Overview In this senior role, you will oversee the accounting function for a real estate portfolio, partnering with operations, asset management, treasury, tax, and leadership. You'll lead monthly to annual closes, ensure GAAP-compliant reporting, and strengthen internal controls while guiding a high-performing Property Accounting team. You'll drive cash management, forecasting, and strategic financial support to portfolio growth. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity to shape processes, improve systems, and deliver measurable financial performance.
Responsibilities- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes
- Deliver accurate and timely financial statements and reporting
- Review financial performance, analyze variances, and investigate unusual activity
- Oversee property accounting for a multifamily portfolio
- Oversee cash management and liquidity forecasting
- Monitor lender escrows, reserve balances, insurance funding, and investor distributions
- Support annual budgeting and forecasting activities
- Maintain strong internal controls and financial governance
- Improve accounting policies, procedures, and reporting discipline
- Support audits and tax reporting processes
- Identify and implement efficiencies across accounting operations
- Support automation and system enhancement initiatives
- Lead, coach, and develop the Property Accounting team
- Set priorities, monitor performance, and foster accountability
- Build partnerships across Asset Management, Operations, Treasury, Tax, and leadership
- Provide proactive financial insights and actionable recommendations
- Communicate risks early and help drive solutions
Key requirements- CPA
- deep multifamily or commercial real estate accounting experience
- strong technical accounting skills
- leadership and team-building experience
- ability to build partnerships across multiple functions
- experience with financial reporting, cash management, and internal controls
- ability to drive process improvement and system enhancements
- focus on governance and compliance with lender requirements and partnership agreements
- collaboration
- strong business judgment
- proactive communication
- GAAP
- financial reporting
- close processes
