Transitions Accounting Manager

As the Transitions Accounting Manager, you will ensure the accuracy and completeness of all incoming and outgoing property transitions, including accounting system setup, financial statement imports, data validation, and post-conversion cleanup. This role applies generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to analyze financial statements, reconcile balance sheet accounts, prepare journal entries, and oversee the financial onboarding and offboarding of managed properties. Essential Functions:

• Manage and oversee all accounting-related aspects of property onboarding and offboarding transitions.
• Coordinate and track transition timelines, deliverables, and checklists to ensure all transition milestones are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Establish and maintain accounting system setups, entity records, bank accounts, and related financial platforms for newly onboarded properties.
• Coordinate the collection, organization, and distribution of transition-related information, documentation, credentials, and access rights to internal departments and external stakeholders.
• Obtain, maintain, and update access to banking, lender, mortgage, utility, vendor, and other third-party platforms as required.
• Import historical accounting data and transactions into company systems and validate data integrity and completeness.
• Prepare opening balance sheet entries and other transition-related journal entries in accordance with GAAP.
• Analyze financial records, reconcile balance sheet accounts, identify discrepancies, and perform post-conversion cleanup activities to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Ensure all transition accounting activities comply with GAAP, company policies, internal controls, and established procedures.

Do you have experience in Spreadsheets?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, Years of job-related experience: This position requires 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, public or industry preferred Degree required and area of study: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related degree with experience in accounting. Desired Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Proficient Microsoft Excel skills

• Strong organizational and analytical skills

• Strong understanding of real estate accounting, including purchase price allocations
• Ability to independently identify issues, analyze complex situations, and develop effective solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, highly developed interpersonal skills
• Must be accountable for work goals and objectives
• Ability to multi-task while adhering to deadlines and maintaining accuracy
• Attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality, with an emphasis on detecting errors and/or potential fraud.
• Experience in accounting, including debits, credits and G/L account number structures required.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize work to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
• Exceptional customer service skills.

Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The associate must be capable of the following:

• Talking: The ability to clearly communicate policies, procedures, and processes as well as detailed instructions or information accurately and quickly in English.
• Average Hearing: The ability to hear average or normal conversations, alarms and receive ordinary information.
• Average Visual Abilities: Average, ordinary visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents. Depth perception is required. The ability to see and read printed or computerized material.
• Physical Strength: The ability to sit in front of a computer for prolonged periods of time. The ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Repetitive Motions & Dexterity: Regularly requires repetitive motions using the wrists, hands, and/or fingers, including small movements such as typing and picking up small objects.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be sitting for prolonged periods of time when designing training curricula and working on a computer. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The associate may be required to work greater than 40 hours in a work week.
• The employee may be required to travel to conduct training classes or meetings, or to provide individual or small group coaching or training on-site. The employee will also be required to travel for professional training seminars, retreats, and meetings.