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Staff Accountant ll - Affordable Housing
full-time•Rome
About this role
Staff Accountant ll - Affordable Housing
Come join our AMAZING team!!!
CRM Rental Management, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Staff Accountant ll in Rome, NY Area. Please visit: www.crmrentalmgmt.com to learn more about CRM.
Our company continues to grow and expand providing us with the opening for new talent!
Why join our Amazing Team?! CRM Benefits:
- 11 paid holidays (includes 1 floating holiday and the day after Thanksgiving!)
- Excellent insurance options/benefits that are 75% employer paid!
- 100% up to 5% 401k match
- Competitive Salary
- Annual reviews with performance-based bonuses
- EAP including Discount programs
- PTO accruing upon start
Position Summary
The Staff Accountant II is responsible for performing intermediate-level accounting functions for affordable housing portfolios, including LIHTC, HUD, RD, and other subsidized housing programs. This role supports accurate financial reporting at the property and partnership level, ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, and assists with month-end close activities. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has experience in property management accounting and a solid understanding of affordable housing compliance.
Staff Accountant ll - Duties:
- Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals and recurring entries, for affordable housing properties.
- Assist with month-end and year-end close processes for multiple properties and legal entities.
- Reconcile general ledger accounts, including bank accounts, reserves, security deposits, restricted cash, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and review monthly property financial statements and perform variance analyses.
- Support LIHTC, HUD, RD, and other regulatory reporting and compliance requirements.
- Assist with annual audits, cost certifications, and compliance reviews.
- Track, reconcile, and monitor replacement reserves and restricted cash accounts.
- Collaborate with property management teams on financial and operational matters.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and affordable housing program requirements.
- Identify and recommend improvements to accounting processes, controls, and reporting efficiencies.
- Provide guidance and support to junior accounting staff as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of accounting experience, with a minimum of 2 years in affordable housing or property management accounting.
- Working knowledge of LIHTC and/or HUD programs.
- Strong understanding of GAAP and property-level accounting.
- Experience with property management accounting software (e.g., RealPage, Yardi, MRI, or similar systems).
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, and account reconciliations.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines across a diverse property portfolio.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cost certifications and compliance audits.
- CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
- Experience with partnership accounting and fund accounting.
- Familiarity with state housing agency reporting requirements.
CRM Rental Management, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Must be able to pass a 5-year background check. We also conduct pre-employment drug testing. Any job offer will be based on the results of background and drug testing.
What you'll do
- The Staff Accountant II is responsible for performing intermediate-level accounting functions for affordable housing portfolios and supports accurate financial reporting. This role ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and assists with month-end close activities.
About CRM Rental Management Inc
Established in 1971, CRM Rental Management, Inc. (CRM) is a renowned and respected real estate investment, development, and management company currently managing over 60 apartment communities, over 5,000 units, throughout New York State.
At CRM we take pride in offering a comfortable and affordable living experience for all of our residents. As one of the area’s finest property management companies, CRM Rental Management, Inc. is committed to excellence while setting innovative standards that others have followed throughout the years. Our trained and highly qualified staffs’ strong teamwork provides our residents with quality living in affordable housing.
Since our start, CRM’s philosophy for our clients has remained the same: to manage your real estate property for your success. We manage a wide variety of properties and real estate assets, covering a full spectrum of existent and emerging management needs. CRM has proven its superiority in successfully managing a wide variety of properties operated under a number of funding and regulatory programs.
Our staff has the special expertise and experience to help first-time owners who need assistance getting an operation off the ground, to overseeing the renovation and rehabilitation of projects, to managing the turnaround of distressed or foreclosed properties.
At CRM, our selectivity of work and standard of performance have always taken precedent over growth simply for the sake of growing. So our progress has come from - and not at the expense of - delivering consistently superior service and results.
The same benchmark applies whether we serve a client for the short-term or over the long run, our policy is always to provide "Service Beyond the Contract". That's the foundation of our commitment to Managing for Your Success. CRM will always stand behind its mission and vision statements, as we take pride in offering a comfortable and affordable living experience for all of our residents.
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