Real Estate Accounting Manager - Finance as a Service
Real Estate Accounting Manager - Finance as a Service
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We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. Youll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. Theres no one like you and thats why theres nowhere like RSM.
RSMs Finance as a Service (FaaS) practice is looking for skilled professionals to join us at the Manager level. RSMs FaaS practice blends the best of both worlds by providing candidates with all the career growth opportunities that come with working for a public accounting firm while at the same time operating in private company environments on a daily basis. We provide accounting technology and consulting services to private lower middle market clients with revenues ranging from $0 to $100 million. In other words we are the accounting department for our clients. Our diverse industry base includes real estate technology life science not-for-profit consumer products and professional service organizations just to name a few. This position will need to work to deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities such as month end close financial reporting year-end audit support and the support of budget and forecasting activities. FaaS Managers will have contact with our clients (CEO COO CFO VP of Finance Controller etc.) as well as other client contacts including tax and professional service providers.
We operate in a team-based environment and have a proven track record of delivering exceptional value to our customers. The key attributes that will make someone successful in this role include:
- Ability to manage coach and motivate a global team
- Desire to collaborate and integrate property fund and corporate levels
- Assertive collaborative team player with a Controller skill set from the Real Estate industry
- Superior ability to prioritize and focus in a dynamic multi-tasking environment
- Willingness to learn and work with emerging technology solutions such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition) AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Accounting BOTS
- Professional presentation and great communication skills as contact with clients will be extensive
- Interest in personal/professional development and advancement
- Dedication to lifelong learning including staying abreast of best practices in financial management
- Ability to analyze and interpret - not just report - financial information to add value to client businesses as a trusted adviser
- Solid Excel skills (create tables use formulas pivot tables)
Responsibilities:
- Overall day-to-day management of the accounting and finance functions of multiple clients in a shared services environment playing the Controller role of your clients
- Work in client technology environments (primarily Yardi MRI Avid) as well as within the FaaS tech stack
- Lead client design sessions to analyze requirements and redesign business processes in connection with FaaS best practices in areas such as chart of accounts redesign procure to pay order to cash month end close record to report etc.
- Lead manage and coach client services representatives associates senior associates and supervisors
- Take ownership of daily weekly and monthly client deliverables
- Review clients monthly financial statements including month over month variance analysis and / or actual to budget analysis
- Analyze and interpret financial information for client management and provide actionable insight and decision support
- Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients monthly operations and make suggestions for process improvements
- Understand leading real estate technology solutions and identify additional add-on processes systems modules and integrations that can drive month end close efficiencies.
- Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates that can be leveraged for future projects.
- Establish and manage to engagement budgets
- Direct initial assessments implementations and onboarding of new FaaS clients
- Write service agreements and statements of work
- Participate in meetings with new client prospects and in the proposal process
- Participate in other team events and initiatives to grow the practice and foster global collaboration
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA is required or in-process
- Experience performing and reviewing property-level accounting and finance functions required
- Experience working with property managers to resolve accounting issues address concerns and explain variances required
- Expertise in leading Real Estate technology systems (i.e. Yardi MRI)
- Experience in a public accounting firm consulting firm or other professional services environment along with industry experience preferred
- Progressive experience in accounting and financial management in a real estate accounting environment in roles such as accounting manager assistant controller controller director of finance.
- Strong technical financial accounting (GAAP NCREIF FMV etc.) knowledge
- Strong management accounting and operational finance knowledge
- Excellent communication skills across all level of an organization and functional areas (i.e. property managers accounting staff management investors etc.)
- Experience in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (financial modeling budgeting and forecasting financial analysis etc.)
- Proven leadership management and coaching skills
- Strong time-management and organizational skills with sensitivity to timeframes budgets and outcomes across multiple clients/projects.
- Experience with automated accounting systems (i.e. Yardi MRI RealPage Appfolio Intacct NetSuite Blackline AvidXchange Alteryx etc.)
At RSM we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our offer flexibility in your schedule empowering you to balance lifes demands while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; colour; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past current or prospective service in the Canadian uniformed service; Canadian Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable provincial employment legislation.
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership.RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application interview or otherwise participate in the recruiting process please call us at or send us an email at .
At RSM an employees pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including but not limited to education skills work experience certifications location etc. As such pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.
Compensation Range: $86500 - $138500Individualsselected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
