Senior Lead Accountant

Description

As a Senior Lead Accountant, you will collaborate and work closely with internal and external parties to ensure timely and accurate financial statement delivery and reporting. Act as main point of contact for accounting communication between vendors, managers, finance committees, board of directors and internal departments.

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First Service Residential will compensate the successful candidate in accordance with the posted range. The salary or wage paid to the successful candidate will be commensurate with experience, education, and specific job responsibilities. For positions designated at a client's property, the salary or wage will also be premised upon the client's directive. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of Financial Statements through training, coordination and guidance with outsource partners to include escalation to external and internal resource(s), if needed.
• Review Financial Statements and review notes produced by outsource partners ensuring that all items are properly addressed, prior to issuance.
• Analyze and resolve General Ledger issues and work with outsource partners to expedite solutions to accounting issues.
• Follow, interpret, and provide guidance on assigned systems and procedures.

• Act as Single Point of Contact for Community Managers, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors to address any questions relating to published Financial Statements and associated accounting processes including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Banking, and Accounts Receivable. This includes being available to participate in calls/meetings.
• Identification of value-added reporting/tasks for assigned Financial Statements based on interaction with Finance Committee/Board of Directors.
• Analyze and resolve General Ledger issues and work with Community Managers, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors to expedite solutions to accounting issues.
• Coordinate with external third-party auditors, communication to staff, and coordinate any updates to Financial Statement preparation and presentation based on industry accounting standards.

• Production of Financial Statements not assigned to outsource resources, as needed, including those from other Regions.
• Ability to own all complexities of Financial Statement Preparation.
• Review of Financial Statements not assigned outsource partners as needed, including those from other Regions using "Reviewer’s Checklist".

• Support Accounts Payable issues including:
  1) Addressing questions from Vendor and/or Community Manager
  2) Addressing AP workflow, based on vendor information
  3) Providing guidance on invoice coding and approving within the Avid system
  4) Providing guidance on Ad Hoc invoices for Reserve Transfers.
• Review and coordinate monthly Reserve Transfers, annual updates, and mid-month transfers, if needed.
• Support outsourced resources and management in the preparation of annual operating budgets.
• Support IMA, REA, and Banking Workflow Processing.
• Assist with research on any outstanding or unexplained items.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Review monthly Cash Flow forecasts, as needed.
• Maintain strong documentation standards and audit trails.
• Analyze end-of-year audit entries.
• Ensure End of Year/Quarterly Tax Payments are accurate and processed timely.
• Follow company protocols maintaining confidentiality and protection of sensitive and/or Personal Identifiable Information (PII).
• Assist with special requests and projects as needed.
• Other duties, as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Hold self and team accountable for delivering on business goals.
• Demonstrate and model company values with internal and external customers.
• Anticipate needs for clients and community management.
• Excellent oral presentation and written communication skills; communicates well to non-technical users and balances being…