Z-2523 | Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant handles core accounting responsibilities and supports the accounting department in areas focused around the
processing, reconciliation, analyzing, and reporting of financial transactions.
As a Senior Accountant, you will continually look for ways to help our team get better at what we do. A team player at heart, you’ll collaborate
with onshore and offshore teams and advocate best practices. You’ll move fast while keeping your attention to detail to support Amherst’s
business objectives.

Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage the process for accounting of property cost, including expense accrual, amortization,
property tax liability, and related balance sheet reconciliations.
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Oversee the day-to-day work of an offshore accounting team. Provide guidance and review their work related to the property
tax payment, insurance billing, accrual entries, and reconciliations.
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Identify opportunities and implement processes to centralize, eliminate, automate or outsource activities. Work with service
providers to outsource established processes and manage ongoing activities.
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Responsible for a specific fund’s reporting, including preparing monthly financial statements, lender’s reports, compliance
reports, and addressing financial implications to the management team and investors.
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• Analyze financial information for discrepancies and summarize financial status.
Work through accounting implications and provide accounting guidance to operations, portfolio management, and other
cross-functional teams.
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• Conduct monthly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
• Partner with internal and external auditors to review processes, implement controls, and ensure compliance.
• Document policies, procedures, and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility
• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned