Accounts Payable Analyst - Cabot Properties Job Board

Cabot Properties is an institutional investor, developer, and operator of logistics real estate. As an industry leader for over 30 years, we have used our expertise and acumen to create ongoing value for our partners. Cabot has a strong team of dedicated, bright, strategic, and detail-oriented individuals. We view people as our most valuable assets, and our greatest responsibility.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Payable Analyst in our Dallas office. This person will report directly to the Accounts Payable Manager and works closely with the Cabot Property Accounting and Client Accounting team and others throughout the organization.  The candidate must be a highly resourceful team player, who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible and proactive.  The individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong communication, organizational, and financial skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. The person in this position must maintain the highest level of confidentiality and diplomacy regarding relevant information for all Cabot Properties, Inc. and Cabot Properties, L.P. and its affiliated investment vehicles.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the Accounts Payable Manager and Accountants Property, Fund and Corporate). Assist in data entry of payables, processing of AP batches to Avidpay, processing checks and wires for the Property and Fund entities.
• Learn all processes of the expenditure cycle involving the review of expenses to ensure GL coding is accurate and the amount is approved in current year budget for properties and fund overhead items.
• Monitor Avid process workflows through to payment completion. This entails monitoring research folder(s) daily and escalated items.
• Work with the Accounts Payable Manager to establish weekly, monthly reporting and reconciliations from Avidxchange to MRI.
• Work with the Accountants to complete monthly MRI close procedures for AP.
• Work closely with the Property and Fund Accounting groups to ensure completeness of expenditures, timely payment of invoices, and address inquiries from internal and external parties.
• Responsible for Global vendor management. This entails, new vendor setup and existing vendor maintenance in both the Accounting system and Avidxchange.
• Assist with the annual vendor 1099 tax filings.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum of Associate degree required with a concentration in Accounting, Finance or Business or related field of study.
• 1 -3 years Accounts Payable experience.
• Ability to be a forward thinker and generate ideas and suggestions for process improvement.
• Property Management Software experience (MRI), Accounts Payable software (Avidxchange is a plus).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook)
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all members of the organization
• Self-motivated, high attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• High level of professionalism and demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality as required and appropriate

Physical/Mental/Visual Demands and Work Environment:

• The job is conducted in an office work environment, sitting most of the time
• Approximately 90% of this position's duties require use of a computer
• Travel related to lender and investor meetings and conferences

The work environment characteristics described above are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Cabot Properties provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability or genetics