Staff Accountant

An established and growing Idaho-based real estate development and operating company is seeking an experienced Staff Accountant to oversee day-to-day accounting functions across a diverse portfolio of multifamily, commercial, retail, restaurant, hospitality, and related business entities.

The successful candidate must have the accounting knowledge and professional experience to work independently, take ownership of recurring financial processes, identify and resolve discrepancies, and provide accurate information to ownership and outside professionals.

The ideal candidate is quick on their feet, highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple companies, properties, projects, deadlines, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Maintain accurate accounting records for multiple properties, companies, and related entities.
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing procedures.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, adjustments, and intercompany transactions.
• Prepare and review bank, credit card, general ledger, balance sheet, and account reconciliations.
• Review financial activity for accuracy and investigate discrepancies.
• Prepare financial statements, internal management reports, and supporting schedules.
• Maintain organized accounting records and supporting documentation.
• Assist ownership with cash-flow reporting, financial analysis, and special projects.
• Coordinate with outside accountants, tax professionals, lenders, property managers, insurance representatives, and other third parties.

• Review invoices for proper entity, property, project, account coding, documentation, and approval.
• Load, organize, and track invoices through the Accounts Payable process.
• Prepare Accounts Payable reports by property, project, or entity for ownership review.
• Process approved payments by ACH, check, or other authorized methods.
• Ensure no payments are released without the required written approval.
• Monitor bank balances, scheduled payments, deposits, transfers, and outstanding transactions.
• Maintain vendor records, payment documentation, and appropriate internal controls.
• Research and resolve duplicate invoices, missing documentation, incorrect coding, and payment discrepancies.

• Perform accounting for multifamily and commercial real estate properties.
• Work within property management platforms such as Buildium, Entrata, Yardi, App Folio, or comparable systems.
• Review rent rolls, tenant ledgers, deposits, delinquencies, concessions, credits, and adjustments.
• Reconcile property management software records to the general ledger and bank accounts.
• Coordinate with property management teams regarding financial activity, tenant charges, operating expenses, and account corrections.
• Assist with annual property budgets, operating projections, and variance reporting.
• Track expenses by property, department, project, and business entity.

• Prepare annual Common Area Maintenance reconciliations for commercial tenants.
• Review lease provisions relating to CAM, taxes, insurance, utilities, administrative fees, exclusions, caps, and tenant allocation methods.
• Prepare estimated CAM budgets and calculate tenant billings.
• Reconcile actual expenses against tenant contributions and prepare supporting schedules.
• Maintain documentation supporting CAM charges and respond to reconciliation questions.
• Track and allocate shared expenses among retail tenants, residential operations, events, hospitality businesses, and other users as applicable.

• Administer and reconcile Ratio Utility Billing System charges.
• Review utility invoices and allocate charges among properties, units, tenants, or operating entities.
• Reconcile billed amounts to utility expenses and identify billing discrepancies.
• Coordinate with property management personnel and third-party utility billing providers when necessary.

• Perform accounting for restaurant, bar, event, and hospitality operations.
• Review and reconcile daily sales, merchant processor deposits, point-of-sale activity, refunds, chargebacks, and cash receipts.
• Track food, beverage, event, entertainment, and operating expenses.
• Reconcile sales activity to bank deposits and accounting records.
• Assist with sales tax, liquor-related financial records, payroll allocations, and vendor payments.
• Maintain accounting separation among multiple locations, concepts, and legal entities.

• Assist with property, liability, workers' compensation, and other insurance renewals, audits, allocations, and supporting documentation.
• Allocate insurance expenses among applicable properties and entities.
• Assist with property tax tracking, payment schedules, reconciliations, and assessments.
• Prepare schedules and supporting documents for annual income tax preparation.
• Assist with sales tax, payroll tax,…