Accounting Manager - Commercial Real Estate
Job Description
Accounting Manager Responsibilities:
- Accounting leadership. Own the accounting function, establish priorities and close calendars, supervise accounting staff, and ensure work is accurate, complete, timely, and well documented.
- Multi-entity accounting. Maintain books and records for numerous legal entities, including property-level entities, investment vehicles, management companies, and related affiliates; manage intercompany activity, eliminations, allocations, and consolidations.
- Financial close and reporting. Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and deliver GAAP-compliant financial statements, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, variance explanations, and management reporting.
- Yardi ownership. Serve as the accounting owner and subject-matter expert for Yardi, including entity and property setup, chart of accounts, workflows, user controls, reporting, data integrity, and process improvement.
- Investor and syndication accounting. Maintain accurate investor and entity records; support capital calls, distributions, investor capital-account reporting, ownership schedules, and waterfall or allocation calculations in coordination with finance, legal, and outside advisors.
- Property accounting. Oversee property-level revenue and expense accounting, tenant receivables, cash receipts, security deposits, operating expense and CAM reconciliations where applicable, and reporting for each asset.
- Accounts payable and vendor controls. Oversee invoice processing, approval workflows, coding, payment runs, vendor onboarding, W-9 and 1099 processes, duplicate-payment prevention, and vendor-record integrity.
- Accounts receivable and collections. Oversee billing, receipts, aging, collections, and cash application; ensure balances are actively managed and exceptions are escalated.
- Cash and treasury controls. Monitor bank activity and cash balances across entities, oversee bank reconciliations and transfers, maintain appropriate approval controls, and support cash forecasting and distribution planning.
- Debt and lender reporting. Maintain loan and interest schedules, support debt-service and covenant monitoring, and deliver accurate lender reporting and documentation.
- Acquisitions, dispositions, and financing. Support accounting setup and purchase-price allocations for acquisitions; coordinate accounting for refinancing, capital projects, and dispositions; maintain complete closing files and opening/closing balance support.
- CPA and audit coordination. Serve as the accounting liaison to the company’s outside CPA firm and auditors; maintain tax-ready books and workpapers; and manage schedules, document requests, deadlines, tax payments, 1099s, K-1 support, and resolution of open items. Tax-return preparation is handled by the outside CPA firm and is not part of this position.
- Internal controls and compliance. Develop and maintain accounting policies, segregation of duties, approval limits, documentation standards, and other controls appropriate for a growing real estate investment platform.
- Budgeting and analysis. Partner with leadership, asset management, and property operations on annual budgets, reforecasts, cash-flow projections, capital expenditure tracking, and budget-to-actual analysis.
- Team and service-provider management. Hire, train, coach, and evaluate accounting personnel; establish service standards; and manage relationships and deliverables across the outside CPA firm, audit, banking, software, and other accounting-related vendors.
- Continuous improvement. Improve the speed, accuracy, scalability, and transparency of accounting processes as the company adds investors, entities, properties, and transactions.
- Progressive accounting experience, including meaningful responsibility for the close and financial reporting process; experience as an Accounting Manager, Senior Property Accountant, or in a comparable lead accounting role is strongly preferred.
- Direct commercial real estate accounting experience involving multiple properties and legal entities.
- Demonstrated experience with real estate syndications, joint ventures, funds, or other structures involving multiple investors and entity-level reporting.
- Strong hands-on proficiency with Yardi.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to produce and review GAAP-compliant financial statements.
- Experience supervising accounting personnel and overseeing AP, AR, reconciliations, and close activities.
- Ability to coordinate effectively with the company’s outside CPA firm, auditors, attorneys, lenders, and other third-party providers.
- Advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyze, reconcile, and clearly present complex financial information.
- High standards for accuracy, confidentiality, accountability, documentation, and follow-through.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
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Meet The Recruiter
Molly Gutierrez, CPC
Direct Hire Recruiting Manager
I began my career with Burnett in 2012, shortly after graduating with a degree in hospitality. My passion for serving people naturally led me into recruiting, where I discovered how rewarding it is to connect top talent with the right opportunities.
Today, I lead our Accounting & Supply Chain Direct-Hire recruiting team while continuing to partner directly with clients and candidates. I specialize in placing Houston professionals across accounting, finance, and supply chain—ranging from staff-level talent to senior leadership and C-suite roles.
What I enjoy most is building lasting relationships and ensuring every placement is the right fit for both sides. My goal is always a true win-win: helping companies strengthen their teams and candidates achieve meaningful career growth.
Candidate Reviews
"Molly was very attentive and listened to what my needs and expectations were for finding a new job. She was friendly, supportive and very helpful the entire process. I would definitely work with her again in the future and would recommend her to others."
"Truthfully, I consulted with many staffing agencies but Molly with Burnett was far and away the most approachable, honest, and easiest to work with. There was a constant feedback loop from the first time we connected through starting my new position."
Client Testimonial:
"Molly at Burnett has been a strategic recruitment partner in assisting with successfully hiring specific accounting/ finance resources. She is incredibly responsive and understands our company culture. She consistently prioritizes new requests and presents candidates in a timely manner. Her dedication to the process and to her clients is impeccable. "
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