Manager, Client Accounting Services - real Estate

Accounting Manager

We're looking for an Accounting Manager to join our outsourced client accounting practice. In this role, you will work in a cloud-based environment and serve clients across the country, working with a team of professionals to provide property accounting services to their businesses. Come and join a fast-growing team, where we offer you variety in your client work to help you grow your skills and a steady schedule to allow for a healthy work/life balance!

The Accounting Manager will be the primary client liaison and review the work performed for outsourced real estate accounting services.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage the timely delivery, completeness and quality assurance of the monthly financial statement closing and reporting process to ownership and joint venture partners.
• Oversee the maintenance, review, analysis and reconciliation of balance sheet and income statement general ledger accounts for assigned properties.
• Review end of month journal entries for all material financial statement line items.
• Reviews workpapers for property-level and joint-venture financial statements prepared by property accountants.
• Review accrual worksheet in conjunction with the property management team for inclusion in the general ledger.
• Collaborate with property management to prepare monthly variance analysis.
• Review fixed asset schedule accounting for additions and dispositions, calculate and record depreciation and prepare roll forward schedules.
• Review expense reimbursements via intercompany payable or internal transfer.
• Review management fee calculation.
• Review roll-forward equity schedules for ownership.
• Review debt compliance reports for ownership.
• Review periodic distribution calculations.
• Review journal entries related to significant transactions such as acquisitions, dispositions, and financings.
• Support the annual financial statement audit and preparation of tax returns.
• Collaborate with third party accounting firms to provide external audit and income tax support.
• Review annual budgets for assigned properties.
• Review real estate and common area maintenance "true-ups" on an annual basis.
• Review setup of all new leases and renewals in property management software.
• Lead and plan client engagements. Provide recommendations for reporting and budgeting process improvements relative to the client's operations, processes, and business objectives.
• Ensure seamless interaction and outstanding communication with property management team.
• Act as liaison to address and resolve client issues and assist team leaders in researching and providing additional services to client.
• Evaluate processes and procedures within the client services and implementation functions with emphasis on implementing efficiencies and identification of internal control issues.
• Assist in ad-hoc projects and activities to foster growth and best practices of the business unit.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting; CPA or MSA/MBA preferred.
• 5+ years commercial real estate accounting experience. Exposure to property-level and ownership accounting is required.
• Knowledge of GAAP and tax accounting.
• Proficient with MS Office software.
• Deep experience in MRI or Yardi is required.
• Critical thinking ability and a track record of solving problems and driving projects to completion.
• Ability to communicate succinctly and anticipate and resolve issues/problems on a proactive basis.

The compensation range for this role is $84,350 to $159,920. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.