Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
A well-established property management and real estate organization in Lafayette, CA is seeking a Property Management Accountant for a temp-to-hire opportunity supporting a portfolio of commercial properties. This role is ideal for an accounting professional, bookkeeper, accounting clerk, or accounting specialist with full-cycle accounting experience and strong property management accounting knowledge.
This is a hands-on accounting role in a small, collaborative office environment where accuracy, reliability, and teamwork are highly valued. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to cross-train with the current accounting professional before retirement, step into an important long-term role, and support day-to-day accounting operations for multiple commercial properties and tenants.
Candidates who enjoy stable teams, supportive leadership, practical accounting work, and a consistent onsite schedule will find this to be a strong career opportunity. The office is conveniently located in Lafayette, near Walnut Creek, within walking distance of BART, with parking available.
Key Responsibilities
- Support accounting functions for approximately 17 commercial properties with multiple tenants.
- Process accounts payable, accounts receivable, rent collection, rent posting, and tenant-related accounting transactions.
- Code vendor invoices for property expenses such as maintenance, utilities, landscaping, and other operating costs.
- Review, track, and reconcile expenses, bank accounts, general ledger activity, CAM charges, and utilities.
- Generate invoices and maintain accurate accounting records, spreadsheets, and supporting documentation.
- Use Excel and Sage 300 to support full-cycle accounting, reporting, and daily transaction processing.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay range: $28 to $31 per hour.
- Temp-to-hire opportunity.
- Fully onsite position in Lafayette, CA.
- Schedule: 32 to 40 hours per week.
- Flexible set schedule options may include 4 full days or 5 partial days.
- Office is within walking distance of BART, with parking available.
- Targeted start timeframe is before mid-August.
- Process accounts payable, accounts receivable, rent postings, and tenant-related accounting transactions.
- Reconcile bank accounts, expenses, general ledger activity, CAM charges, and utilities.
- Generate invoices, code vendor invoices, and review property-related expenses.
- Maintain accurate accounting spreadsheets and support full-cycle accounting activity.
- 3 to 5 years of accounting, bookkeeping, accounting clerk, or accounting specialist experience preferred.
- Full-cycle accounting experience required.
- Accounts payable experience required.
- Property management accounting experience required.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including spreadsheets and basic formulas.
- Ability to accurately code invoices, review expenses, and reconcile accounting activity.
- Experience working in a small office or lean accounting team environment.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and reliability.
- Ability to work onsite in Lafayette, CA on a consistent set schedule.
Preferred Qualifications
- Commercial real estate accounting experience.
- Sage 300 experience.
- Bookkeeper title or bookkeeping experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- Experience supporting multiple properties, tenants, or locations.
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