<p>We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our team in Baltimore, Maryland. This Contract-to-permanent position offers the opportunity to perform specialized accounting tasks, including monitoring accounting systems, preparing financial reports, and assisting with budgeting processes. The role involves collaborating with program managers and other officials to manage complex financial matters effectively.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead and oversee accounting tasks by assigning, reviewing, and approving the work of accounting personnel.</p><p>• Monitor and account for assets, liabilities, expenses, and invoices to ensure accurate financial records.</p><p>• Develop and modify accounting systems for third-party programs to meet organizational needs.</p><p>• Audit and analyze accounts to prepare detailed reports.</p><p>• Compile and write financial reports for submission to management.</p><p>• Assist in preparing budgets by compiling data, projecting expenditures, and monitoring allocations.</p><p>• Train and mentor employees in accounting methods and procedures to improve efficiency.</p>
<p>Our client is a distinguished real estate organization known for their deep commitment to ethical leadership, hard work, community involvement, and hands-on management. As their company continues to grow, they are searching for a highly motivated and detail-oriented accountant to become part of their experienced property accounting team.</p><p><br></p><p>In this dynamic role, you will engage in a diverse range of responsibilities, blending accounting and bookkeeping tasks with lease management, tenant relationship coordination, and property management support.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p><strong>Accounting:</strong></p><ul><li>Analyze lease details, preparing and posting monthly billings for assigned properties.</li><li>Process incoming payments and prepare bank deposits.</li><li>Manage vendor and utility invoices, ensuring timely payments.</li><li>Maintain accurate accounting records with our General Ledger System.</li><li>Prepare journal entries and reconcile bank and other financial accounts.</li><li>Organize and file invoices systematically for easy access.</li><li>Calculate management fees and generate monthly accounts receivable reports.</li><li>Maintain comprehensive rent schedules and track leases.</li><li>Monitor tenant compliance with lease agreements and collaborate on annual reconciliations.</li><li>Participate in budgeting processes and conduct variance analysis as needed.</li><li>Oversee vendor reporting, including 1099 preparation, and contribute to financial reporting and analysis.</li></ul><p><strong>Property Management:</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as the primary point of contact for tenant inquiries and concerns.</li><li>Coordinate property maintenance needs and emergency repairs by liaising with building engineers and senior property managers.</li><li>Undertake other responsibilities and projects aligned with the company’s ongoing growth.</li></ul>
<p>My client, a $1B+ privately held design-build and systems integration company with both commercial and government contracts has a newly created position for a Corporate Budgeting Analyst due to their continued growth. This position will work closely with the Budget Manager and the Chief Accounting Officer and have a much more robust role than the title indicates. The Corporate Budgeting Analyst will be involved in corporate budgeting & planning and financial reporting as well as procurement, complex account reconciliations and various process automation and system implementation projects. The sky is limit in this diverse role with access and exposure to senior leadership and executives.</p><p><br></p><p>The position will include the following responsibilities, however not all will be introduced immediately or worked on daily, nor are all of these skills required to be selected for this position.</p><p><br></p><p>• Work with department leaders (VPs and Directors) to produce annual budget packages and supporting documentation for ~30 departments and consolidated</p><p>• Lead indirect procurement initiatives, including RFPs for company-wide blanket deals and manage rebate programs.</p><p>• Administer corporate budgeting and procurement controls.</p><p>• Perform month-end closing activities such as review of cost and analyze and report on budget fluctuations, prepaid and accrual reconciliations, and internal cost allocations.</p><p>• Work with internal programmers on automation of transactions, reporting, and reconciliations.</p><p>• Assist Chief Accounting Officer and CFO with Finance department and Corporate initiatives as they arise</p><p>• This requires coordination and communication not only within the Finance department, but more importantly with the Operating Divisions, other corporate departments, vendors and service providers.</p><p>• The company has a multi-layered operational financial reporting structure internal requirement, as well as approximately 50 subsidiaries including a growing international footprint adding complexities to the traditional financial reporting process, and approximately 30 departments</p><p>• Our objective is simplification and automation of repetitive entries and reconciliations.</p><p>• Perform more complex general ledger reconciliations, corporate allocations, and intercompany eliminations., including posting of adjusting journal entries as needed.</p><p>• Assist with preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.</p><p>• Assist with annual financial statement audit and corporate tax preparation.</p><p>• Job cost and percentage of completion and job cost accounting experience is helpful but can be learned.</p><p><br></p><p>This is an incredible opportunity for a candidate roughly 2-5 years into their career that has a strong foundation, outstanding ability to learn and apply new skills and desire to have a wide breadth of experience and grow within a company for the foreseeable future. My client has a tremendous culture and reputation of taking care of their employees on a variety of ways as evidenced by the long tenure of their employee population.</p><p><br></p><p>For consideration, please apply directly to this post. If you have additional questions, contact Lee Chernett, VP at Robert Half Finance & Accounting, via LinkedIn</p>
