If you love making people feel at home, you’ll love working at Willow Bridge Property Company. Whether you’re just starting your career or joining later in your journey, we’re eager to help you find your perfect fit. Willow Bridge is a full-service residential property company with deep roots in the industry. Since our early days as Lincoln Property Company, we set the standard of excellence for multifamily operators and developers. Active in more than 75 markets in the U.S., Willow Bridge oversees over 180,000 apartment units and has $3B in owned assets under management.
Willow Bridge is currently hiring for an experienced AP Manager. We are looking for an entrepreneurial-minded person who enjoys building relationships with their team and with customers. Does that sound like you? Become part of the Willow Bridge family and grow your career path today.
Responsibilities
- Assist in any scheduling or reorganization of staffing loads
- Interview and evaluate prospective candidates for Accounts Payable role
- Support process review and weekly AP timing report card.
- Evaluation on site AP timing and process impacts and review protocols with manager for corrective review plan with teams.
- Training and supervision of Accounts payable teams
- Ensuring adherence to WBPC and client policies and procedures
- Review of AP process work-flows and reporting on process impacts
- Review of cash flows and Cash poor assets AP yield and reporting nationally on these assets and risk impact.
- Support Vendor compliance review weekly with teams and share details to National Director and vendors team
- Ensure critical payments are processed timely and accurately by team members
- Manage support expenses processes and systems for core expense obligations around Taxes, Insurance and other asset priority expenses.
- Oversight of responses to client requests and review questions
- Review batches, invoices and support submitted by the field offices for proper approvals, vendor & amount
- Post batches in the accounting system which have been property submitted by the field offices
- Manage all Void and Cancel check process in accordance with policy
- Ensure A/P records are maintained in an organized fashion on the network drive
- Confirm checks have accurate bank account numbers and appropriate signatures
- Ensure cash balances are maintained and payments not released if there are not sufficient funds
- Package vendor checks and supporting documents paymode/third party payee and handle any special handling checks that need to be sent directly to vendors with national director review
- Communicate any unresolved vendor/invoice issues
- Intercompany reimbursements including pulling JD Edwards reports, loading files into the accounting software and processing ACH reimbursement or checks
- Process all NSF checks in the appropriate accounting system and forward documentation on to the appropriate parties at the property so they can follow-up on payment
- Assist in loading positive pay check files to the bank or sending files to Owners.
- Help compile Owner Funding Draw Requests for Reimbursement of funds
- Help with Corporate accounts payable processing.
- Maintain full ownership of all AP portfolio responsibilities and other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field is preferred
- 4+ years of AP accounting experience with management experience preferred
- Highly proficient with MS Excel
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Experience with property accounting software a plus but not required, notably Yardi
- Ability to effectively respond verbally or written to complex inquiries or complaints
- Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines is a must
- High level of commitment to customer service
Benefits
Willow Bridge Property Company offers competitive pay, a benefits package that includes
health, dental, vision and 401(k) and opportunities for career development and advancement.