Global VP, General Ledger & Financial Reporting

FirstService Residential; Florida; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstService Residential seeks a Vice President, General Ledger Accounting to lead the GL function across an assigned portfolio of markets and regions. You will oversee monthly close, financial statement preparation, and client deliverables, driving accuracy, consistency, and strong controls.

The role reports to the SVP, Client Accounting and requires strategic direction, performance management, and collaboration with market leaders and Shared Services to support client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive ownership of the monthly close and financial statement reporting cycle for all communities within the assigned portfolio, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
• Establish the portfolio’s operating rhythm, reporting timetables, quality standards, review protocols, escalation paths and delivery-tracking requirements for monthly financial statements.
• Ensure the integrity of general ledger activity, including account reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses and amortization, fixed assets, interfund and reserve activity, cost recovery billings and other client deliverables.
• Serve as the senior escalation authority for complex accounting matters, financial statement exceptions, late or at-risk deliverables and significant client or operational issues within the assigned portfolio.
• Oversee GL support for annual client audits and budgets, special assessments, loans, mortgages and other significant client financial obligations.
• Establish and monitor service level and key performance indicators for financial statement delivery.
• Drive leadership accountability for results against service-level and key performance indicators, reviewing performance regularly and leading corrective action plans where targets are missed.
• Build the leadership capability, succession plans, organizational structure and workforce capacity required to support client growth, retention and changing business needs.
• Attract, develop and retain high-caliber leaders and accounting professionals while promoting a culture of collaboration, accountability, trust and service excellence.

Job description

FirstService Residential seeks a Vice President, General Ledger Accounting to lead the GL function across an assigned portfolio of markets and regions. You will oversee monthly close, financial statement preparation, and client deliverables, driving accuracy, consistency, and strong controls.

The role reports to the SVP, Client Accounting and requires strategic direction, performance management, and collaboration with market leaders and Shared Services to support client expectations.