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Property Accounting Assistant

Property Accounting Assistant

Support reconciliations, month-end close, and accurate owner reporting.

People who know the work

Illustrative remote property operations professional

Responsibilities

Maintain supporting records

Organize invoices, receipts, deposits, and account references. Prepare entries using the client’s chart of accounts and review process.

Support reconciliations

Compare source documents with ledger activity, identify unmatched transactions, and maintain a clear exception list.

Prepare the close

Assemble supporting schedules and draft owner reports, track outstanding approvals, and route discrepancies before month-end reporting deadlines.

What we look for

Experience verification, English assessment, skills testing, references, and background checks. We also look for the role-specific judgment below.

What Rithm Desk looks for

Property accounting context

Understands property-level coding, resident and owner ledgers, and why transactions must stay assigned to the correct entity.

Reconciliation habits

Can trace a variance to source records rather than forcing balances to match.

Review discipline

Documents assumptions and escalates unfamiliar entries instead of guessing.

How ability can be demonstrated

Coding exercise

Assign sample invoices to provided properties and accounts, flagging missing details.

Reconciliation exercise

Compare a sample ledger with bank activity and explain unmatched items.

Close checklist

Prepare an exception summary for the accountant from an incomplete month-end packet.

Illustrative exercises, tailored to the role and your workflow.

Systems

Relevant experience may include AppFolio, Buildium, QuickBooks, Excel, or Google Sheets. We verify hands-on accounting tasks and spreadsheet ability.

How they work with your team

Your accountant or controller approves entries, adjustments, disbursements, and final reports. Bank access and payment authority should be limited to the agreed scope.

Key metrics

The numbers this role is accountable for in your workflow.

Data-entry accuracy

Transactions entered and coded correctly.

Reconciliation accuracy

Accounts reconciled with no unexplained differences.

Invoice turnaround

Days from invoice received to routed for approval.

Month-end completion

Close tasks finished on schedule.

Error rate

Corrections needed after review.

Documentation completeness

Entries backed by supporting documents.

Training

Lessons coming soon

Every placement completes Core Foundations plus this role track. Your own SOPs are layered on at onboarding.

  1. Property accounting basics

  2. Resident ledgers and recurring charges

  3. Security deposit accounting

  4. Invoices: matching, coding and approvals

  5. Bank and owner account reconciliations

  6. Owner statements

  7. Month-end close

  8. Audits, research and documentation

Ready to hire?

Let’s define the responsibilities, experience, and schedule your team needs.