Junior Gl Accountant/Accounting Clerk

Company Vision

RISE Association Management Group is the best-in-class provider of property services for Texas homeowners’ associations. Our core purpose is to be of service to great communities and the people who lead them. We accomplish this through our passionate, kind, and solution-oriented team members who partner with our community leaders to build their vision, together. We specialize in working with communities with unique lifestyle offerings, facility and infrastructure needs (to include a wide variety of amenities), and service offerings. We’re an EOS™ (Entrepreneurial Operating System) company and our organization is structured to support exceptional outcomes for our community association clients. We’re thought leaders, innovators, and problem solvers.
Whatever the issue: we have an expert under this roof who can solve it. We’re a team of financial services professionals, facilities maintenance experts, risk managers, and business managers and we’re looking for the next generation of problem solvers to join us and be a part of our rapid growth. We implement intelligent solutions, exceptional service, and the RISE way so that we can create a vibrant future and quality of life today. We connect community association, financial, and facility expertise with communities who need it.

We are problem solvers and business managers who just happen to be in the business of community association management. Together, we’re capable of so much more. Together, we RISE.

Our Core Values:

• Precision, Preparation, and Partnership
• Organization (PPO) Find a Way (or make one)
• Honor Commitments
• Inspiring Attitude
• Ownership Stewardship
• Curiosity

Job Description:

We’re looking to hire a Junior GL Accountant/Accounting Clerkto join our growing team.
As a Junior GL Accountant/Accounting Clerkwith Rise, you’ll enjoy helping our clients and our team by ensuring the timely production of accurate client financial statements and providing financial guidance to our internal teams. Someone best suited for this role should have either an accounting degree or equivalent experience. This position will require frequent interaction with staff and clients.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the full financial process including: o Onboarding and creating new client financials; o Preparing and maintaining full financial reports for a portfolio of community association clients; o Adjusting Journal entries and accrual entries for the same o Bank Reconciliations o Assist in budget creation and identifying financial needs; o Research and correct complex accounting issues from time to time; o Code invoices and apply payments;
• Train and assist team members in understanding financial statements and internal processes regarding financial statements;
• Inbound Customer Service
• General Office Administration

Other duties may include:

• Onboarding clients with complicated or sometimes incomplete data;
• Onboarding new clients including some data entry and revenue/AR entries;
• Perform daily/weekly/monthly A/P and A/R functions for multiple clients including: - Scanning and coding invoices - Scanning and posting checks. - Preparing and sending client invoices; - Processing title work - Assisting in charge backs
• Maintaining vendor database and compliance documents

Required Characteristics:

• Must share our core values.
• Must be reliable and dependable.
• Must enjoy finding and proposing solutions to problems.
• Must thrive in a fast pace, deadline-driven environment.
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity.
• Embraces a culture of discipline and excellence.
• Resilience, persistence, and enthusiasm.
• Must present a professional appearance.
• Must be self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented and a team player.
• Must possess strong analytical skills.
• Ability to perform with minimum supervision and make decisions independently.
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Strong customer service skills internal and external.
• Attention to detail.
• Must be comfortable identifying issues and coming up with solutions and communicating those solutions;
• Comfortable with working on new problems you may not have run into before;
• Must be able to identify the highest priorities for your own role and create deadlines for the same;
• Able to work with multiple deadlines and still enjoy work.
• Relentless checking boxes on the task list that never goes all the way to zero;
• Strong Excel knowledge; Knowledge of other Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel,Outlook, etc.) at a proficient level; Strong computer skills with a proficiency in data entry, including 10-key.
• At least 1 year of experience in accounting as a GL accountant or bookkeeper.
• At least 1 years of experience in payroll processing.
• General understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Strong Excel knowledge; Knowledge of other Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) at a proficient level; Strong computer skills with a proficiency in data entry, including 10- key.
• Knowledge of typical business correspondence (grammar, structure, punctuation, spelling, etc.) at a proficient level.
• Professional communication skills (phone, interpersonal, written, verbal, etc.).
• General understanding of Back Reconciliation, Journal Entry, able to produce financial statements, as well as basic balance sheet and income statement knowledge.

Education/Certification Requirements:

• Assocaites or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferred.
• Must have own transportation and ability to travel to and from client sites.

Additional Information:

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Status: Full-Time
• Hours: Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm. Evenings and Weekends as required by demand.

Work Location:

• 3131 Eastside Street, Suite 130, Houston, TX 77098

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
• Majority of work schedule will be spent seated.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and requires standing, walking, and sitting all day. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Typical Working Conditions:

• Works primarily indoors.
• May be required to work any time of the day, evening, or night during the week and/or weekend.

Benefits:

• 20 Days of PTO per Year +11 Paid Holidays
• Group Health (75% ER Paid), Life & AD&D, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, etc.
• 401K

Compensation: $38,000-40,000

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $38,000.00 - $40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• GAAP: 1 year (Required)
• Accounting: 1 year (Required)
• Monthly Reports: 1 year (Preferred)
• Vendor Contractor Communication & Relationship building: 1 year (Preferred)
• Invoice Approval: 1 year (Preferred)
• Financial statement preparation: 1 year (Required)
• Balance sheet reconciliation: 1 year (Required)
• Income statement reconcilliation: 1 year (Preferred)
• Budget creation and journal entry: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Houston, TX 77098 (Required)

Work Location: In person