Accounting & Bookkeeping Manager
- J & J Asset Management Corporation
- Lowell, Massachusetts
- Full Time
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Accounting Manager to oversee the financial operations of a diverse real estate and healthcare portfolio. The ideal candidate will be responsible for full-cycle accounting, ensuring accuracy across multiple legal entities, and providing strategic financial support to leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Statement Preparation: Manage the monthly and year-end closing process for multiple entities. Produce accurate P&L statements and Balance Sheets on both cash and accrual bases.
- Accounts Payable & Cash Flow: Prioritize and process vendor payments, monitor bank balances for multiple operating accounts, and manage a high volume of invoices to avoid service disconnections or late fees.
- Advanced Reconciliations: Reconcile clinical billing systems with the general ledger. Resolve material irregularities, such as negative accounts receivable or uncategorized expenses.
- Intercompany Accounting: Track and document intercompany loans, related-party transactions, and partner distributions across a complex corporate structure.
- CAM & Lease Administration: Perform annual CAM reconciliations and audits for commercial tenants. Coordinate with property management to record outstanding debts and adjustments.
- Tax & Audit Compliance: Prepare year-end workpapers and trial balances for external tax preparers. Maintain fixed asset schedules and record depreciation and amortization entries.
- Process Improvement: Implement and manage accounting workflows within tools like QuickBooks and property management software (e.g., DoorLoop).
- Property Management Software Administration: Serve as a primary administrator for DoorLoop, ensuring all properties, units, and leases are accurately represented and updated.
- Portal Engagement: Facilitate tenant onboarding to the Resident Portal to streamline electronic rent collection (ACH and card payments) and communication.
Billing & Fee Management: Monitor automated rent postings and manually adjust for credits, additional rent items, or fee removals as needed.
- Data Synchronization: Maintain high data integrity by ensuring that financial information in DoorLoop aligns with the general ledger in QuickBooks.
- DoorLoop Property Management:
- System Integration & Alignment: Collaborates on connecting bank accounts via Plaid through DoorLoop for reconciliation.
- Tenant Portal Management: Coordinates tenant sign-ups for the DoorLoop Resident Portal app, which is used for all property-related accounts, billing, and rent payments.
- Payment & Late Fee Administration: Manages the posting and removal of rent charges and late fees within the DoorLoop system.
o Manual Data Entry: Periodically enters breakdown of fee charges and expense details manually into DoorLoop to maintain consistency between property management and core accounting records.
- CAM Calculation Setup: Implements Common Area Maintenance (CAM) calculation templates within DoorLoop, as part of transitioning from previous software like Avail.
- Screening Coordination: Utilizes DoorLoop to run background and credit checks on potential tenants.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor?s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in bookkeeping or accounting, preferably in real estate or healthcare.
- Expertise in QuickBooks Desktop/Online and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with clinical billing systems (e.g., eClinicalWorks, Athena) is a plus.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, intercompany transactions, and tax reconciliation (M-1 adjustments).
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders