Property Accountant

Altus is an actively growing real estate investment and development firm with over 3.1 million square feet of office, industrial, retail, and multifamily properties. With a cycle-tested platform dating back to the 1960s, our understanding of real estate dynamics allows us to anticipate the needs of our investments — positioning us to optimize risk adjusted returns for our private and institutional partners.

Altus works collaboratively and cross-functionally to source off-market and marketed transactions, underwrite opportunities, and optimize the performance of portfolio assets with an emphasis on long-term value creation.

Our in-house team of over 50 professionals, located in St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Denver, handles every critical real estate function, including acquisitions, capital markets, development, property management and asset management. Altus’ executive team has capitalized over $4.2 billion of investment and development transactions with over $550 million transactions closed since 2017. The company’s growth plan includes continual deployment and asset growth in its core and targeted markets of St.

Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Colorado Front Range, as well as expansion to additional secondary markets.

Altus offers professional independence, a full complement of resources in support of position responsibilities, competitive compensation, a full complement of benefits, and the opportunity to be a key team member of a growing investment/consulting/development company that embraces a common set of core values.

The Property Accountant is a full-time, on-site role based in St. Louis, MO, responsible for the day-to-day accounting for a portfolio of real estate assets.

• Monthly financial statement preparation and reporting, including variance analysis
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
• Accounts payable and accounts receivable review, understanding, trouble shooting, invoice approval
• Journal entry preparation
• Annual tenant reconciliation billings
• Debt compliance and reporting
• Monthly construction draws for development projects
• Bank reconcilations
• Work with outside CPA firms and auditors
• Direct Interaction with upper management, tenants, lenders, and investors, including investor statement calculations
• Other projects as assigned

• Candidates should possess strong accounting and finance skills, with a solid understanding of real estate or property-level accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; professional certification (CPA or similar) is a plus.
• GAAP accounting experience required.
• Proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel; experience with real estate or property management systems is beneficial.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.