Real Estate Accountant (Part-Time)

Real Estate Accountant (Part-Time)

Position Summary

Provide long-term accounting support across accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and month-end close — clearing backlog, keeping records organized, and preparing schedules for internal review. This is a long-term, part-time role M/W/F.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable

• Enter and code vendor invoices via AP system, batch for processing
• Match invoices to purchase orders/receipts; flag missing documentation

Accounts Receivable

• Apply customer payments; process bank deposits and send backup for processing
• Review aging reports; prepare and complete weekly follow-up list for overdue balances.
• Assist with rent bill preparation.

Reconciliations

• Reconcile bank and credit card transactions; identify and document exceptions
• Assist with intercompany/quarterly billbacks; maintain monthly reconciliation logs

General Ledger & Bookkeeping

• Enter transactions into accounting software; keep records organized
• Prepare adjusting-entry recommendations (posting requires authorization)
• Maintain commission payable schedules, support filings and vendor inquiries

Month-End Close Support

• Assemble reports, prepare schedules, and update accrual worksheets
• Perform daily soft closes (A/P and cash management)
• Deliver end-of-day summary of completed work, open items, and follow-ups

Annual Budget Support

• Assist with pro-forma prep (revenue/expense data pulls, initial cash balances, tax & insurance inputs)

Administrative

• Organize supporting files and maintain a backup-documents folder

Qualifications

Must-Have:

• 1–3 years of accounting/bookkeeping experience.
• Hands-on, verifiable experience with MRI, Sage, and AVID — or real estate accounting systems
• Strong Excel skills
• Comfortable with reconciliations and invoice processing
• Able to work independently.
• Available part-time, on a long-term basis
• Comfortable managing linked/cross-referenced spreadsheets across multiple entities without mixing data.
• Assist with intercompany/quarterly billbacks; maintain monthly reconciliation logs.
• Formal accounting credential.
• Ability to multitask and to adapt to changing priorities.

Nice to have:

• Prior experience owning a recurring spreadsheet end-to-end.
• Good communication skills written and verbal.

Work Arrangement

• Long-term, part-time position sourced and employed by a third-party staffing agency
• Multiple entities, separate books per entity