Your Opportunity
PLACE is a technology and services platform built to scale the world's top real estate teams – and our internal businesses are growing just as fast. As a Staff Accountant at PLACE, you will be at the financial core of a dynamic, multi-entity organization on a path to an IPO. This is not a single-company staff accountant role – you will move across multiple business lines, managing the complete accounting cycle for a portfolio of operating companies, rental properties, and small businesses.If you're energized by complexity, precision, and the opportunity to build expertise across a growing portfolio of entities, this role was designed for you.
Who Develops You: Controller
What You'll Do
Multi-Entity Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Manage the complete monthly accounting cycle across multiple business entities simultaneously.
- Process bill payments, track deposits, and maintain accurate records across all entities with precision and consistency.
- Perform monthly and quarterly reconciliations across multiple sets of books, ensuring each entity's financial data is complete and accurate.
- Manage monthly and quarterly tie-outs across entities, identifying discrepancies and resolving variances proactively.
- Produce timely and accurate monthly and quarterly financial statements for each entity, maintaining strict deadlines.
- Prepare cash flow analyses and budgets at the entity level and in aggregate across the portfolio.
Accounting Software & Systems
- Own data entry, transaction downloads, and the integrity of financial data within QuickBooks across all entities.
- Leverage QuickBooks to maintain clean, audit-ready books for each business in the portfolio.
- Maintain organized, up-to-date property files and digital records across platforms including Microsoft Office, Adobe, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
- Serve as a knowledgeable resource and reviewer for our virtual assistant, ensuring their QuickBooks entries and financial outputs meet PLACE standards.
Tax & Compliance Support
- File and manage state franchise, sales, and excise tax returns across multiple states and entities.
- Process 1099 filings for all applicable entities.
- Gather and organize tax information from multiple companies to support income tax processing.
- Maintain organized, confidential tax files with disciplined scanning and archiving practices.
What You're Great At
- Navigating complexity – you stay organized and accurate when managing multiple companies, entities, and deadlines at the same time.
- Accounting software mastery – you know QuickBooks inside and out and can hit the ground running across multiple sets of books.
- Attention to detail – you catch what others miss, and you take pride in financial statements that are accurate down to the last dollar.
- Independent execution – you manage your own workload, hit deadlines without being chased, and proactively communicate your progress.
- Problem solving – you identify discrepancies, root-cause them, and resolve them without letting issues linger.
- Clear communication – you can translate financial data into plain language and communicate effectively with supervisors, teammates, and virtual assistants alike.
Qualifications
Required
- 2-year degree from an accredited institution with 2+ years of experience as a bookkeeper or staff accountant OR a Bachelor's degree in Accounting OR 5+ years of equivalent accounting experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency in QuickBooks or similar products – you have managed multiple companies or sets of books within the platform.
- Experience working in a multi-entity environment, managing financials across more than one company simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Software, Google Drive, Asana, Bill.com and Dropbox.
- Strong command of core accounting principles including reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and cash flow analysis.
Preferred
- Experience with multi-state tax filings (franchise, sales, excise, or 1099s).
- Real estate or property management accounting experience is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with virtual assistant workflows or managing financial review processes for remote team members.
Compensation: $28–$34 per hour, depending on experience. This is an in-office position in Bellingham, WA.
Skills Required
- 2-year degree with 2+ years of experience as a bookkeeper or staff accountant OR Bachelor's degree in Accounting OR 5+ years equivalent accounting experience
- Demonstrated proficiency in QuickBooks or similar products (managed multiple companies/sets of books)
- Experience working in a multi-entity environment, managing financials across more than one company simultaneously
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficiency in Adobe Software
- Proficiency in Google Drive
- Proficiency in Asana
- Proficiency in Bill.com
- Proficiency in Dropbox
- Strong command of core accounting principles including reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and cash flow analysis
- Experience with multi-state tax filings (franchise, sales, excise, or 1099s)
- Real estate or property management accounting experience
- Familiarity with virtual assistant workflows or managing financial review processes for remote team members
What We Do
PLACE is an end-to-end real estate technology platform that partners exclusively with top real estate teams and brokerages in more than 70 locations across the United States and Canada. When you join PLACE, you are joining a winning team recently recognized by RealTrends on the Wall Street Journal's “The Thousand” list as #1 in its category. We set out reimagining what the real estate industry could and should look like. Then we set out to reinvent the real estate model as we know it. We created a PLACE that provides proprietary technology and business services including accounting, bookkeeping, human resources, in-house legal, design and marketing, videography, talent acquisition, agent attraction, business training and coaching, and perhaps most surprising, an incredible Agent Opportunity Model with staff and agent benefits unlike anything else in the industry.
