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Avison Young · 1 month ago

Manager, Property Accounting

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. They are seeking a Property Accounting Manager to oversee a real estate accounting team, ensuring accurate and timely client reporting for assigned portfolios. The role involves managing daily operations, compliance with reporting requirements, and fostering a positive customer experience.

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Responsibilities

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 procedures are well documented and followed, ensuring proper audit trails and approvals are in place and align with SOC 1 requirements

Qualification

Property AccountingFinancial ReportingLeadership ExperienceChange ManagementAnalytical SkillsProject ManagementMicrosoft Office ProficiencyCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

Degree from a four-year college or university program with an emphasis in accounting, finance or a related field required

3-5+ years of experience in property accounting or in a similar position, or equivalent combination of education and experience, Real Estate experience a plus

Experience with leadership roles and display problem-solving capabilities

Ambitious, energetic, passionate, persistent, self-motivated and determined

Possess a strong ability to prioritize, be well-organized, capable of multitasking and assume responsibilities and duties to lead and influence a team of professionals

Big picture thinker capable of strategy development, execution and implementation

Capability to adjust himself/herself to changes and new situations

Strong Project Management and Change Management skills

Learning agility and effective personal communication skills

Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret the most complex business documents

Ability to effectively interact with management, employees, clients etc. and respond effectively to the most sensitive issues

Fortitude to cope with failures and trying to learn from past mistakes

Hardworking dedicated team player willing to work for the greater good of the company

Detail-oriented with strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills

Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Read, analyze, and interpret general technical procedures or governmental regulations

Write reports and business correspondence

Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and clients

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with employees, superiors, and customers

Excellent organizational, verbal and written communications skills

Strong organizational and administrative skills

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data management software. MS Word and Excel experience preferred