Condo Building Bookkeeper

Job ID: 39164042

Budget: $8 – $15 USD

READ FIRST
● Seeking English Fluency
● 100% Remote position
● Business operates in NYC, it may be more complex work than you’ve done in the past.
● Client-Facing role which requires assertiveness

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

Property Management firm that manages condo buildings in New York City. We manage these buildings’ financial data and coordinate other processes for the building such as maintenance, registrations, insurance, etc.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are a condo-building property management business seeking a Bookkeeper. The Bookkeeper is responsible for processing invoices, reconciling bank accounts, recording transactions, generating monthly financial reports, assistance with end of year financials and other financial responsibilities. Requires fluent English and must be assertive as Bookkeeper, regularly interacts with Clients, Vendors, and others. The position is full time, 9am to 5pm EST (New York City time).

HOURS & PAY

TIMES & ZONE 9am to 5pm Eastern Standard Time Zone (NYC Time Zone).
HRS / WEEK 30 - 40 hrs per week. Greater or less than that amount must be discussed with supervisor.
HRS TRACKING Staff member will track their own hours and submit them each week.
PAY $9.00 per hour

TASKS IN DETAIL

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1. MONTHLY RECONCILIATIONS - Ensuring bank statements match financial records.
2. PROPERTY TAX CHALLENGES - Assist the lawyer who will appeal the property taxes in the gathering, filling out, and filing of financial forms.
3. LIAISON - Liaison with buildings’ accountants, CPAs, and related tax attorneys, vendors, tenants and owners to work out bookkeeping issues.
4. BUDGETING HELP - Assist with budgeting questions and recommendations. Recommend action where there is a pressing need, ie a building’s cash flow is going to hit negatives.
5. EXPERTISE DEVELOPMENT - Investigate and build knowledge base around NYC coop, condo, and rental building finances and bookkeeping.
6. TRANSITION BOOKKEEPING - Importing financials from preceding property management companies to our software.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
7. APPFOLIO ENROLLMENT - Assist new tenants with enrolling in the payment portal - Appfolio.
8. UPLOAD RESIDENT INFO - Put all residents/owners/tenants info into Appfolio.

STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

If a mode of communication is not working let your colleagues know. This could be what App is used, or what tone of voice is used, or when that App is used.

TERM

If either party wishes to terminate this agreement at least 3 weeks notice must be given to the other party.

TO APPLY

1. Submit a detailed proposal along with a resume/cv.

2. VIDEO - We respectfully request you to submit a video, 3-5 minutes in length, with you on screen answering the questions below

2.1. Describe a time you had a complicated bookkeeping problem and how you troubleshooted it and resolved it.
2.2. Describe your specific strengths that you bring to the position.

Comfort and fluency with English is important to this position, so we appreciate the time put into demonstrating that via video.
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