Accountant

NOW Hiring!    Accountant

Pay rate:  $80K – 95K

Location:  Chicago, IL

Who We Are:

HRP Group (HRP) is a vertically integrated real estate investment and redevelopment company that re-imagines, remediates, and redevelops obsolete industrial sites by taking a holistic approach to development that prioritizes economic, community and environmental sustainability. HRP's redevelopment expertise ranges from modern logistics and distribution facilities to innovation campuses and urban, mixed-use projects. HRP strives to transform not only properties but also the areas surrounding them through a comprehensive approach to community engagement, environmental sustainability, and economic development.

HRP is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.  HRP’s team includes over 75 professionals specializing in acquisitions, development, architecture, engineering, environmental remediation, corporate affairs, and asset / property management.

To learn more about HRP, visit hrpgroup.com.

What’s In It for You:

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401K with company match
• Ongoing training opportunities
• Work with a dynamic team
• Paid Time Off

What You’ll Do:

• Assist in preparing accurate monthly financial statements in accordance with GAAP for internal and external reporting.
• Provide documentation for external auditors and for internal tax accounting.
• Complete journal entries related to receipts, payments, and banking fees in connection with reconciling cash on a weekly basis.
• Complete month end journal entries including depreciation, amortization, placing assets into service, and accrual entries.
• Create and maintain reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
• Communicate with property managers for month end accounting requests.
• Assist in ad hoc financial requests.
• Maintain development budgets for tenant improvement in partnership with the development team.
• Ensure all invoices are coded to contracts against the appropriate budgets in ERP system.
• Prepare monthly draws for lender approval.
• Provide synchronized job cost reporting, draw schedules, and underlying financial reporting in accordance with GAAP using the ERP system.

What You’ll Need:

To succeed in this role, the candidate should have strong communication skills, excellent attention to detail, and great people skills. The ideal candidate has:

• Time management skills and ability to multitask
• Demonstrates strong personal effectiveness skills including integrity, trust, problem solving, and critical thinking
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3 years of experience

Preferred job experience:

• CPA
• Real Estate industry or public accounting
• ERP Software Yardi

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.