Senior Accountant (Real Estate / Property Accounting)

Fully Remote (U.S.-based)

Preferred locations: Texas or Mid-Atlantic (optional, not required)

Overview

A rapidly growing, privately held real estate owner/operator is adding a Senior Accountant to its finance team as a proactive, growth-driven hire. This is a newly created role designed to strengthen property-level accounting and improve how the organization leverages its core accounting system as the portfolio continues to scale.

The company operates a national portfolio of commercial and industrial real estate assets, including properties in active construction and stabilized operations. This role offers meaningful ownership, systems exposure, and the opportunity to influence best practices in a lean, collaborative finance team.

This is a fully remote role, with flexibility across the U.S.

Role Summary

The Senior Accountant will have full-cycle ownership of a portfolio of real estate assets across multiple states. The role spans construction accounting, operating property accounting, and systems/process improvement.

This is not a narrow journal-entry position. The ideal candidate understands real estate fundamentals, owns their portfolio end to end, and enjoys improving how accounting systems and processes are used as a platform scales.

Key Responsibilities

Property & Portfolio Accounting

• Own full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of real estate entities (construction and operating)
• Lead monthly close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare and review property-level financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
• Track construction costs, CIP, capitalization, and transitions to placed-in-service
• Partner with development and construction teams on budgets, draws, and cost tracking
• Manage cash activity, intercompany transactions, and loan-related accounting
• Support audits, tax filings, and lender reporting
• Proactively identify accounting or data issues and recommend solutions

Corporate & Shared Accounting

• Support accounts payable workflows and vendor management
• Assist with corporate expense programs, reconciliations, and controls
• Partner with the Controller to improve close timelines, reporting quality, and internal controls
• Contribute to ad hoc analysis, reporting, and special projects as the organization grows

Systems & Process Improvement

• Serve as a key user of the company’s property accounting system (Rent Manager experience is critical)
• Bring best practices for how Rent Manager has been used in prior organizations
• Maintain and improve Excel-based schedules, reconciliations, and roll-forwards
• Identify opportunities to automate, standardize, and streamline accounting workflows
• Participate in system enhancements, integrations, and process redesign initiative.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (or Finance with strong accounting foundation)
• 2–6 years of progressive accounting experience
• Public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Real estate or property accounting experience highly preferred
• Hands-on experience with Rent Manager is required
• Exposure to multi-entity real estate accounting
• CPA or CPA-track preferred, not required
• Strong Excel skills and systems-oriented mindset
• Ability to manage a portfolio independently in a growing, evolving environment

Why This Role

• Newly created role with real ownership and visibility
• Opportunity to influence how systems and processes scale
• Tight-knit finance team with direct access to leadership
• Fully remote environment with flexibility
• Exposure to a fast-growing real estate platform with active development and acquisitions

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $92,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work from home

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Accounting: 3 years (Required)
• Rent Manager: 1 year (Required)
• Public accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• Project Accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• Property Accounting: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Remote