The Howard Hughes name is synonymous with an unrelenting passion for excellence. While his achievements in aviation and on the silver screen are legendary, it was his investments in real estate that form the foundation of our company. With passion, determination, and limitless imagination, he built one of the great American empires of the 20th century.
Today, our company carries forward the collective legacy of four innovative placemakers-James Rouse, George Mitchell, Victoria Ward, and Howard Hughes-who transformed the idea of what a community can be, envisioning a self-sustaining ecosystem that prizes inclusion, conservation, and innovation and fosters a strong social fabric to improve the lives of all residents, consumers, and tenants.
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Dedicated to innovative placemaking, Howard Hughes owns, manages, and develops award-winning large-scale master planned communities and mixed-use developments including: the Seaport in New York City; Downtown Columbia® in Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills®, and Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston, Texas area; Summerlin® in Las Vegas; Teravalis™ in the Phoenix West Valley; and Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
At Howard Hughes, our mission is to help people discover new ways of experiencing life. We aspire to be the most creatively driven real estate company and are committed to a culture of that fosters curiosity and empowers every employee to find their story in this great organization.
About The Role
Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, this position will support the Property Managers as accounting support for the Howard Hughes Portfolio in Columbia, MD. Duties include manage and maintain accounts receivable process and month end close procedures. In addition, this position will be part of the Property Management team in Columbia and will assist with all portfolio wide initiatives as required.
What You Will Do
- Assists with monthly financial reports, annual budgets, and other documents in accordance with company policy. Seeks thorough understanding of the information/variances and reviews with Property Management Team.
- Assisting Property Manager with additional projects that support moving our business forward.
- Accountability with leasing to maximize value- is engaged and supporting leasing.
- General Admin functions to include but not limited to phone management, filing and mailings.
- Month End Close Process
- Accruals
- Base Rent Reconciliation (excel)
- Accruals
- Accounts Receivable management to include
- Mailing Rent Statements
- Tenant Check Deposits
- Manual Billings
- Reoccurring Billings
- Tenant follow-up on outstanding balances
- Direct Liaison with Accounting/Cash Application
- Tenant ledger reconciliation
- Mailing Rent Statements
- Additional Duties and required
About You
- Willingness to expand knowledge of all areas of Commercial Office Management
- Lease language knowledge
- Financial skills - forecasting and budgeting
- Full understanding of lease document and managing to this
- Short and long term focus on NOI
- Focus on sharing best practices
- Collects cash and achieves company results
- Intense focus on expense management
- Seek first to understand and makes decisions
- Communicates and collaborates
- Objective and understanding
- Works harder and sets example
- Inspires loyalty and engaged staff
- Aspires to the vision-best employee
- Responsible to self-manage goals and objectives
- Dotted lines not an issue - working as team is goal
- Knowledge of Employee Handbook
- Passionate, entrepreneurial and dedicated to success.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance/Real Estate/Accounting; a plus
- 1-3 Years of accounting or bookkeeping experience, emphasis in Property Management plus
This job description is not meant to be an "all-inclusive" list of the duties and responsibilities of this job. Other related duties and responsibilities may be assigned. Howard Hughes reserves the right to change or modify job duties as necessary based on business necessity.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, HHH will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, HHH explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc.