Senior Accountant

The Amherst Group's companies are comprised of leading real estate investment and advisory firms with a mission to transform the way real estate is owned, financed and managed. Amherst leverages its proprietary data, analytics, technology, and decades of experience to seek solutions for a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors. Today Amherst has over 1000 employees and $14.1 billion in assets under management.

Over the past decade, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets and has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 46,000 homes across 32 markets in the U.S. The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team. In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending. Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed a deep bench of research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 188,000 residents the firm has served.

The Senior Accountant supports the accounting department in areas focused on the processing, reconciliation, and reporting of financial transactions, including interdepartmental and inter-company transaction reconciliation. This position will report to the Accounting manager per department structure.

• General ledger and subsidiary ledger reconciliation
• Tenant Ledger reconciliations
• Prepare wire transfers
• Prepare month end account reconciliations
• Prepared journal entries to record financial activity and support the month end close
• Process and review financial transactions
• Perform variance analysis to compare actual financial results to budgeted amounts and prior periods, identifying and explaining significant differences.
• Perform intercompany reconciliations across multiple branches and entities
• Reporting of financial activity related to department responsibilities
• Assists in annual audit providing supporting documentation
• Ad hoc reporting and process documentation
• Other duties as assigned

What you’ll need to have:

• BS in Accounting required
• Minimum 4 years of accounting experience
• Excellence in Excel and other Microsoft Office products
• Proficiency with Yardi preferred
• 2+ years of experience in accounting, with a focus on intercompany reconciliations and multi-entity accounting.
• Experience in real estate, preferably rental property preferred
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills

​Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.