Staff Accountant - Habyt
Chicago, IL
About the Job
About Common
Common is a global residential manager making city living easier for renters through the thoughtful use of technology and design. Common delivers exceptional experiences for thousands of residents across coliving, microunits, and traditional apartments. Founded in 2015, they are the preferred choice for residents looking for stress-free city living from a trusted brand, and for real estate owners seeking reliable, above-market returns.
It’s an exciting time to be part of Common’s team. Habyt, the biggest co-living operator in Europe and Asia, and Common, the largest co-living operator in North America, joined forces at the beginning of 2023 to create the leading global co-living company. The combined entity brings to life a next generation of living concepts operating worldwide. With locations in over 40 cities and 14 countries, across three continents, the combined entity will operate over 30,000 units that vary from co-living, studios and traditional rental apartments.
About the role
Common is seeking a Staff Accountant to join our growing Corporate Accounting team. This is a unique opportunity to help build out the processes and procedures that will ultimately shape the Accounting function at Common. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and extremely knowledgeable in GAAP.
Responsibilities
- Prepare journal entries of transactions
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts to verify the accurate reporting of transactions
- Prepare and post monthly accrued and prepaid expenses
- Review and post allocations and department chargebacks
- Manage the addition, disposal, and depreciation of corporate fixed assets
- Maintain ownership over the accounting and reporting for Common’s Master Lease properties
- Support the annual financial statement audit by preparing workpapers and providing auditor support
- Work with third party tax preparers to file and pay local, state and federal taxes (including the preparation and filing of Sales and Use Tax and Commercial Rent Tax in NY)
Requirements
- BS Degree in Accounting
- 4+ years of relevant experience
- Comprehensive understanding of GAAP
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, and Powerpoint)
- Auditing experience is a plus
- Big 4 public accounting experience is a plus
- Netsuite experience is a plus
- AvidExchange experience is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective organizational, stress and time management skills
- Possess a strong sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines
- Work well under pressure in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment
- Scrappy and resourceful problem solver
What We Offer
Common truly values our employees and wants to do everything to ensure that our employees are not only happy and professionally fulfilled, but also that they have the opportunity to be healthy. Because of this, we are committed to providing a number of affordable and valuable health and wellness benefits for our employees such as:
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- FSA + HSA options
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid STD/LTD
- Paid parental leave
- 401k plans
Additional benefits such as paid holidays, commuter transit benefits, job training + development opportunities + a great wellness program are also available. And as always, we are regularly evaluating our offerings to ensure employees' needs are being met.
Common is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.