Payment Operations Accountant

About the position

Join Bell Partners and be a difference maker. At Bell Partners, our mission is to be the apartment company of choice by creating value and honoring commitments to our residents, partners, and associates. We proudly serve our community of 85,000+ homes across 13 states and the District of Columbia. As stewards entrusted to contribute with care and appreciation, our 2,000 associates succeed in a dynamic space where everyone impacts. We take pride in producing outstanding results and fostering a work environment that allows everyone to contribute to their fullest potential. We rise above industry standards when every associate embraces their unique role and seizes the opportunity to make an impact. The purpose of the Payment Operations Accountant is to review and process payables to confirm compliance with open contracts/purchase orders for the Payment Operations department which serves as a support function to the Construction Services Group.

Responsibilities

• Input/Upload contract statement of values into Yardi Construction or other project platforms
• Validate budgets, lien waivers and project roll forwards for contractor billing
• Communicate daily with vendors and CSG Team
• Demonstrate timely and effective billing review across multiple projects/scopes
• Manage project trackers to assist Bell construction team with unit tracking/order compliance
• Work across and coordinate with various teams (Construction, Procurement, Operations) on project set-up, billing, tracking
• Perform contract and project closeout process to completion
• Respond to management or departmental inquiries including follow-ups
• Administer setup and maintenance of SharePoint Payment Platform or other project platforms
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Validate correct cash account and posts the payable in Yardi Construction Module
• Review and manage Weekly Invoice Status Report available on Power BI platform
• Review National Accounts contract weekly verifying against UCB
• Match & track deliveries; corresponding with CSG on-site team on location and packages delivered
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of National Vendor accounts by verifying the consolidated bill agrees to actual invoice submissions and Lien Waivers into Payment Operations Accounting
• Verify open payables in Yardi – Work with properties to distinguish Operations or Construction
• Daily facilitation of payment status with CSG team and vendors
• Communicate with vendors/contractors regarding billing discrepancies, duplicate shipments, processing updates, payment verification/timing

Requirements

• Must be proficient with MS office, including Excel (i.e. v-lookup, pivots, data formatting)
• Experience using YARDI a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Ability to demonstrate the Bell Core Values—Do the Right Thing Every Time, Put the Team First, Serve Somebody!, Perform, and Prepare for the Future Today
• Must demonstrate ability to provide exceptional customer service
• Must demonstrate ability to successfully work on a team
• Must have superior interpersonal skills; ability to get along with diverse personalities; tactful; mature, flexible
• Must be resourceful and well organized

Nice-to-haves

• Construction accounting background a plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Income protection
• Retirement savings