Real Estate Bookkeeper

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Real Estate Bookkeeper

Chesapeake, VA
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    We are looking for a full-time real estate accountant to join our expanding team! You'll be responsible for keeping our financial records organized, including tracking accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring that each account is reconciled correctly. This is an opportunity to bring order to our growing real estate office and see tangible results from your work on a daily basis! Our ideal candidate takes pride in their detailed bookkeeping work and contributes to the greater success of the team. If this sounds like a job you’d love, start your application today! Responsibilities: • Facilitate all incoming payments and outgoing checks, including printing, obtaining signatures for, and distributing checks as necessary • Produce regular journal entries to post to the general ledger • Handle all accounts payable and receivable on a daily basis to make sure each invoice and expense report is accurate • Adapt to the needs of the real estate team to complete other accounting tasks when necessary • Enter financial data into computer software, making sure all bills and invoices are filed correctly Qualifications: • High school diploma required, a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field is highly valued • Experience in real estate industry preferred • Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with accounting software such as Quickbooks • Must have Real Estate Accounting Experience (Property Management Accounting, Rentals, etc.) • The position requires 3 or more years of bookkeeping or accounting experience • Proficiency in personal computer skills, keyboard, Internet search, email correspondence, math, Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc., and other software applications preferred (i.e. Quickbooks, Appfolio ) • Effective communication and interaction with the management team, military partners, co-workers, vendors, or residents; sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction • Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and complete assigned duties to ensure operational objectives are achieved • Must possess a positive and professional demeanor in all interactions, under all circumstances • Working with rental portfolios for at least 5 years is strongly preferred • Ability to travel to other local office locations for work, training, meetings, and other work-related activities • Experience in accounting, real estate accounting, or property accounting preferred Key traits: • Self-starter • Good communicator • Detail oriented • Organized • Problem solver • Team player • Results Driven • Able to work within 30/60/90 goalsTechnical needs: • Quickbooks is a must • AppFolio experience a major plus • Mac experience is a plus • Google Suite is a plus or be a very quick learner • Experience with Asana and Slack a plus Must live on the Southside of Hampton Roads, have dependable transportation, willing to put in the hours to start. Must have a minimum of 2 years of accounting experience, preferably in real estate, property management, or construction. Must be able to work a half day every other Saturday Compensation: $46,000 - $55,000

  • Compensation
    $46,000-$55,000 per year