Accounting Specialist

Your Role

As a member of the management consulting team, you will support clients in addressing critical business needs from strategy to operations.

• Create and maintain records of client financial transactions using Intacct, Yardi, and Quick Books.
• Perform daily accounting/bookkeeping activities, including A/R and A/P cycles.
• Compile financial reports for client management, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and other items pertinent to operations.
• Assist with payroll entry.
• Verify contracts, purchase orders, and vouchers, and prepare reports to substantiate transactions prior to settlement.
• Reconcile and balance accounts.
• Apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepare reports.
• Devise, implement, and manipulate manual or computer‑based systems for general accounting.
• Review data regarding material assets, net worth, liabilities, surplus, income, and expenditures and analyze petty cash, accounts receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and cancelled checks.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Proficiency with MS Office software, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Associate's Degree in Accounting or related field is required.
• Experience with Yardi accounting software is preferred.
• Analytical thinking to respond to complex inquiries.
• Knowledge and application of GAAP theories and procedures.
• Ability to identify and resolve financial and payroll issues.
• Assist in managing day‑to‑day engagement activities to meet and exceed client needs.
• Enjoy complex, challenging project work and willingness to work on a variety of strategic, financial, and operational projects.
• Highly motivated with ownership of personal and professional growth.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Effective interaction with clients and professionals to deliver quality services.
• Client service orientation combined with creative problem‑solving skills; strong written and oral communication; ability to work as part of a team and independently.

This is a non‑exempt position, so hours may exceed the standard 40‑hour work week.

Applicable benefits include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance;
Flexible Time Off; holidays; 401(k) plan; flexible benefits plans; business travel, lodging, and meal reimbursement; pension plan for eligible staff; discretionary bonus plan; and optional health insurance for contingent staff.

$20.34 to $28.50 per hour across CO, IL, OH, and MA.

Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plante Moran maintains a drug‑free workplace.