Senior Accountant/Controller

Sanders Equities LLC is a real estate acquisition and management firm located in Greenwich, CT.  The company develops new assets as well as manages its own portfolio of industrial, retail and mixed-use properties located throughout the New York area, and monitors its interests in co-owned properties managed by others. 

The Position:

A Controller/Senior Accountant to handle all day-to-day internal accounting and reporting functions and to act as property management coordinator.  Primary responsibilities and qualifications of this position include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities:

• Full responsibility for management of company books and records for portfolio properties
• Preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual reports
• Managing investment accounts to monitor liquidity needs for capital requirements as well as reviewing with investment professionals the strategies to maximize returns
• Preparation of year-end information for and interfacing with company accountants
• Management of late tenant rent collections
• Guarantor assessment requirements for new leases and suggesting to principals what would be acceptable given circumstances of lease
• Position will include a direct report, who is a part-time bookkeeper, to assist in the day-to-day of the accounting department

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred; otherwise, extensive real estate accounting experience required
• Minimum five years’ experience within real estate industry preferred
• Extensive accounting experience/knowledge required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (word, excel, outlook)
• Real estate accounting / property management system experience in Yardi required
• Strong experience with real estate operating statements
• Ability to analysis and ask questions for efficient results
• This position requires a self-starting individual with excellent communication, organizational and people skills.  Candidate must be able to work both in a team environment and independently, handling the office at times alone.  Self-motivation, detail orientation and ability to manage multiple tasks at one time a requirement. Ability to politely but firmly enforce tenant rent payments required