Job Description

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant with strong experience in Commercial Real Estate, specifically Retail properties. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of CAM (Common Area Maintenance) reconciliations, be proficient in Excel, and bring a detail-oriented, analytical mindset to support the company’s financial and operational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.

• Prepare and analyze CAM reconciliations, including calculation and billing to tenants.

• Maintain tenant ledgers, review lease terms, and ensure accurate recording of revenue and recoveries.

• Collaborate with the Property Management and Leasing teams to ensure lease data and operating expense allocations are accurate.

• Analyze variances in operating expenses and provide supporting documentation to management.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts for assigned properties.

• Review and ensure accurate coding of invoices, expenses, and accruals.

• Provide support during annual audits and tax preparation.

• Utilize advanced Excel functions (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.) to build reports and streamline processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in accounting, preferably in retail or commercial real estate.

• Hands-on experience with CAM reconciliations is required.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; knowledge of accounting/reporting systems a plus (e.g., Yardi, MRI, QuickBooks, or similar).

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication skills and ability to interact cross-functionally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Yardi or MRI software.

• CPA or working toward CPA is a plus.

• Familiarity with retail lease structures, percentage rents, and tenant chargebacks.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal .

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here .
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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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