Senior Accountant

At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success and culture, and are seeking a candidate who loves to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre Companies has a Senior Accountant position available in our Fairfax Corporate office!

Van Metre believes in teamwork in community. In fact, they are both some of our core values (as well as ownership, respect and dignity, diversity and inclusion, and work/life balance)! To foster a sense of community and teamwork, our Accounting team works in a hybrid environment. This position will include three days of in person work in our Fairfax Corporate Headquarters.

Responsibilities:

As Senior Accountant, you will supervise a Staff Accountant on the team. You will be responsible for collaborating to streamline accounting procedures. As Senior Accountant, you will work closely with teammates, banking partners, and other Van Metre departments to execute accurate and timely financials. Essential functions include:

Prepare/review monthly financials with all related supporting schedules and account reconciliations

Prepare/review month end journal entries

Prepare/review lender draws and draw estimates

Prepare intercompany gain/loss deferral schedules and other consolidation supporting schedules as needed

Prepare budget variance reports, attend budget review meetings with project managers and adjust budgets as appropriate

Prepare semi-annual business plans and assist in preparing business plan presentation to senior management

Prepare semi-annual cash flow projections

Assist in preparing financial statement variance analysis

Prepare distributions

Prepare capital calls

Review real property tax assessments and participate in appeals where necessary

Prepare annual audit support schedules

Review and manage weekly cash requirements

Review expense coding for various items within budget guidelines

Requirements:

Minimum three years of post-college accounting experience (public accounting experience preferred)

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Software skills to include intermediate Microsoft Office Excel

Van Metre Companies has been named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for seven consecutive years! We have received the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Award for the last six years, and have received their Corporate Philanthropy Award for the last nine years in a row!

We offer excellent benefits, and a work environment that fosters and rewards excellence. We also promote work/life balance, including a robust Employee Wellness Program. We encourage employees to make full use of vacation and company paid volunteer time to refresh their bodies and minds.

Van Metre Mission Statement

The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company’s founding in 1955, of providing top quality homes, investment properties and services to our customers and clients. The Company’s emphasis on integrity, professionalism and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and in the management of apartment, retail and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the “Van Metre” signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.

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