Founded in 1969, Kidder Mathews (www.kidder.com) is the largest, independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast, with more than 900 real estate professionals and staff in 20 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. We offer a complete range of brokerage, property management, appraisal, consulting, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. The firm performs $10.9 billion in transactions, manages over 62 million square feet of space, and conducts over 2,600 appraisals annually. Kidder Mathews is an expanding, dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial firm and has been consistently recognized as a "best place to work" in multiple markets on the West Coast. Kidder Mathews Property Management is looking for smart, structured, and highly-motivated individuals. Our compensation is competitive with a full suite of benefits offered. Each office also provides full administrative and technical support in a professional environment
Job SummaryIn partnership with the Asset Services Team, the Asset Services Controller will lead a team to work to meet the financial and reporting demands of the bigger Property Team to assure a high level of accuracy and professionalism regarding all portfolio financial requirements, as specified by the property management agreement. In addition, the Asset Services Controller provides leadership, mentorship, coaching and direction to the accounting team, and more specifically to the Accounting Managers where applicable, ensuring standardized practices and protocols and enhancing quality control and oversight.
Essential Functions

• Manage and lead a team of Accounting Associates, Jr. Property Accountants, Property Accountants, Sr. Property Accountants and Accounting Managers including recruitment, onboarding, supervision, scheduling, training, development, evaluation and disciplinary action of employees
• Provide coaching, direction and leadership to employees in order to achieve company and client results
• Promote and maintain a positive working environment in alignment with Kidder Mathews values
• Ensure accuracy and approve timecards and time off requests for direct reports
• Create and maintain, in conjunction with the entire accounting team, a comprehensive Accounting Processes and Procedures Manual
• Manage and administer all audit requests from clients and/or government / regulatory agencies
• Timely and accurate preparation of all financial reports to client
• Manage daily cash receipts/cash management process ensuring accuracy and on time completion
• Manage and maintain the integrity of tenant data in property management accounting system
• Prepare accruals for Property Managers when relevant at least 48 hours prior to due date of Owner Report
• Prepare monthly variance analysis narrative for Property Manager at least 48 hours prior to due date of Owner Report
• Prepare periodic reforecasts as required by Client
• Oversee batch/verification process of weekly accounts payables ensuring accuracy and on time completion
• Oversee monthly bank reconciliation process ensuring accuracy and on time completion
• Partner with Property Team with preparation of annual CAM reconciliations and estimates
• Partner with Property Team, prepare annual budgets accurately and on time
• Periodically audit monthly reports prepared by team for accuracy

Other Functions

• Perform other duties or projects as requested

Essential Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the competencies (minimum knowledge, skill, and ability) required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education

• BA/BS in Accounting or a combination of education and experience – CPA or CMA designations required

EXPERIENCe REQUIRED

• 10 years accounting experience with 5 years in the property management industry
• Experience with commercial leases and vendor contracts
• 5 years supervisory experience

Required Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of accounting processes and procedures
• Proficient in the following programs:
• Yardi, Skyline, MRI, Avid, Kardin, ClickPay

Skills and Ability

• Strong internal & external communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and lead by example
• Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to build relationships with clients, vendors and internal partners and team members
• Ability to provide excellent customer service
• Ability to speak, write and understand English
• Requires a high degree of ethics and integrity
• Professional communication etiquette with good oral and written communication skills
• Professional level of confidentiality in handling employee information
• Accurate, attentive, detail oriented, with strong analytical skills
• Demonstrated financial analysis skills
• Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment and proactively problem solve
• Ability to work outside of normal office hours to meet various deadlines
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload in order to meet daily, weekly and monthly deadlines
• Demonstrated initiative and trouble shooting skills
• Demonstrated ability to follow through and complete tasks
• Willingness and demonstration of professional development and continual learning
• Ability to ten key by touch

Work EnvironmenT

• This is a standard office environment with standard office noise like talking, office equipment, etc.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is often active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching. The employee must sometimes lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds. The employee must frequently sit and use a computer for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities are required to do this job including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Has supervisory responsibilities for up to 8 direct and/or indirect reports.

Kidder Mathews is an equal opportunity employer does not discriminate based on race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Kidder Mathews will accommodate candidates with disabilities to complete this application. Please contact recruiting@kiddermathews.com if you need an accommodation. AZ, NV, OR & WA residents: We Participate in E-Verify. CA residents: We collect various personal data from employees and applicants for purposes related to employment. Please review the Notice of Data Privacy for Employees and Applicants for detailed information concerning what information we collect, the purposes for which information is collected and with whom such information may be shared. You can find this notice on our careers page at https://kidder.com/careers/.
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