Senior Property Accountant

Description:

About Us

RAM Partners, LLC, is a full-service real estate management company that manages more than 80,000 apartments throughout the United States. We specialize in multi-family community management for a variety of third-party owners. We are a service-oriented, hands-on company.

Our brick and mortar are our people.

We are looking for a quality, experienced professional who shares our passion for delivering value through quality, hands-on customer service in everything they do. We manage our client’s properties as if they were our own. We embrace our client’s objectives and goals, and we understand that our reputation impacts their reputation.

We are focused on recruiting a highly effective candidate with experience in real estate property accounting, preferably with a background in multifamily property operations. We are looking for someone who is able to thrive in an entrepreneurial and ever-changing environment, has strong communication skills, and is highly organized.

Candidates for this position must have:

• Ability to problem-solve and willingness to identify the root cause of an issue
• Ability to multitask and advance multiple responsibilities/tasks toward completion simultaneously
• Willingness to learn and be a team player
• Professional demeanor and ability to clearly and confidently carry on a discussion with operators and clients
• Produce quality work and take pride in their work product; perform self-review of work before submitting for review or distributing outside the Company to ensure the accuracy of information provided
• Work with a sense of urgency and can meet established deadlines

Essential Job Functions

The Property Accountant/Senior Property Accountant reports to the Assistant Controller and will be in charge of the financial statement preparation and day-to-day accounting and financial needs of a group of properties within the Company’s portfolio of managed properties.

Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare monthly financial statements, bank reconciliations, and supporting schedules for assigned properties
• Interact with on-site teams to answer questions and ensure deliverables from properties are complete and

accurate

• Compile and analyze financial information related to property operations
• Assist Property Managers and Area Vice Presidents with variance reports and understanding of overall financial performance of each property
• Timely respond to inquiries and requests from operators and clients; keep others updated on the progress of

these items toward delivery

• Constantly manage the cash position of the properties, balancing having enough cash available to settle all

current and near-term liabilities with maximizing cash flow distributions to clients

• Calculate monthly property management fee and ensure timely payment to RAM
• Process debt service, tax, insurance, and capital expense payments and ensures/verifies payments are made as required
• Input annual operating budgets and budgets for new lease-ups and management acquisitions
• Track property and insurance liabilities to ensure properly reflected on the property books and the property is

adequately escrowed to make timely payments of such items

• Maintain positive pay exceptions

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree.
• Degree in accounting, business, finance, or a related field preferred
• Experience accounting for multifamily property operations preferred
• Experience working in Yardi preferred
• Clean background and credit history