Manager, Property Accounting

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Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

At Avison Young, we are committed to providing a comprehensive suite of commercial real estate services to our clients while fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture for our employees. Our collaborative approach and emphasis on personal and professional growth create an environment where individuals can thrive. Real estate can have a significant positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people.

Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

If you're looking for career opportunities where you can excel and contribute to a strong company culture, we want to hear from you. Join our highly motivated team and take pride in your work as we create a better future together.

Avison Young US is seeking to hire a Property Accounting Manager to oversee and manage a real estate accounting team providing accurate and timely client reporting for assigned portfolios of Avison Young’s Real Estate Management (REMS) clients and properties. To be successful as an Accounting Manager, you should be able to oversee and ensure smooth and efficient daily operations. Ultimately, a top-notch Property Accounting Manager will be highly organized and thrive under pressure.

• Manages a real estate accounting team to provide accurate and timely client reporting for assigned portfolios of Avison Young clients and properties
• Implements and oversees processes to ensure compliance with reporting requirements
• Reviews and certifies the accuracy of all financial reports issued by the accounting team
• Reviews staff work product, including financial packages, to ensure its complete, accurate, and timely release to internal departments and external clients
• Troubleshoots escalated issues and ensures internal and external customer requests are handled timely, accurately, and with a focus on customer service
• Creates a positive customer experience by opening and maintaining constructive and reliable lines of communication
• Verifies and ensures the accounting team's debt, real estate tax, sales tax, and owner distribution payments are made timely and internal databases are updated and maintained accordingly
• May assist with internal and external property and client transitions
• Works with other internal teams in handling special requirements as defined in the Management Agreement and scope of services in the Financial Services Agreement
• Identifies and communicates the scope of service changes to the manager and team
• Suggests consulting opportunities to the manager based on knowledge of the department's pricing platform
• Reviews A/R reports to ensure reconciliations are completed and reviewed by their team
• Ensures open issues for the team are resolved
• Partners with the property management team to ensure they have a working knowledge of the team's client Management Agreements and that they are properly maintained per department policy and requirements/terms
• Ensures the team is reviewing management fee calculations to be in accordance with the current Management Agreement
• Participates in external audits as needed
• May review budgets and annual year-end recovery calculations to ensure timely completion
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Provides formal supervision to individual employees within a single functional or operational area
• Recommends staff recruitment, selection, promotion, advancement, corrective action, and termination
• Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime
• Prepares and delivers performance appraisals for staff
• Mentors and coaches team members to further develop competencies
• Leads by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's values
• Responsible for setting work unit and/or project deadlines
• Maintain proper internal controls, ensure policies and…