Staff Accountant

Why This Role

This is a staff accountant seat where you own the books, not one slice of them. You'll run the accounting for a group of properties and the owning family's trust and individual accounts, so your work covers marketable securities reconciliations, capital calls and distributions, intercompany activity, and NYC filings like RPIE and Certiorari. You'll build year-end work papers yourself instead of passing them up the chain. The company is family-owned and operates its own portfolio, so there's no rotating client roster or outsourced group in the middle. The team is stable, and this hire is planned ahead of a retirement, so you'll get a real handoff. Peak-season overtime is paid, peak-season Saturdays are worked from home, basic medical and dental are fully employer-paid, and CPE and membership dues are covered.

Position Overview

The Staff Accountant handles the full accounting cycle for an assigned group of real estate properties and related family trust and individual entities. Day to day, that means bank and tenant security deposit reconciliations, journal entries, general ledger analysis, and keeping intercompany schedules current. The role also covers year-end balance sheet and income statement work papers, the annual budget, municipal reporting, and investment-related transactions. The work is done in Yardi and Excel, and special projects come up throughout the year.

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and tenant security deposit reconciliations
• Reconcile marketable securities investment accounts
• Prepare and post monthly and period-end journal entries
• Perform monthly general ledger analysis across assigned entities
• Prepare complete year-end work papers for the balance sheet and income statement
• Maintain intercompany receivable and payable schedules
• Prepare municipal I&E reports, Certiorari filings, and RPIE submissions
• Build and support the annual budget for assigned properties
• Process capital calls, distributions, intercompany advances, and repayments
• Support special projects as needed

What We're Looking For

• At least 1 year of real estate accounting experience (property accounting, owner/operator, or family office)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Hands-on Yardi experience strongly preferred
• Strong Excel skills for reconciliations, schedules, and GL analysis
• Experience with tenant security deposits and intercompany accounting
• Exposure to RPIE, Certiorari, or trust and investment accounting is a plus
• Detail-oriented and organized, and comfortable owning a full set of books through year-end

Additional Details

• Onsite in Forest Hills, Queens; Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Peak season (January–April): paid weekday overtime and Saturdays worked from home
• Two federal holidays worked in exchange for two floating holidays
• Benefits: 401(k) with a 25% match on the first 8% of contributions, employer-paid basic medical and dental, 18 days PTO to start (increasing with tenure), life insurance, cafeteria plan, long-term disability, and paid membership dues and CPE costs