Senior Accountant

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Professional Omaha, NE, US

4 days ago Requisition

Scott Residential Management Overview: Scott Residential Management and staff strive to be a premier provider of Collegiate Student Housing and Dining in the Nebraska area. Through excellence, professionalism, integrity, kindness and consistency, we strive to offer our guests the highest level of comfort, security, privacy and world‑class service.

Role

Summary:

The Senior Accountant is responsible for managing complex accounting operations across multiple business entities, ensuring financial reporting accuracy, leading month / year end accounting close processes, and preparing financial reports. This role will involve some travel between work locations in the same city as business needs require. Up to 1–2 days of monthly travel may also be required to an additional office location approximately two hours away, generally completed as same‑day trips without overnight stays.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES (other duties may be assigned):

Accounting Operations

• Assist with resident ledgers, including posting and refunding payments, and gaining a general knowledge of the housing systems.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors, including onboarding, maintaining records (W‑9s, payment terms), resolving discrepancies, and annual 1099 reporting.
• Ensure vendor payments comply with contract terms, approval thresholds, and internal controls.
• Manage the full accounts payable cycle, including invoice intake, coding, approval routing, and timely payment processing across all dorm properties and entities.
• Ensure expenses are accurately coded by property and ownership entity, maintaining proper financial segmentation.
• Develop and maintain consistent allocation methodologies for shared vendor costs.
• Coordinate with HR to ensure proper posting of payroll transactions, including appropriate allocation of costs across properties.
• Lead the month‑end/year‑end close activities, including reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis, to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual items and issues in a timely manner.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial statements for the different ownership entities, including balance sheets, income statements, and supporting schedules.
• Ensure proper allocation of revenues, expenses, and intercompany activity across entities.
• Track and reconcile intercompany transactions between dorm entities and the parent company.
• Deliver clear, concise monthly reporting packages with commentary tailored to each entity’s stakeholders.
• Assist in preparation of internal and external financial statements in compliance with GAAP and/or other regulatory requirements, including assisting with the annual financial statement audit and tax reporting.

Budget Management

• Work closely with the Finance Manager to provide financial information including annual budgeting and periodic forecasting for each dorm and entity. Monitor performance against budget and provide clear variance explanations and forward‑looking insights.
• Manage and monitor cash flows across multiple entities, including forecasting liquidity needs and ensuring proper funding between entities where applicable.

Other Responsibilities

• Support communications and reporting for ownership groups and the parent company.
• Maintain best practices and strong internal controls within processes. Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and reporting automation.
• Provide financial analysis and supporting schedules for management, ownership groups, and other stakeholders as needed.
• Prepare and distribute periodic financial reports, metrics, and supporting analysis for management and ownership groups.
• Participate in finance and accounting projects, including process improvements, system enhancements, and reporting automation initiatives.

POSITION

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are…