Accounting Manager

Join a team with 50 years of success in the real estate industry! Lincoln Property Company is currently hiring for a dynamic Accounting Manager to oversee the financial and operational performance of a portfolio of multifamily properties. We are looking for an entrepreneurial minded person who enjoys leading and managing the success of a business.

Founded in 1965, Lincoln Property Company is one of the largest and most diversified property management companies in the United States. Lincoln maintains a presence in more than 200 cities in the U. S. and 10 countries throughout Europe. Our mission is to be a company for people, a company about people.

The Accounting Manager is responsible for daily oversight, review and training of team members as well as handling the accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of assets. Other essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Management/Leadership

• Assist in any scheduling or reorganization of staffing loads
• Interview and evaluate prospective candidates for accountant and accounting assistant roles
• Ensure positive pay exceptions are cleared by accountant’s daily

Assigned Team Oversight

• Training and supervision of accountants & accounting assistants
• Ensuring adherence to LPC and client policies and procedures
• Review of financial packages ensuring thorough, timely, accurate reporting
• Review of cash flows, distributions and contribution requests
• Review bank reconciliations for accuracy, completeness and ensure stale reconciling items cleared
• Ensure critical payments are processed timely and accurately by team members
• Oversight of responses to client requests and review questions

Monthly

• Preparation of the financial package, including general ledger review, bank reconciliations and balance sheet support schedules for assigned assets
• Manage assigned asset’s cash and coordinate distributions and/or contribution requests as required.
• Ensure timely payment of approved invoices mortgages, real estate taxes & other critical payments
• Review of all management fee calculations for Midwest portfolio are completed and processed
• Oversee Inter-Project Account (IPA) reimbursements to ensure they are paid timely
• Timely response to client requests and questions

Annual

• Annual coordination and oversight of the 1099 process for Midwest accounting office
• Resource to Business Managers and Regional Managers in budget season including loading budget templates and answering questions as needed
• Ensure approved annual budgets are properly input into accounting systems
• Ensure audit requests are completed and submitted timely for assigned team member’s portfolio
• Review of CAM escalations, real estate tax escalations and other recovery calculations for mixed use properties in assigned or teams assigned portfolio

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from a four-year college or university. Minimum of five years of related experience and/or training preferred.
  In lieu of a BA/BS degree, must have six or more years related experience.

Certificates and/or Licenses

• None.CPA is a plus.

Communication Skills

• Ability to write, comprehend, analyze, and interpret various types of business documents. Ability to effectively respond verbally or written to complex inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to present information to an internal group of employees.
• Requires a high level of commitment to customer service, whether co-workers or clients.

Other Skills and/or Abilities

• Demonstrate ability to work well under pressure with a proactive approach to unusual occurrences.
• Requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and an openness to new ideas and procedures.
• Ability to analyze, plan and distribute portfolio loads to ensure team’s success in meeting deliverables.
• Experience with MS Office software (Excel) and Real Estate accounting software (Yardi).

Benefits

Lincoln Property Company offers competitive pay, a benefits package that includes health, dental, vision and 401(k) and opportunities for career development and advancement.