Director of Accounting

With more than 225 branch offices across North America, Associa is building the future of community for nearly five million residents worldwide. Our 11,000 team members lead the industry with unrivaled education, expertise, and trailblazing innovation. For more than 43 years, Associa has brought positive impact and meaningful value to communities. To learn more, visit www.associaonline.com.

Job Description

The Director of Accounting is responsible for gathering, analyzing, verifying, and the reporting of financial information. The Director of Accounting is responsible for hiring, training, and coaching a team, as well as enforcing corporate company policies, rules, and procedures. The Director of Accounting is responsible for and will oversee certain financial objectives such as preparing and regulating annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, and beginning corrective actions when budget problems occur. Also, keep track of corporate financial status by closely monitoring revenue, expenses, and future budget changes while evaluating financial data, and prepare reports on finances. The Director of Accounting may help guide other departments/divisions/branches by applying observations and recommendations to their financial operations. The Director of Accounting also helps the company avoid legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation, enforcing certain financial regulations, and recommending new, efficient procedures. The Director of Accounting may also be responsible for updating company information by participating in any educational opportunities that can advance the company’s current financial model.

Requirements

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the daily activities of the accounting
• Directly or indirectly supervise the entire accounting team
• Provide quarterly performance reviews of Accounting team and with an emphasis on employee development
• Ensure all new accounting department staff have correct access to accounting software and banking institution per their roles
• Collect and provide information for independent client CPA’s for financial reviews and tax return processing
• Onboard new clients into accounting software and ensure all prior accounting is onboarded prior to reassignment after first billing
• Oversee client collections, late fee and delinquency processing by collecting and providing information to client collections attorneys in a timely manner
• Periodic client ownership and internal client financial statement reviews as assigned
• Assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to financial management, budget and accounting
• Oversee the posting and maintenance of general ledger accounts, payroll transactions, accounts payable and general ledger adjustments
• Provide process assistance for client accounts payables general ledger accounting
• Provide financial analysis statements including monthly balance sheets, income statements, cash flows statements, and actual to budget and last year variance analysis for clients
• Provide quarterly training to community managers/ACAM’s to review common financial questions on each report
• Provide assistance to corporate accounting liaison in research into client receivables, credit memos and delinquency
• Other duties as assigned
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Knowledge of GAAP at a proficient level
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc) at a proficient level
• Knowledge of typical business correspondence (grammar, structure, punctuation, spelling, etc) at a proficient level
• Professional communication skills (phone, interpersonal, written, verbal, etc)
• Self-motivated, proactive, detail oriented and a team
• Interpretation and completion of verbal and/or written instructions at a proficient
• Confidentiality and discretion in the performance of all duties and responsibilities
• Time management and time critical prioritization
• Education and Experience
• Bachelors Degree Required
• 3 – 5 years of directly related or closely related accounting experience
• 3 – 5 years of Management and/or Supervisory experience
  

Travel Requirements

• Limited travel may be required

• Working Conditions
• Typical office environment
• Overtime may be required
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.