Senior Accountant - Accounting Center

Overview

COMPANY SUMMARY:

The John Stewart Company is a full-service housing management, development and consulting organization that began in 1978 with a commitment to providing high quality service in the affordable housing sector. We work to enrich the lives of our residents and employees, while delivering our services cost‐effectively, efficiently and with the highest levels of professionalism, compassion, integrity and respect.

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION:

Reporting directly to the AVP-Property Accounting, this position is responsible for property banking and oversight of the on-line invoice management and third-party payment processing. The role requires a solid foundation in property management accounting policies and practices and accounts payable procedures; working knowledge of commercial banking procedures; and a competent command of spreadsheet software (Excel) to satisfactorily perform required duties. An ability to work within a team structure, provide supervision and direction and accept and use input from others is essential in order to meet the deadlines for report deliverables and coordinate with other JSCo personnel.

Responsibilities

• Property Banking
• Manage the opening and closing of all property trust accounts, ensuring account titling and signature cards are properly assigned.
• Solve bank account and policy problems related to property trust accounts
• Manage the administration of electronic deposits and tokens
• Manage the administration of banking courier services
• Serve as our daily liaison with banks across the state
• Help develop and implement banking and bank account policy
• Manage special projects as assigned

• Prepare regular activity and ad hoc reports as directed
• Other accounting projects as assigned.
• Invoice Management
• Provide oversight of AP System Administrator position
• Manage the administrative function in Nexus Payables, including the management of user account access; setting up and maintaining info on incoming / outgoing JSCo-managed properties, the maintenance of invoice and PO workflow routing; and the setup and activation of vendor catalogs in Nexus
• Monitor the Nexus Payables integration with MRI, working to resolve any errors resulting from invoices attempting to import to MRI
• Engage with Nexus Support to assist in troubleshooting technical problems as needed
• Third Party Payment Processing
• Manage the list of active property operating accounts with FIS Integrated Payables, along with the activation of new operating accounts
• Oversee the daily payment file creation and upload into FIS
• Coordinate with FIS on Virtual Card enrollment process with vendors
• AP Help Desk
• Supervise the A/P Support Help Desk
• Assist with customer response efforts on Zendesk – primarily to JSCo staff, as well as vendors and other partners

Qualifications

SKILLS

• • Solid knowledge of accounting principles and accounting and AP policies and procedures.
  • Ability to create and maintain supporting audit records in organized manner.
  • Strong analytical, time management and organizational skills
  • Ability to assist and support others
  • Ability to effectively communicate accounting information to various users
  • Accurate and attentive to detail
  • Strong computer application skills in various accounting software systems

KNOWLEDGE

Policies and Regulations — Knowledge of company policies, federal, state and local laws, government regulations and agency rules that pertain accounting practices.

Management of Financial Resources — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices for creating a realistic budget, banking, understanding financial reports and the ability to use mathematics to solve problems.

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience in problem identification, analysis, recommendation of options and development of logical and workable solutions.
• Ability to work independently and contribute to the team’s success.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and function in a diverse environment.
• At least five years general ledger accounting experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge on Microsoft Office programs such as WORD, EXCEL, and OUTLOOK are essential.

EDUCATION – Bachelors of Arts or Science with Accounting Major or equivalent experience. Public Accounting experience desirable.

Benefits-at-a-glance

 Benefits for Employees who work 30+ hours/week -

• Medical, dental and vision care; preventative medical care paid at 100%.
• Vacation leave of up to ten days per year in the first year.
• Up to 80 hours of sick time per year.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care.
• Company paid Life AD&D Long Term Disability.
• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T, ClassPass, and Weight Watchers.
• $100 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week).

Benefits for Employees who work less than 30 hours/week - 

• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T, ClassPass, and Weight Watchers.
• $100 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Up to 80 hours of sick time per year.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week)

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Equal Opportunity Employer

California Consumer Privacy Act

Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses that meet certain minimum threshold requirements to provide a “notice at collection” to applicants for employment who reside in California.  The notice at collection describes the categories of personal information to be collected about these California applicants and the purposes for using that personal information.  Therefore, we have posted the Company’s “Notice At Collection For California Applicants” here.  Please review this Notice at your convenience.