Assistant Financial Controller

About Silver Star Properties, REIT Inc.

Silver Star Properties, REIT Inc. is a Texas based commercial real estate company that was founded in 1983 and owns and operates office building and retail centers in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Under the direction of the newly appointed CEO, the company is preparing for the future by realigning its asset acquisition strategy to ensure higher future returns to our investors. This is an exciting time for the company in which new and challenging careers opportunities are being created and explored.
As you embark on the important journey of finding and securing your next employment relationship, it is important for you to know that here at Silver Star what you will find, is that you are working with the most caring and professional of team members that truly have your best interest at heart.
You can learn more about the company and our affiliations by visiting: www.#######.com

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What Silver Star has to offer:*

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Competitive base salary and performance bonus; along with health benefits, 401k matching, shared savings and more!

• Unlimited growth potential and Professional Development, we love to promote from within and we strongly believe the highest calling of leadership is the growth and development of our people.

Job purpose
The Assistant Controller provides the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure the responsible accounting operations of the company, to include the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards.
Duties and responsibilities
Management

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Manage outsourced functions
• Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
• Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures
• Direct operations of the financial organization, ensuring sound financial and other business practices in accordance with Company goals, objectives and profit plans. Direct the scheduling, progress and completion of financial projects of major significance

• Manage the departmental budgets, the review of appropriation requests against approved budgets for availability of funds prior to commitment, and oversee control to ensure that budgeted expenditures do not exceed amounts authorized
• Interpret operating results as they affect financial aspects of the business and recommend measures to reduce costs and increase profits. Implement financial improvements to increase the organization's effectiveness and contribute to customer satisfaction
• Develops and maintains internal control guidelines and policies and procedures for accounting, budgeting, cash management and reporting
• Provide financial advice to senior executives on issues of major significance that may impact current and future business and the Company's profitability and reputation. Direct the preparation of statistics for financial statements, including preparation of charts and graphs depicting progress, conditions and results, and related reports and recommendations

Transactions

• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
• Ensure that accounts receivables are collected promptly
• Process payroll in a timely manner

• Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
• Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
• Maintain the charts of accounts
• Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions

Reporting

• Compile and manage SEC reports
• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual reports

• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Provide for a system of management cost reports

• Provide financial analyses as needed, for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

Compliance

• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants

• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

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Core Competencies:*
Leadership - confident and energetic, self-directed with superior interpersonal skills. Effective as a persuader and negotiator, inspiring the trust of others. Demonstrates and requires accountability, exhibits sound independent judgement. Upholds highest ethical standards with integrity.
Strategic Thinking & Decision Making - makes strategic decisions based on GAAP and the regulations based on the SEC.
Innovation - incorporates continuous improvement methodologies throughout the accounting department that drive productivity and process improvements.
Communication - exhibits excellent oral and written communication skills, strong presentation skills, and confident public speaking ability.

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Education & Qualifications*

• Bachelor of Accounting, Finance or Business,
• CPA preferred, CPA Eligible required
• MS / MSA preferred
• YARDI proficiency-advanced to expert preferred
• 5-7 years of public accounting experience with a big 4 accounting firm
• Strong leadership skills

The Assistant Financial Controller candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration, or equivalent business experience and 10+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large corporation. Preference will be given to candidates with the Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations.
Working conditions/environment

• Indoor Office Environment / Sedentary conditions: requiring sitting for extended periods of time, standing, bending, stooping reaching and occasionally lifting to 20lbs, walking, typing, tapping, grabbing, grasping, hearing, communicating and repetitive motions
• May be occasionally required to work overtime and/or on the weekends for special programs or events.

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Texas REIT Manager, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, lineage or ancestry, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.*
Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor of Accounting, Finance or Business,
• CPA preferred, CPA Eligible required
• MS / MSA preferred
• YARDI proficiency-advanced to expert preferred
• 5-7 years of public accounting experience with a big 4 accounting firm
• Strong leadership skills

The Assistant Financial Controller candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration, or equivalent business experience and 10+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large corporation. Preference will be given to candidates with the Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations.

Job Type: Full-time