We’re partnering with a well-established real estate investment and property management organization to identify an Accounting Manager who enjoys leading people, improving processes, and building a collaborative team environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who leads with integrity, communicates effectively, and takes ownership while helping develop a high-performing accounting team.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
- Supervise, coach, train, and develop a team of accountants and accounting support professionals.
- Assist with workload planning, staffing, hiring, and onboarding of new team members.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and service-oriented culture.
- Monitor team performance and ensure critical accounting deadlines are met.
Accounting Oversight
- Review monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for a portfolio of real estate assets.
- Review general ledger activity, bank reconciliations, cash management, and balance sheet reconciliations for accuracy and completeness.
- Oversee cash distributions, funding requests, and other treasury-related activities.
- Ensure timely processing of critical payments, including vendor invoices, debt service, taxes, and other significant obligations.
- Review management fee calculations and intercompany or inter-property transactions.
- Serve as an escalation point for accounting questions and client or operational requests.
Month-End & Financial Reporting
- Oversee the month-end close process for assigned portfolios.
- Ensure financial reporting is accurate, complete, and delivered on schedule.
- Partner with operations and leadership to resolve accounting issues and improve reporting processes.
Annual Responsibilities
- Coordinate year-end reporting requirements, including tax reporting and audit support.
- Assist with annual budgeting and forecasting activities.
- Review operating expense recoveries and other annual reconciliations where applicable.
- Ensure accounting systems are updated with approved budgets and other annual changes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
- Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including experience reviewing financial statements and leading month-end close.
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
- CPA or CPA-track is a plus.
Ideal Background
- Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting.
- Experience within commercial or residential real estate, property management, or another multi-entity environment is highly preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills with experience using ERP or property accounting software.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Able to prioritize multiple deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Collaborative communicator who enjoys mentoring others, improving processes, and partnering across the business.
Skills Required
- Five or more years of progressive accounting experience
- Experience reviewing financial statements
- Experience leading month-end close
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience
- CPA or CPA-track
- Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting
- Experience in commercial or residential real estate, property management, or a multi-entity environment
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience using ERP or property accounting software
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines while maintaining accuracy
- Collaborative communication and mentoring skills
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future. GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide. Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
