Job description
Accountant

Summary:

The general function of a Lokal Homes Accountant is to perform accounting duties for assigned projects including: recording home closings, preparing journal entries, recording cash receipts, maintaining land / land development budgets. The Accountant is also responsible for delivering an unrivaled customer experience to every Lokal Homes stakeholder including co-workers, auditors, vendors and other entities.

What You Will Do Each Day In This Role:
• Perform accounting functions through preparation of financial statements and reconciliations
• Assist in administering the accounts payables function
• File and maintains accounting records
• Assists Director of Accounting with monthly financial reports
• Reconcile bank accounts, posts and balance general or subsidiary ledgers, processes payments and compile segments of monthly closings, periodic reports, etc.
• Position is based in our Greenwood Village area office and will work onsite with our Accounting & Finance team

Required Core Competencies:
• High Standards: Effective performers establish and model standards that guarantee exceptional quality and necessary attention to detail. They continually seek to improve processes and products and hold staff accountable for quality. They find best practices, share them, and then improve upon them. They do not tolerate mediocrity.
• Organizing & Planning: Effective performers have strong organizing and planning skills that allow them to be highly productive and efficient. They manage their time wisely and effectively prioritize multiple, competing tasks. They plan, organize, and actively manage meeting for maximum productivity.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Effective performers are able to identify problems, solve them, act decisively, and show good judgment. They isolate causes from symptoms, and compile information and alternatives to illuminate problems or issues. They involve others as appropriate and gather information from a variety of sources. They find a balance between studying the problem and solving it. They readily commit to action and make decisions that reflect sound judgment.
• Team Player: Effective performers are team oriented. They identify with the larger organizational team and their role within it. They share resources, respond to requests from other parts of the organization, and support larger legitimate organizational agendas as more important than local or personal goals.
• Technical Expertise: Effective performers are knowledgeable and skilled in a functional specialty (e.g., finance, marketing, operations, information technologies, human resources, etc.) They add organizational value through unique expertise in a functional specialty area. They remain current in their area of expertise and serve as a resource in that area for the organization.

Critical Performance Measurement Areas:
• Attention to Detail – You will be assessed on accuracy and delivery of complete and correct work for our financial reporting requirements
• Deadline Management – Tasks need to be completed correctly and on time for our closing cycles and external audit requirements

Required Experience:
• Minimum 2 years of accounting experience, preferably in homebuilding or construction
• Excellent communication skills
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with Newstar software highly preferred (this is a homebuilding program)

Base Salary Range $60,000 to $75,000 plus annual bonus opportunity. Excellent benefits including 17 days of PTO per year, Medical, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Disability & Life Insurance and 401k.