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Join a team with 50 years of success in the real estate industry! Lincoln Property Company is currently hiring for a dynamic Accountant to oversee the financial and operational performance of a portfolio of multifamily properties. We are looking for an entrepreneurial minded person who enjoys leading and managing the success of a business.

Founded in 1965, Lincoln Property Company is one of the largest and most diversified property management companies in the United States. Lincoln maintains a presence in more than 200 cities in the U. S. and 10 countries throughout Europe. Our mission is to be a company for people, a company about people.

The
Accountant

is responsible for daily oversight, review and training of team members as well as handling the accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of assets. Other essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Leadership

• Ensuring adherence to LPC and client policies and procedures
• Review of financial packages ensuring thorough, timely, accurate reporting
• Review of cash flows, distributions and contribution requests
• Review bank reconciliations for accuracy, completeness and ensure stale reconciling items cleared
• Ensure critical payments are processed timely and accurately by team members
• Oversight of responses to client requests and review questions

Monthly

• Preparation of the financial package, including general ledger review, bank reconciliations and balance sheet support schedules for assigned assets
• Manage assigned asset's cash and coordinate distributions and/or contribution requests as required.
• Ensure timely payment of approved invoices mortgages, real estate taxes & other critical payments
• Review of all management fee calculations for the regional portfolio are completed and processed
• Oversee Inter-Project Account (IPA) reimbursements to ensure they are paid timely
• Timely response to client requests and questions

Annual

• Annual coordination and oversight of the 1099 process for regional accounting office
• Resource to Business Managers and Regional Managers in budget season including loading budget templates and answering questions as needed.
• Ensure approved annual budgets are properly input into accounting systems
• Ensure audit requests are completed and submitted timely for assigned team member's portfolio
• Review of CAM escalations, real estate tax escalations and other recovery calculations for mixed use properties in assigned or teams assigned portfolio

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from a four-year college or university. Minimum of five years of related experience and/or training preferred.
• In lieu of a BA/BS degree, must have six or more years related experience.

CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES

• None. CPA is a plus

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Ability to write, comprehend, analyze, and interpret various types of business documents. Ability to effectively respond verbally or written to complex inquiries or complaints. Ability to present information to an internal group of employees.
• Requires a high level of commitment to customer service, whether co-workers or clients.

OTHER SKILLS and/or ABILITIES

• Demonstrate ability to work well under pressure with a proactive approach to unusual occurrences.
• Requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and an openness to new ideas and procedures.
• Ability to analyze, plan and distribute portfolio loads to ensure team's success in meeting deliverables.
• Experience with MS Office software (Excel) and Real Estate accounting software (Yardi).

Benefits:

Lincoln Property Company offers competitive pay, a benefits package that includes health, dental, vision and 401(k) and opportunities for career development and advancement.