Accounting Manager - Commercial Real Estate

Burnett Specialists Staffing | Recruiting; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Burnett Specialists Staffing | Recruiting is seeking an Accounting Manager for a commercial real estate sponsor and syndicator. You will oversee day-to-day accounting across multiple entities, ensuring GAAP-based reporting and tight controls, and you will coordinate with external auditors, lawyers, and lenders.

The ideal candidate has deep CRE accounting experience, hands-on Yardi expertise, and the ability to lead a team while handling complex intercompany eliminations, consolidations, and

Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience with close and financial reporting processes.
• Experience in leading accounting staff and coordinating with outside CPA firms.
• Strong understanding of multi-entity structures and intercompany eliminations.
• Hands-on expertise with real estate accounting and investor reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the accounting function, establish close calendars, supervise staff, ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Manage books for numerous entities including property-level and investment vehicles; handle intercompany activity and consolidations.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual closes and deliver GAAP-compliant financial statements and schedules.
• Serve as Yardi expert for entity setup, COA, workflows, reporting, and data integrity.
• Maintain investor records, support capital calls and distributions, and coordinate with finance, legal, and outside advisors.
• Oversee property-level revenue/expense accounting, AR/AP, reconciliations, and reporting for assets.
• Coordinate with outside CPA firm, auditors, and tax services; ensure tax-ready books and K-1 support.

Skills

Big box retail experience

Leadership

GAAP knowledge

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Accounting Manager - Commercial Real Estate

(Experience working with Big Box Retailers is required)

The Accounting Manager will manage the day-to-day accounting function for a commercial real estate company that sponsors and syndicates real estate investments through multiple property-level, investment, management, and holding entities. This role is responsible for accurate GAAP-based financial reporting, disciplined accounting operations, and reliable support for investors, lenders, property teams, and executive leadership. The ideal candidate combines strong commercial real estate accounting experience with hands-on Yardi expertise, understands the complexities of multi-entity and multi-investor structures, and can both manage a team and step into the details when needed. This person will oversee the monthly close, consolidations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash controls, financial reporting, and coordination with the company?s outside CPA firm, auditors, legal counsel, and other professional-service providers.

Experience working with Big Box Retailers is required.

Accounting Manager Responsibilities

• Accounting leadership. Own the accounting function, establish priorities and close calendars, supervise accounting staff, and ensure work is accurate, complete, timely, and well documented.
• Multi-entity accounting. Maintain books and records for numerous legal entities, including property-level entities, investment vehicles, management companies, and related affiliates; manage intercompany activity, eliminations, allocations, and consolidations.
• Financial close and reporting. Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and deliver GAAP-compliant financial statements, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, variance explanations, and management reporting.
• Yardi ownership. Serve as the accounting owner and subject-matter expert for Yardi, including entity and property setup, chart of accounts, workflows, user controls, reporting, data integrity, and process improvement.
• Investor and syndication accounting. Maintain accurate investor and entity records; support capital calls, distributions, investor capital-account reporting, ownership schedules, and waterfall or allocation calculations in coordination with finance, legal, and outside advisors.
• Property accounting. Oversee property-level revenue and expense accounting, tenant receivables, cash receipts, security deposits, operating expense and CAM reconciliations where applicable, and reporting for each asset.
• Accounts payable and vendor controls. Oversee invoice processing, approval workflows, coding, payment runs, vendor onboarding, W-9 and 1099 processes, duplicate-payment prevention, and vendor-record integrity.
• Accounts receivable and collections. Oversee billing, receipts, aging, collections, and cash application; ensure balances are actively managed and exceptions are escalated.
• Cash and treasury controls. Monitor bank activity and cash balances across entities, oversee bank reconciliations and transfers, maintain appropriate approval controls, and support cash forecasting and distribution planning.
• Debt and lender reporting. Maintain loan and interest schedules, support debt-service and covenant monitoring, and deliver accurate lender reporting and documentation.
• Acquisitions, dispositions, and financing. Support accounting setup and purchase-price allocations for acquisitions; coordinate accounting for refinancing, capital projects, and dispositions; maintain complete closing files and opening/closing balance support.
• CPA and audit coordination. Serve as the accounting liaison to the company?s outside CPA firm and auditors; maintain tax-ready books and workpapers; and manage schedules, document requests, deadlines, tax payments, 1099s, K-1 support, and resolution of open items. Tax-return preparation is handled by the outside CPA firm and is not part of this position.
• Internal controls and compliance. Develop and maintain accounting policies, segregation of duties, approval limits, documentation standards, and other controls appropriate for a growing real estate investment platform.
• Budgeting and analysis. Partner with leadership, asset management, and property operations on annual budgets, reforecasts, cash-flow projections, capital expenditure tracking, and budget-to-actual analysis.
• Team and service-provider management. Hire, train, coach, and evaluate accounting personnel; establish service standards; and manage relationships and deliverables across the outside CPA firm, audit, banking, software, and other accounting-related vendors.
• Continuous improvement. Improve the speed, accuracy, scalability, and transparency of accounting processes as the company adds investors, entities, properties, and transactions.

Accounting Manager Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience, including meaningful responsibility for the close and financial reporting process; experience as an Accounting Manager, Senior Property Accountant, or in a comparable lead accounting role is strongly preferred.
• Experience with big box retail experience required.
• Direct commercial real estate accounting experience involving multiple properties and legal entities.
• Demonstrated experience with real estate syndications, joint ventures, funds, or other structures involving multiple investors and entity-level reporting.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with Yardi.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to produce and review GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Experience supervising accounting personnel and overseeing AP, AR, reconciliations, and close activities.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with the company?s outside CPA firm, auditors, attorneys, lenders, and other third-party providers.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyze, reconcile, and clearly present complex financial information.
• High standards for accuracy, confidentiality, accountability, documentation, and follow-through.
• Bachelor?s degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field, or equivalent relevant experience.