Senior Accountant

With more than 225 branch offices across North America, Associa is building the future of community for nearly five million residents worldwide. Our 11,000+ team members lead the industry with unrivaled education, expertise, and trailblazing innovation. For more than 43 years, Associa has brought positive impact and meaningful value to communities. To learn more, visit www.associaonline.com.

Job Description

Senior Accountant is a senior level accounting position responsible for month-end closing and financial statement preparation for multiple entities (Non-Profit Corporations) with a high level of complexity. This is an accounting support position in a fast paced centralized accounting services environment providing financial services to community associations throughout North America. Candidates for this position must meet Associa’s credit requirements.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

• Full Accrual Accounting.
• Month-end closing and financial statement preparation for multiple entities with a high level of complexity.
• Able to perform departmental accounting functions and strong working knowledge of fund accounting principles.
• Process and review monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations with extensive investments, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, deferrals, accruals, payroll liabilities, and reserves.
• Develop amortization and depreciation schedules.
• Develop and maintain supporting schedules and reports as requested.
• Budget development assistance and administration.
• Perform Year End close.
• Support community Association Managers (CAM) and Branch Client Accounting Specialists (CAS), and Association Board of Directors (BOD) as requested.
• Work with supporting departments (Accounts Receivable (A/R), Accounts Payable (A/P), Data Management, Delinquency, Tax and Banking Team) on issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain complex payroll and other schedules in Excel at an advanced level.
• Occasional work on weekends may be required.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Knowledge and Skills

• Internal company balancing.
• Ability to interpret and apply industry related law.
• Able to manage multiple entities, meet tight deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Departmental accounting functions.
• Experienced in budget development and implementation.
• Microsoft Office, Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Complete Control for Communities (C3) and Microsoft D365 software, preferred but not required.
• Understanding of, or experience in, the Community Association Management Industry, preferred but not required.
• Understanding of working in an Accounting Shared Services Center. environment, preferred but not required.
  
  

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and 5-years full-cycle accounting experience or Master’s degree and 3-years full-cycle accounting experience.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Association of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) guidelines.
  
  

Working Conditions:

• Typical office environment
• Frequent social interaction
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and to reach above shoulders with hands and arms in order to file a variety of documents; use hands and fingers to input data to information system; and talk or hear in order to gather and provide information on departmental processes. The employee is often required to sit in order to process information and conduct data entry activities.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

Work is performed in a climate-controlled office without exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Wage Range: $30 - $32 per hour depending on experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.