Senior Accountant - Atlanta Perimeter

Senior Accountant — Family-Owned Real Estate Firm
Atlanta Perimeter Area

Make a visible impact as the sole accounting professional supporting a well-established and growing commercial real estate firm. You’ll work directly with the owners, manage hands-on accounting across multiple entities, and help bring structure to budgeting, forecasting, and reporting as the company continues to expand.

Why this role is compelling

• High visibility working directly with the owners; your work directly supports decision making

• Small, family-style culture where everyone knows each other and treats each other with respect

• Opportunity to improve processes and help build out the accounting function

Key Responsibilities

Core Accounting

• Manage month-end and quarter-end close, including journal entries and reconciliations

• Prepare accurate financial statements for multiple entities

• Handle AP, AR, cash receipts, deposits, and bank reconciliations

• Record rent receipts, issue late notices, and monitor tenant payments

• Manage vendor relationships, credit card tracking, and general accounting administration

• Communicate with CPAs, banks, insurance providers, and other partners

Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reporting

• Build and maintain budgets and forecasts (training available if you understand the concepts)

• Prepare reporting for investors and banking partners

• Pull relevant terms from leases and purchase agreements to support reporting and analysis

Process Improvement

• Bring structure, organization, and consistency across multiple companies

• Use Quick Books and Excel to streamline workflows and improve reporting

• Serve as the central accounting resource so brokers can focus on brokerage and development work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience; real estate or property management experience is required

• Strong, recent experience with Quick Books

• Solid Excel skills

• Comfortable with AP/AR, bank reconciliations, journal entries, cash management, and close processes

• Ability to interpret leases and agreements at a practical level

• Education in Accounting or Finance preferred, but open to business backgrounds with deep accounting experience

Personal Traits

• Highly organized, methodical, and dependable

• Hardworking and diligent

• Friendly and easy to work with, yet able to keep to yourself as needed

• Appreciates a small, flexible, close‑knit environment

Work Model


• On-site to start

• Hybrid flexibility may be considered once established

• Minimal to no travel

Compensation and Benefits


• Base salary: $70,000–$95,000

• Annual bonuses and raises based on performance

• Profit sharing

• 401(k)

• Health insurance reimbursement