Accounting Manager - Multi-Family Property Management

Job Description

Department: Accounting

Reports To: Director of Operations

Purpose/Mission:

• To be a strategic team leader of corporate operations, ensure performance.
• To strive for stability in personnel in accounting department.
• To promote cooperation and camaraderie with other departments.
• To ensure the accuracy and timely delivery of property financial packages.
• To implement and maintain accounting controls.
• To constantly have innovation and efficiency as goals for Stout’s accounting processes.
• To embody Company Culture and Core Values.
  
  

Essential Duties:

• Directly oversee and mentor Accountants and Accounts Payable Personnel.
• Lead the interview and hiring/termination process of accounting personnel.
• Ensure that each Property has the financial requirements and package production needs documented and maintained.
• Track the production process of Property Financials and ensure delivery to clients by date specified in management agreement.
• Prevent any monetary losses due to theft.
• Assist Director of Operations/Consultant in daily banking activities.
• Standardize and maintain a system of accounting records and techniques.
• Track and billback Corporate Reimbursables from the properties.
• Distribute property accounting responsibilities appropriately throughout department.
• Assist Accountants in complex or non-regular accounting needs from ownership or operations or use resources to find answers.
• Complete Property Financials as needed during transition, understaffing, or for assistance to hit deadlines.
• Constantly research and implement of technology to streamline the process of receiving invoices, matching purchase orders and issuing payments.
• Ensure all Reimbursable Payroll checks from properties are collected and deposited in time for payroll run.
• Coordinate with Administrative and Operations Departments as necessary to improve process and procedure.
• Stay Aware of properties with Cash deficiencies and bring to Ops Manager/President’s attention.
• Ensure Replacement Reserve Funding Requests processes are structured and set-up on all applicable properties.
• Ensure all tax and Real Estate licensing activities are completed (1099’s, Trust Account Reconciliations, etc.)
• Critical Competencies:
• Possess strong knowledge of GAAP and its applications.
• Ability to develop/maintain accounting systems and processes.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and train accounting staff.
• Ability to talk to directly to clients on complex accounting issues.
• Ability to explain accounting issues to non-accounting personnel.
• Ability to implement departmental changes.
• Comfortable with technology and ability to implement new tools
• Critical Behaviors:
• Cooperation – Maintain a constant effort to collaborate with all departments and find solutions that may lie outside of the direct department.
• Integrity – Acts with honesty and operates in a manner that builds trust.
• Service – Is responsive to the needs of internal colleagues and external clients and partners.
• Efficiency – Seek out processes that maximize departmental output.
• Innovation – Seeks out new ways to better perform current tasks.
• Open Minded – Willingness to consider alternative viewpoints and solutions.
• Detailed – Takes pride in accuracy of work produced
• Leadership – Embodies company values and acts as a role model for direct reports and colleagues. Promotes culture throughout department by example.
• Optimism – Maintains a positive outlook and an excitement towards goals of the company.
• Accountability – Follows through on their commitments and expects the same of their reports.
• Teamwork – Works well with others to achieve results.
• Communication – Ability to clearly deliver and understand messaging during conversations.
• Adaptable - Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

A Valid, Unexpired Driver's License

Other Skills And Abilities

Microsoft Excel

Other Qualifications

5 Years of Accounting Experience

3 Years Experience in a Supervisory Role

Real Estate Accounting Experience a Plus (Yardi, Entrata, OneSite)

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Stout Management is a drug free work place and equal opportunity employer.

Successful candidates must consent to a drug test and pass a background check upon accepting this position and prior to their start date. This posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
  
  

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
  
  

Work Location: In person