Controller, Accounting, Accounting Manager

Purpose/Mission:

• To be a strategic financial leader responsible for directing and optimizing the company's accounting operations
• To foster stability, collaboration, and professional growth within the accounting team.
• To ensure the timely and accurate delivery of property financial packages.
• To implement and maintain strong accounting controls, proactively mitigating financial risk.
• To constantly have innovation and efficiency as goals for Stout's accounting processes.
• To promote cooperation and camaraderie with other departments.
• To embody company culture and core values.

Essential Duties:

• Provide leadership, oversight, and mentorship to Accountants and Accounts Payable staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Lead and support the recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and, when necessary, termination of accounting personnel.
• Ensure each property has clearly documented financial requirements and standardized procedures for financial package preparation and reporting.
• Track the production process of property financials and ensure delivery to clients by date specified in management agreement.
• Monitor accounting processes to prevent financial loss, including issues related to fraud, theft, late fees, or processing errors.
• Support daily banking activities in coordination with the Director of Corporate Operations or external consultant.
• Standardize and maintain a system of accounting records and techniques.
• Track and billback corporate reimbursables from the properties.
• Assign and balance property accounting responsibilities across the department to ensure workload efficiency and coverage.
• Assist Accountants in complex or non-regular accounting needs from ownership or operations or use resources to find answers.
• Complete property financials as needed during transition, understaffing, or for assistance to hit deadlines.
• Constantly research and implement technology to streamline the process of receiving invoices, matching purchase orders, and issuing payments.
• Ensure all reimbursable payroll checks from properties are collected and deposited in time for payroll run.
• Collaborate with Administrative and Operations teams to improve processes, procedures, and interdepartmental communication.
• Stay aware of properties with cash deficiencies and bring to the attention of Executive Leadership.
• Ensure Replacement Reserve Funding Requests processes are structured and set up on all applicable properties.
• Ensure all tax and Real Estate licensing activities are completed (1099's, Trust Account Reconciliations, etc.)

• Critical
  
  Competencies:
• Possess strong knowledge of GAAP and its applications.
• Ability to develop/maintain accounting systems and processes.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and train accounting staff.
• Ability to talk directly to clients on complex accounting issues.
• Ability to explain accounting issues to non-accounting personnel.
• Ability to implement departmental changes.
• Comfortable with technology and ability to implement new tools
• Teamwork - Works well with others to achieve results.
• Communication - Ability to clearly deliver and understand messaging during conversations.
• Adaptable - Changes approach or method to best fit the situation;
  Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Critical Behaviors:
• Demonstrates integrity-driven leadership through collaboration, accountability, adaptability, and clear communication; fosters teamwork and service-oriented relationships while promoting efficiency, innovation, attention to detail, and a solution-focused culture.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or equivalent combination of education and experience

A valid, unexpired Driver's License

Other

Skills and Abilities

Microsoft Excel

Other Qualifications

5-7 Years Accounting Experience

3-5 Years Experience in a Leadership Role

Demonstrated experience overseeing multi-entity or multi-property accounting operations.

Real Estate Accounting Experience a Plus (Yardi, Entrata, One Site)

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