Senior Accountant
Denver, CO, United States
At MorningStar Senior Living, we talk a lot about culture. In fact, we rather obsess about it. For without a transformative culture, we cannot begin to elevate and celebrate the lives of our resident-heroes and be ourselves changed for the good in the process. So, we seek great hearts, other people like us, who care and want to do work that matters. We select people like us who believe that the most satisfying life is one that is outward-bound and rooted in servant leadership.
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Accountant is responsible for accounting functions related to the financial statement preparation for a portfolio of senior housing communities. The purpose of this job is to ensure the company is compliant with accurate state, and local taxes. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for managing the real estate and personal property tax process and preparing sales & use tax workpapers monthly/quarterly/yearly to file returns for multiple senior living entities in multiple states.
Theposition reportstotheController andwillhaveregularinteractionwith leaders in the Operations team including the Business Office Manager, Executive Director & Regional VP's.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Administer, prepare, and file sales and use tax returns & Gross Receipts Taxes for all senior living entities.
Keep accurate tax rate schedules for all assigned properties and notify Accounting and property of any changes promptly.
Respond to requests for tax information by both internal customers and taxing authorities in addition to resolving compliance issues with taxing authorities.
Complete license renewals for all locations.
Maintain a tax calendar with due dates to ensure all returns are filed and paid in a timely manner for Real Estate taxes, Personal Property Taxes and Sales and Use Taxes, & Gross Receipts Taxes.
Managing and coordinating the Real estate & Personal Property taxes appeal process with our outside Tax consultant
Assist in the Annual budget process for Real estate & Personal Property taxes in the coming year including being knowledgeable about the appeals process.
Train and mentor Property Accountants on all applicable tax matters.
Responsible for the full profit and loss statement and balance sheet for a small number of individual senior living communities.
Collaborate with the Business Office Manager of the community to ensure accurate and timely completion of journal entries and accounting reports in accordance with GAAP
Strong organization skills: Ability to handle multiple tasks and manage time effectively
Calculates and enters monthly contract item accruals such as janitorial, security and utility expenses to match expenses to the period incurred, and review trial balance for reversing of same entries in next accounting period.
Prepare bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations
Prepare documentation allocating expenses among the communities
Update and prepare depreciation and amortization schedules
Analyze and explain Budget to Actual variances
Produce cash flow forecasts
Properly record transactions involving purchase of new capital equipment
Assist with various accounting projects as needed
Contribute to Process Improvement related to above duties and responsibilities
Maintain professional confidentiality.
Attend in-service educations within the community regarding customer service, operational changes.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect
Demonstrated success in all areas listed above
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
4-6 years of tax experience with sales & use tax returns, Gross Receipts Taxes, and Real estate & Personal Property tax matters.
Knowledge of multi-state sales and use taxes.
3-5 years accounting experience in Senior Living or Real Estate required.
Use of Yardi accounting software highly preferred. Knowledge of other major software systems may be considered.
Advanced Excel skills
Pay Range for this position is expected to be $84,000 - 90,000 annually.
MorningStar offers a full offering of benefits to this positon. Those benefits can be viewed at https://www.morningstarseniorliving.com/careers/
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