Senior Accountant

About the Opportunity

Our client, a well-established commercial real estate services firm, is growing its third-party property accounting team and adding institutional clients. They are hiring a Senior Property Accountant to join a collaborative team of 9–12 accountants in Glen Allen, VA.

For the first 90 days, this position will be fully onsite for training and onboarding, and will then move to 4 days onsite.

Why This Role

• Growth: The firm is actively adding institutional clients, so you will work on larger, more complex portfolios.
• Promotion from within: There is a clear ladder and a recent track record of people moving up it.
• Real training: You spend your first 90 days onsite for hands-on training and mentorship, then move to work from home on Fridays.
• Résumé value: You will get institutional exposure at a global brand.
• Strong benefits: Robust benefits package, 401(k) match, annual bonus, and ESOP participation.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for commercial and multifamily properties
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations, including master accounts, and research and resolve reconciling items
• Reconcile mortgage escrow accounts and balance sheet accounts
• Prepare journal entries, including accruals, depreciation, and amortization
• Record transactions from closing statements
• Calculate owner distributions and validate monthly management fee calculations
• Monitor cash flow and accounts payable
• Build and update short- and long-term cash forecasts to support liquidity analysis and distribution planning
• Support onboarding of new properties, including recording prior-manager activity and monitoring utility, mortgage, and other sensitive vendors
• Assist owners with year-end audit and tax reporting
• Respond to questions and information requests from owners and asset managers
• Partner with the property management and accounting teams, recommend process improvements, and support special projects

Who Should Apply

We welcome applicants from several backgrounds. If you have 3+ years of accounting experience and come from one of the following, we want to hear from you:

• Third-party property accountants at other full-service commercial real estate firms, especially those who support institutional or fund-owned portfolios
• Owner/operator and developer accountants with experience in straight-line rent, lease administration, and acquisitions accounting
• Public accounting professionals (senior associate level) with real estate audit experience, including straight-line rent, ASC 842, and purchase price allocation, who are ready to step away from busy season
• Fund and investment accountants who understand how property-level results roll up into funds and pension investors
• Corporate GAAP accountants outside real estate with strong ASC 842 experience at multi-site or lease-heavy companies, such as retail, distribution, or restaurant organizations

Other Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA preferred
• 3+ years of accounting experience with strong GAAP reporting, bank reconciliations, and journal entries
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial planning or cash forecasting
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly with owners and asset managers
• MRI or Yardi experience is a plus