Job Overview
Bridge Tower is a vertically integrated real estate company focused on developing, building, leasing, selling, and operating residential communities. Our work spans Build-for-Rent and Build-for-Sale communities, with in-house expertise across acquisition, entitlement, development, construction, leasing, sales, property management, and asset management. From land acquisition through resident and homeowner experience, our teams work together to build communities where families can feel at home.
We are expanding and are ready to add a new Staff Accountant to our Dallas team.
We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to perform and coordinate accounting duties within our corporate accounting department. The Staff Accountant’s responsibilities include preparing and recording journal entries, performing account reconciliations, assisting with duties related to audit and tax return preparations, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.
Duties
- Perform Full-cycle accounting and intercompany transactions
- Analyze pertinent transactional data sets and record journal entries that accurately reflect the transaction at hand
- Record various types of Accounts Payable documents such as invoices, checks, and ACH payments
- Perform periodic trial balance reconciliations and any relevant supporting statements and analyses
- Coordinate with other departments in researching transactions as well as provide historical accounting information, as needed
- Maintain small portfolio of escrow accounts for property owners and assist in the preparation and distribution of monthly operating statements
- Assist with preparation of documents related to audits and tax preparation
- Month-end closing for multiple entities
- Additional duties as assigned
Necessary Skills & Knowledge:
- Have a general knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as well as Cash Accounting
- Basic understanding of the key differences between Cash & Accrual based accounting
- Possess the ability to review, parse and distill large amounts of data into intuitively summarized line items
- Possess strong working knowledge of Excel (Pivot-tables, Vlookup, Filtering, Indexing, etc.)
- Exhibit effective problem-solving skills, as well as taking a proactive role in developing, communicating, and implementing potential solutions
- Ability to research and apply knowledge of evolving and/or unfamiliar accounting and finance concepts
- Be able to communicate in a clear and composed manner via electronic, written, and/or verbal correspondence methods, appropriate for the situations to which they apply
- Be detail-oriented, highly organized, able to manage tasks independently, and perform under tight deadlines
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (or equivalent work experience in property accounting).
- 2-3 years of experience
- Working knowledge of GAAP and cash basis accounting.
- Strong knowledge of Excel.
- Ability to recognize task priorities, plan, and organize workload.
Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- What skill do you believe you've developed the most in accounting? What do you enjoy about it?
- How would you rate your skill in Excel? (Novice, Familiar (Tables), Capable (Sums, Filters, Averages), Advanced (Pivot Tables, VLookups), or above?)
Experience:
- Accounting: 2 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Dallas, TX 75240 (Required)
Work Location: In person
