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Gaines Investment Trust
Position: Accounts Payable Supervisor
Pay Range $75,000 – $85,000
Gaines Investment Trust is a dynamic, 100% family-owned real estate investment and management company that has been in business for over 57 years. We hire passionate people who take pride in their great performance. When you join GIT, you join an agile company that offers industry-leading pay, generous performance bonuses, health benefits paid for by the Company, opportunities for upward mobility, growth, and much more. Though our national portfolio of properties spans multiple states, our corporate office is located in beautiful La Jolla, California – an exquisite oceanfront community home to world-class beaches, dining, and shopping. Our corporate employees love our exclusive rooftop deck, perfect for a mid-day yoga practice or watching the sunset after work. They also love the convenience of our gated underground parking.
What makes Gaines Investment Trust unique from other companies is our commitment and attachment to each property in our portfolio and our passion for providing excellent service to our 8,000+ residents. We are not real estate traders but long-term real estate owners and investors. Simply put, we own properties we would enjoy living in, hire employees we enjoy working with, and manage our communities so that our residents enjoy calling each GIT community their home. As an Accounts Payable Supervisor, you will play an important role in making it all possible. When you join Gaines Investment Trust, you join our family; many staff members have been with us for over a decade!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise and lead the Accounts Payable team (two AP Specialists), providing guidance, training, and support to ensure efficient and accurate processing of invoices and payments.
- Work closely with third-party AP processor and provide training as we transition additional work to them.
- Review and approve invoices and payment requests, verifying accuracy, proper coding, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with other departments and vendors to resolve any invoicing or payment discrepancies and ensure timely resolution.
- Manage daily check run per the property check run schedule.
- Prepare and process electronic payments, including online e-checks, in a timely manner to meet payment deadlines.
- Set up new vendors in Vendor Café, ensuring W-9’s are received from all vendors.
- Own the year-end 1099 process ensuring documents are filed and submitted timely.
Needed for Success:
- Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Accounting or an equivalent level of training/experience.
- Ideally 2-3 years of accounts payable supervisory experience, preferably in the real estate/property management space. However, also open to strong, high-energy accounts payable lead ready to make the next step to supervisor!
- Familiarity with Yardi property management software – a huge plus!
- Must be familiar with standard accounting concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Microsoft Excel and Word proficiency.
- Strong focus, attention to detail, and a high rate of accuracy.
- Strong written and oral communication skills to interact with internal team, vendors and other external business partners.
- High level of accountability and time management skills.
- Professional demeanor at all times.
- Position is 100% onsite.
Benefits:
We offer competitive compensation; commensurate with experience, monthly performance bonuses, plus a robust benefits package including, but not limited to:
- Employee Assistance Program
- PTO, paid Holidays, and a floating Holiday
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Short-term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401k
- Pet Insurance
