Staff Accountant

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.

Summary:

This position supports the business in the delivery of accurate, consistent, and timely financial statements and analytical reports.  This position, supporting the finance team, requires some supervision with the ability to work independently, proactively improving the finance capabilities of the organization.

Essential Functions:

•    Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
•    Support billing and contract management activities through oversight activities, review of client contracts, and the systematic setup of billing terms
•    Perform Accounts Payable functions, including but not limited to vouchering of invoices, overseeing invoice workflow approvals, maintaining vendor coding matrix, and vendor setup requests
•    Perform cash application of electronic and lockbox payments
•    Assist with special projects, including ad-hoc reporting requests from individuals at various levels within the organization
•    Assists in the annual financial audit process.
•    Actively participate in department work planning and goal setting

Skills:

•    Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principles and familiarity with US GAAP
•    Proven team contributor with the motivation and desire to take on new challenges
•    Excels in planning, organizing and prioritizing workload to meet deadlines
•    Wears multiple hats and thrives in a fast-paced, growing environment
•    Demonstrated ability in delivering process improvements within the Finance function
•    Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, maintaining a high level of accountability, ingenuity and initiative
•    Independent contributor with a strong sense of ownership who enjoys building processes from the ground up
•    High integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications:

•     Bachelor’s Degree with major in Accounting or Finance
•    1 to 4 years of experience in an Accounting or Finance role
•    Experience working in MS Excel, specifically VLookup, SUMIF and Pivot Tables
• Preferred Qualifications:
•    Advanced skill level in MS Excel
•    Experience with Deltek ERP system
•    Experience in Accounts Payable

Your Success

The day-to-day experience at PMA promises challenge, collaboration, and growth, while our comprehensive benefits create opportunities for you and your family to prosper, including:

•    Being part of a respected company with high-caliber clients and projects
•    A workplace that is values-based and consciously practices its values every day
•    A culture that respects work/life balance
•    Competitive salary and bonus program
•    Formal and informal training, leadership development, mentoring programs, and other opportunities for growth and advancement
•    Quality benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances, education reimbursement, and much more
•    401(k) plan with employer match

The salary range for this position is $65,000-$85,000 annually; the base pay offered may vary depending on location, experience, skills, relevant education, and training.

PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning.  Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.  

PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.

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