38236 | Senior Portfolio Accountant

Added - 12/23/25

38236 | Senior Portfolio Accountant

Accounting/Finance

Chicago, Illinois | Direct Hire

Job Description

Senior Portfolio Accountant | Real Estate
$90,000 to $100,000 + Bonus & Benefits
Downtown Chicago

This opportunity is ideal for an accounting professional who wants broad exposure across a diverse real estate portfolio while working closely with senior leadership. Reporting directly to the Controller, this role plays a key part in supporting property level and corporate accounting functions, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong controls, and effective collaboration with operations and project teams. The position offers hands on involvement across multiple asset classes and meaningful participation in budgeting, compliance, and close activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the general ledger for retail, office, and multifamily properties, along with job costing ledgers
• Prepare annual and quarterly CAM and real estate tax reconciliations
• Support budgeting processes and monitor loan compliance requirements
• Assist with accounting and cash management for both real estate and non real estate entities, including restaurant and shared office operations
• Monitor and analyze hotel joint venture activity
• Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules for tax filings, lender reporting, and ownership
• Participate in the monthly close process, including preparing reconciliations, schedules, and financial statements
• Support cash management activities such as monitoring balances, maintaining cash summaries, and preparing bank reconciliations
• Prepare monthly and quarterly chargebacks to properties
• Enter and review tenant lease data in Yardi and coordinate with accounts receivable during lease setup
• Partner with project managers to compile and submit tenant improvement draws
• Manage monthly utility billings, payments, and tenant bill back processes
  Prepare and coordinate annual property level budgets

Minimum Qualifications

• Two to five years of accounting experience within a commercial real estate environment
• Working knowledge of GAAP and tax accounting
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced working knowledge of Yardi, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word