Manager, Accounting

Since 2012, we've grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work®. At AMH, our goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support, so our residents can focus on what really matters to them, wherever they are in life.

Manager of Accounting is responsible for overseeing day-to-day accounting and the overall quality of the financial statement, providing senior level support for the management team in financial reporting, including audited reports for private funds and related entities.

• Oversee daily accounting for operational and corporate areas, including preparation and review of journal entries, department planning, scheduling, and reconciling general ledger accounts to sub-ledgers/supporting schedules.
• Analyze portfolio or market-level income statements and balance sheet monthly trends, providing executive summary fluctuation explanations and support.
• Ensure timely completion and accuracy of general ledgers.
• Establish and support standard practices and procedures for record-keeping and reporting to ensure compliance with internal and GAAP standards.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls in compliance with SOX.
• Assist with research on technical accounting matters such as consolidation accounting, lease accounting, project cost accounting, credit loss accounting, and JV accounting, ensuring current and proposed accounting treatments align with GAAP.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly Accounting Reporting packages for executive management review.
• Provide financial reporting support for the preparation of the Company’s 10Q/10K SEC filings and quarterly Supplemental reporting.
• Collaborate with other departments/regional teams to provide accounting support, including portfolio or market-level financial performance analyses, property-level transactions, and ad-hoc requests.
• Prepare monthly JV partner reporting packages, including stand-alone audited financial statements, statements of cash flows, analytics, fluctuation analysis, operational overviews, and executive summaries.
• Act as a liaison between AMH and Joint Venture Partners to meet monthly and quarterly requirements and maintain partnership relationships, including prompt responses to financial statement inquiries, operational inquiries, and ad-hoc requests.
• Manage internal and external audit requests.
• Participate in special projects such as process improvements, department goals and initiatives, risk management analysis, and other ad-hoc projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Minimum of five plus (5+) years of accounting experience required.
• Joint Venture accounting experience preferred.
• Experience with a public company and/or in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven success in a managerial role.
• CPA preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels, including the accounting team, HQ/field personnel, senior management, lenders, investment partners, third-party vendors, etc.
• Proficiency in business-related software:
  Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Experience with the Yardi accounting system preferred.
• Experience in database compilation and extraction preferred.
• Competence in reading and analyzing joint venture, contract, and lease agreements.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the flexibility to handle a wide variety of assignments under deadline pressure.
• Initiative to propose and implement new processes.

The anticipated pay range/scale for this position is $ - $. Actual starting base pay within this range will depend on factors including geographic location, education, training, skills, and relevant experience.

This position is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus.

This position is eligible to receive discretionary stock.

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts; dependent…