations in 24 states from California to Florida and from Texas to Illinois that delivers services to homeowners’ associations (HOAs), condominium associations, cooperatives, luxury high-rises, municipal utility districts, and master-planned communities. RealManage also serves nationally recognized developer/builder clients.

As one of the largest (#3 out of 5,000+ firms) and fastest-growing companies in the community management industry, RealManage / Vision offers exceptional solutions provided at competitive prices with the best people, best practices, and best technology of cloud-based and mobile apps. The RealManage / Viosion mission is to provide comprehensive and innovative solutions; exceed the expectations of our customers; provide visibility and transparency in all that we do for our clients who place their trust in us; measure our performance and improve at the fastest rate possible; create a work environment that encourages professionalism, growth, and diversity; and grow a financially strong organization which will enable us to provide industry leading innovations apart from our competition.

RealManage / Vision is a values-based company with the following values as our guiding principles

• Integrity we always do the right thing.
• Respect for our customers, employees and company; mutual respect is the cornerstone for every RealManage / Vision relationship.
• Selflessness more than teamwork; we are part of something special and much larger than any of us.
• Personal Relationships we are a professional services company; people do business with people they like.
• Always Improving never satisfied, always learning and always growing; one is either getting worse or getting better...never staying the same. At RealManage / Vision, we are always getting better.

The Community Accountant is responsible for general ledger accounting, monthly financial reporting, cash management, disbursement approval and annual budget preparation for a portfolio of client community associations. The Community Accountant will team with consultative accounting liaisons to interface with community managers, community Boards of Directors and real estate developers on financial matters. Responsibilities include the following

• Monthly close, including accrual entries, and publication of financial reports including financial notes and a variance analysis versus budget
• Identifying billing, A/R and A/P issues and resolving with internal service groups
• Forecasting cash flow and preparing a periodic funding analysis for developing communities
• Annual community budget preparation with recommendations to the community manager and client Boards
• Review and approval of vendor invoices and disbursement requests
• Bank and investment account reconciliations for non-banking partner accounts
• Cash management and consultation
• Serving as a financial liaison for community managers, community Boards and other CiraConnect Shared Services team members
• Answering questions and providing information for external auditors and tax return preparers.
• Plus other work related tasks as needed

The qualifications for this position include the following

• 1-5 years of bookkeeping / accounting experience or an accounting / business degree
• Real estate / property management industry experience a plus
• Hands on experience with mid-tier accounting software applications a plus
• Excellent computer skills including spreadsheet software
• Excellent grasp of basic accounting theory and methods of accounting (accrual, cash and modified cash)
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal/communication (written and verbal) skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic, challenging, high change/growth environment
• Ability to follow established standard operating procedures and meet deadlines

Pay and Benefits

$55,000 to $60,000, depending on education and experience.

Benefits include

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• HSA (Required High Deductible Medical Plan to be eligible)
• FSA
• Education Reimbursement
• 401K matching
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 9 paid Holidays