What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fixed Asset Accountant position at Sun Communities, Inc.?
Our Accounting team is looking for a Fixed Asset Accountant to ensure all transactions and records related to fixed assets accounts are accurate and properly documented. If you have public accounting experience and are up for the challenge, read further and apply today!
OVERVIEW
As a Fixed Asset Accountant, you'll be responsible for the accuracy and documentation of recorded fixed asset transactions, as well as the permanent fixed asset and related depreciation records. You'll prepare various reports for reporting purposes, as well as coordinate the annual Cap-X budgeting process. Additionally, you'll be responsible for successfully executing various projects.
JOB DUTIES
- Establish, coordinate and revise procedures to ensure the fixed asset accounts are accurate and contain valid transactions.
- Plan, lead, manage and finalize projects from beginning to end, ensuring they are completed within the timeframe allotted.
- Oversee review of Cap-X invoices to ensure compliance with capitalization policy; provide training and feedback to team members.
- Analyze and create efficiencies to improve budgeting, monthly reporting to OPS, and current Cap-X approval processes.
- Review fixed asset and work in process GL accounts to ensure journal entries have been recorded; coordinate reclassifications.
- Reconcile subsidiary job cost accounts to work in process accounts; coordinate reclassifications.
- Initiate communication on Cap-X project completion; record and file journal entries and close projects in system.
- Record additions and deletions to fixed assets from leased home inventory; close related PO's.
- Calculate and record transactions of gains and losses from sales of fixed assets. Communicate with team members to identify asset with accounting records; maintain files for documentation of fixed asset sales.
- Monitor the status of long-term Cap-X projects, evaluate facts and adjust accrued liability account.
- Record and file all standard and adjusting depreciation entries.
- Maintain current and organized permanent asset records.
- Initiate recommendations of changes in capitalization policy and internal controls.
- Reconcile asset basis, depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation; make adjustments as necessary to ensure balances.
- Oversee all Best FAS software system issues, coordinate updates with IT, and stay abreast of new functions; identify software fields of use for various reporting needs.
- Prepare and distribute various monthly and quarterly reports and summaries as needed.
- Coordinate and oversee the preparation of organized capital project budget template.
- Oversee the input of approved budget revisions or new budgets for acquisitions.
- Assign project codes and load budgets into job cost system and provide written communication of project codes; reconcile job cost module with templates.
- Oversee and record the acquisition and / or disposition of new and / or existing property assets.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
BENEFITS
At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.
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