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Staff Accountant - Travel Reimbursement: General Growth Properties

Staff Accountant - Travel Reimbursement



General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol GGP. Headquartered in Chicago, GGP and its predecessor companies have been in the shopping center business for over fifty years.
People Creating Special Places and Experiences - This is our vision. This is what drives us. When you join General Growth Properties, you join a team of people who are passionate about creating the most exciting, vibrant and entertaining shopping centers and communities in the world. At GGP, shopping is serious business. Our talented people create the exciting, enticing shopping experiences that keep our customers coming back and make GGP malls central to their communities. It takes a lot of creativity, energy, insight, and many types of professionals to sustain a thriving, long-standing leadership position in the ever-changing, highly competitive consumer marketplace.

The Staff Accountant - Travel Reimbursement is responsible for the following:

- Analyzing electronic expense report submissions for compliance with company policies/procedures and supporting documentation requirements.
- Conferring with employees to obtain additional information as needed and ensure employees are reimbursed for travel in a timely manner as per department schedule.
- Reviewing employee travel reimbursement submissions prior to payment to ensure that amounts requested for reimbursement are being made within company policies / procedures and that the appropriate supporting documentation is submitted with the travel reimbursement request.
- Keeping manager apprised of status of any travel reimbursement submissions that are being held and not paid.
- Fulfilling internal and external audit requests, plus¿insuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines.
- Performing post-payment audit of expense report files and documenting all findings.
- Reviewing G/L account coding and record adjusting journal entries as necessary.
- Troubleshooting system software problems.
- Providing end-user training in proper use of the electronic Travel & Entertainment reimbursement system.
- Compiling travel expense statistics for departmental review and external reporting.
- Maintaining employee travel files.
- Assisting in special projects as assigned.

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
- One (1) year experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, and computer based accounting application skills (preferably Extensity, Geac Expense Management and/or JD Edwards One World).
- Excellent communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills.
- Dedicated self-started, organized, a multi-tasker, and thorough.
- Willingness to work in a team-based environment.
- Sound analytical ability
- Minimal daily work direction.

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