Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
A growing real estate and property management organization in Los Angeles is seeking a Staff Accountant for a direct hire opportunity. This role supports accounting, finance, reporting, and tax-related activities for real estate investments and corporate accounting operations.
The Staff Accountant will join a lean, collaborative team with exposure to senior leadership, investment partners, auditors, tax advisors, and an international parent company in Japan. This is a strong opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys ownership, variety, and visibility across the business. The role offers hands-on training from management, meaningful involvement in process improvement, and the chance to contribute to accurate financial reporting, cash management, compliance, and investment-related accounting.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts, employee expense reimbursements, payment processing, and banking administration.
- Perform bank reconciliations, general ledger reconciliations, ledger maintenance, fixed asset tracking, and historical recordkeeping.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, including consolidated financial statement preparation and financial reporting for management and the parent company in Japan.
- Review joint venture financial statements, partner with asset management and investment partners, and resolve accounting issues related to assigned real estate properties.
- Support audit preparation, coordinate with external auditors, and assist with accounting research related to new investments, transactions, and U.S. GAAP requirements.
- Assist with tax compliance activities, including Schedule K-1s, Forms 1099 and 1042, property tax, business tax, estimated payments, extensions, tax provisions, and coordination with outside advisors.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation: $35.00 to $43.00 per hour.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Location: Los Angeles, CA.
- Support full-cycle accounting operations, including payables, receivables, reconciliations, payment processing, and general ledger activity.
- Participate in close processes, consolidated financial reporting, financial analysis, audit support, and cash flow monitoring.
- Coordinate tax-related reporting and compliance support with internal stakeholders, investment partners, auditors, and outside tax advisors.
- Review real estate investment and joint venture financial statements while helping improve accounting processes and reporting accuracy.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field from a four-year college or university.
- At least 5 years of accounting and/or finance experience, with 6 to 10 years of experience ideal for this level.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, close processes, reconciliations, and internal controls.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and financial analysis.
- Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, management, external auditors, tax advisors, investment partners, banking contacts, and tax authorities.
- Strong attention to detail, sound professional judgment, high ethical standards, and the ability to work independently under general supervision.
- Proactive problem-solving skills with the ability to escalate issues appropriately and identify opportunities for process improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
- Accounting or finance experience within a public company, subsidiary of a public company, or real estate investment/property management environment.
- CPA certification or progress toward CPA licensure.
- Experience with accounting or financial software.
- Familiarity with real estate investments, joint ventures, consolidated reporting, Schedule K-1s, Forms 1099 and 1042, property tax, business tax, and corporate tax compliance.
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