Pearl Senior Accountant

Our vision is that Pearl is the pioneering Plazamaker of North America through creating places and experiences to cultivate human connectedness. Every person who joins our organization is invited to join us in pursuing this vision and making Pearl the place to be.

As Pearl continues to grow and expand our offerings, Pearl is expecting growth in people living, working, and enjoying all that is available in the neighborhood. Our team will add services to our portfolio in pursuit of the continued innovation and the service level that is associated with Pearl. While recognizing this growth, we will continue to focus on sustainability by providing solutions that can transform San Antonio and the commercial real estate industry.

Summary/Objective

The Senior Accountant will help ensure the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of all accounting information for Pearl Real Estate Company. Accountable for maintaining the general ledger and subledgers for real estate operations and will play a key role in our monthly close, financial reporting, variance analysis, and annual budget preparation processes. This role will also perform special projects as determined by supervisor.

Essential Functions

General Ledger:

• Maintain general ledger and sub-ledgers for multiple entities and business lines including but not limited to real estate operations, operating capital improvements, and common area expenses.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts to sub-ledgers and supporting documentation.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts.
• Review accounts payable and accounts receivable activities including GL coding.
• Prepare promissory note compliance checklist and record related journal entries.
• Prepare and record reclassing, recurring, and accrual journal entries.
• Accountable for month end close process in coordination with other members of the accounting team in order to meet deadlines in accounting calendar.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly financial statements to include variance analysis for multiple business lines.
• Assist in the preparation of departmental reports.

Real Estate Specific Activities:

• Assist in the budgeting of CAM, taxes, insurance and allocated salaries.
• Prepare annual tenant letters to communicate rent and NNN expenses in coordination with Property Management team.
• Maintain leases in the real estate accounting software to include entering new leases, terminating leases, maintaining charges, tracking COIs, CPI increase calculations and generating monthly rent roll for review by Property Management.
• Reconcile CAM, taxes and insurance annually and prepare communication to tenants in coordination with Property Management.
• Accountable for percentage rent calculations, including recording percentage rent in the tenant receivable and general ledger.

Other:

• Provide supporting schedules and work with the tax team during the tax preparation process.
• Assist in development and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures.
• Participate in special projects and ad hoc reporting as needed.

Competencies

Strong knowledge of GAAP, good communicator, self-starter, flexible and open to frequent change, highly organized, team player, strong analytical skills, able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, able to work well under pressure and within deadlines, prioritization skills, customer service oriented, detail oriented.

Required Education and Experience

4-year accounting degree required; CPA certification a plus; Knowledge of accounting systems and how they are integrated within a company’s accounting structures; Knowledge of financial reporting processes; Intermediate Excel Level; Ability to interact professionally with others; Strong analytical skills; Minimum of 4 years’ experience in public accounting and/or industry specific; Experience in accounting for multiple companies/lines of business preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with NetSuite, Sage, MRI, and Property Management software systems preferred, but not required.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Ability to independently complete assigned monthly close tasks; Intimate knowledge of key processes (i.e. manage tenant/lease information in software, obtaining and recording monthly accruals, monthly reporting, balance sheet reconciliations) within 60 days of hire.
• Develop and implement reporting/feedback process with internal teams to ensure financial accuracy and participate in monthly reporting process for the whole Real Estate organization within 90 days of hire.