Accounting Manager

Job Description:

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing the financial reporting and analysis for a portfolio of multi-family properties, ensuring accuracy and consistency in monthly results. In addition to core accounting duties, the Accounting Manager plays a key role in department-wide projects that aim to streamline operations, centralize accounting services, and introduce process improvements through technology and innovation. This position involves working with a team of accountants, frequent collaboration with other departments and levels within ZRS as well as various outside constituents.
The Accounting Manager reports to the Controller.

DUTIES and SPECIFICATIONS:
The Accounting Manager's primary responsibilities shall include but are not limited to:

• Oversee and review bank reconciliations prepared by Accountants for assigned properties.
• Review monthly financial statements and provide comments or revisions prior to finalization.
• Manage cash functions including wire release/approval (within delegated limits), Positive Pay release, and check signing authorization.
• Oversee critical payments such as owner distributions, real estate taxes, insurance, and mortgage payments, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Assist Regional Managers (RMs) and Accountants with forecasting, distribution calculations, and sale closing pro-rations.
• Support audits by preparing schedules and responding to auditor inquiries.
• Lead departmental projects aimed at improving accounting workflows using automation, AI, and other efficiency tools.
• Research and recommend software and tools to enhance accounting processes, enabling informed decision-making by leadership.
• Create and manage project plans, assign tasks, set deadlines, and ensure adherence to timelines and budgets.
• Develop tools to track KPIs, project statuses, and other operational data for leadership reporting and analysis.
• Assist with system troubleshooting, error resolution in reporting, and responding to internal or client concerns.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to accounting staff; manage team members when applicable.
• Support onboarding and offboarding of property assets from an accounting perspective.
• Interact with clients during new property setup to ensure alignment with accounting standards and practices.
• Create training materials and curriculum to educate accounting staff and site/regional team members on key accounting processes and tools.
• Ad hoc projects and tasks as needed