What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Finance position at Dooryard?
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Director of Finance
Firm Overview:
The firm is an early-stage Maine based real estate development firm specializing in modular construction that is growing quickly. We focus on quality neighborhood design, community partnerships, and being part of the solution to the current housing crisis.
Position Overview:
The Director of Finance will be a key member of our team, reporting directly to the CEO. They will be responsible for a wide variety of bookkeeping and accounting functions to run and maintain the existing company assets and to assist in scaling the company. This includes but is not limited to maintaining the company’s current property level QuickBooks (8 sets) and additional bookkeeping for current development accounts, establishing and maintaining the systems for Dooryard subsidiary operating companies and integrations with property management and investor relation software, tax prep, investor reporting, and producing financial statements. The ideal candidate is a highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated person who is very attentive to detail and demonstrates a flexible and adaptable work style that responds quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines. This is a fully remote position.
Responsibilities:
Overall responsibilities include accurate and timely bookkeeping & accounting, analysis and financial reporting associated with Dooryard and its owned or managed properties, and more specifically:
- Review the General Ledger, process journal entries and make all adjustments to the financial statements.
- Manage and perform the month-end accounting close process including timely preparation of financial reporting packages.
- Manage Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Prepare annual and quarterly financial statements for public OTC filing.
- Work with CEO and Development Team to produce the annual budget for the Company and review property budgets.
- Compile and review analysis of detailed budget variance reports for income, expenses, capital expenditures, leasing costs, NOI and cash flows.
- Prepare tax filings.
- Authorize disbursements, including electronic banking transmittals (ACH’s, wires, electronic book transfer, stop payments and opening and closing of bank accounts).
- Account reconciliation, bank reconciliations, ad-hoc reporting, analysis and miscellaneous projects.
- Ability to work to deadlines and attend to other job-related requests as required.
- Identify and manage opportunities for process improvement and efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university
- 5 years of real estate industry experience, CPA preferred
- Public accounting experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of GAAP/accounting theory
- Aptitude for problem solving and high attention to detail
- Ability to think independently as well as work in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with all Microsoft Office Suite Applications
- Appfolio and Juniper Square experience a plus
- Partnership and Corporate Tax background a plus