Job ID: 1798907
Reference Code: KS-Hybrid/Staff-Accountant
Job Summary
A growing real estate and property management organization is seeking a Hybrid Staff Accountant for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Thousand Oaks, CA. This role is ideal for an accounting professional with 3-5 years of experience who enjoys bank reconciliations, general ledger analysis, journal entries, and cross-department communication.
The Staff Accountant will play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, resolving reconciliation items, supporting audit requests, and ensuring timely reporting. This is a strong opportunity to join a collaborative accounting environment where accuracy, accountability, teamwork, and process improvement are valued. Candidates who enjoy detailed accounting work, supportive leadership, and the potential for long-term career growth will be well aligned with this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform daily and monthly bank reconciliation activities for multiple bank accounts and communicate reconciliation items to the appropriate departments.
- Follow up on reconciling items through final resolution and ensure monthly bank reconciliations are completed, saved, and submitted on time.
- Review bank activity downloads, NSF checks, returned items, misapplied funds reports, and payment dashboard exceptions for accuracy and follow-up.
- Prepare manual journal entries as needed to clear bank reconciliation items and support accurate general ledger reporting.
- Complete monthly Bank vs. GL analysis, identify variances, and meet established reporting deadlines.
- Assist with annual, interim, and roll-forward audit requests, ad-hoc reporting, and special accounting projects.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $58,240 to $70,720 per year.
- Job type: Temp-to-hire.
- Work location: Thousand Oaks, CA.
- Work arrangement: Hybrid.
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Required Qualifications and Skills
- Perform bank reconciliations for daily and monthly account activity.
- Research and resolve reconciliation variances, returned items, and misapplied funds.
- Prepare journal entries and support Bank vs. GL analysis.
- Assist with audit requests, accounting reports, and special projects.
- 3-5 years of accounting experience, preferably in staff accounting, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or general ledger support.
- Strong understanding of bank reconciliation processes, journal entries, variance analysis, and accounting controls.
- Ability to review financial data accurately and identify discrepancies, exceptions, and required corrections.
- Proficiency with accounting systems, spreadsheets, and financial reporting tools.
- Strong attention to detail, follow-through, organization, and deadline management.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across departments.
- Ability to follow established policies, procedures, systems, training requirements, and applicable legal or compliance mandates.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in real estate, property management, residential operations, or multi-entity accounting.
- Experience reviewing bank activity downloads, NSF items, returned payments, and payment dashboard exceptions.
- Familiarity with audit support, roll-forward schedules, and monthly close activities.
- Ability to support newly acquired property account mapping or similar accounting setup processes.