Property Accountant

At The Scion Group, we’re changing the way people see student housing. It’s bigger than beds and buildings. It’s about providing an experience for students to explore the best years of their lives. It’s about creating communities — both on and off campus — that feel like less like a place and more like a home. Founded in 1999, Scion now owns and operates nearly 70,000 beds serving 200 top-tier university campus markets across the nation, representing $5.0 billion dollars of project value.

We're searching for a Property Accountant to play an integral part in this journey by providing financial reporting and key insights into performance for our communities. The Property Accountant will use a sense of curiosity to resolve variances and develop a financial narrative to drive business decisions. This position will manage general accounting functions for an assigned portfolio of Scion’s communities with a service-oriented approach.

This position will be stationed out of our corporate headquarters in Chicago, IL.

Your Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k Matching
• Paid Maternal Leave
• Parental Leave
• Learning reimbursement opportunities

Key attributes in our next team member 

• Meticulous with an eye for detail
• Critical thinker and creative problem solver
• Solution-oriented
• Reliable
• Independent, yet collaborative at appropriate times

Responsibilities

Core Accounting

• Maintains general ledgers in compliance with GAAP and update monthly.
• Prepares applicable monthly journal entries.
• Analyzes and prepares monthly financials for assigned properties.
• Executes monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts.
• Researches and reports financial and operational variances.
• Reviews revenue and contracts, monthly.
• Provides support to the Operations team as needed, regarding financial performance of assigned properties.
• Responds to auditor inquiries as requested.

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive. However, they are indicative of the types of responsibilities normally performed by the Property Accountant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is a plus.
• 0-2 years of work experience in an accounting function; experience in Real Estate or Property Management is a plus.
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with PMS systems such as Entrata is a plus.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Attentive to detail.
• Manages multiple projects and meets goals and deadlines timely and consistently.
• Versatile, flexible, and thrives in an environment where there are constantly changing priorities.
• Commitment to excellence and high standards.
• Works well with all levels of management.
• Works well independently and as a member of various teams.
• Requires minimal guidance to accomplish general tasks.

The Scion Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability (as long as the employee/applicant is otherwise qualified for the job with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, uniformed service, veteran status, pregnancy or other legally protected status or category under federal or state law. The Scion Group LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations in which the Company has properties. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, training and other terms and conditions of employment. The Scion Group LLC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.

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