Accounting Lead

AP/AR Accountant | Accrue Partners The  Tone:

This is a full-time role at Accrue Partners, located in Charlotte, NC, with a hybrid work model requiring regular in-office collaboration at the company’s South Charlotte headquarters. Accrue Partners is a Charlotte-based industrial real estate developer managing an active portfolio across acquisition, redevelopment, and leasing throughout the Carolinas and beyond. The company is currently in an active growth phase, expanding its portfolio through strategic acquisitions and focusing on professionalizing its back-office operations to support long-term scalability.

This AP/AR Accountant position is a high-visibility accounting role where your work will directly influence ownership-level decisions. It serves as the primary point of contact for all Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, playing a critical part in helping to improve financial processes and providing accurate reporting that supports the organization’s long-term financial stewardship. The role offers the unique opportunity to build and improve accounting infrastructure, controls, and reporting processes as the business scales, acting as a hands-on and strategic financial partner rather than just a back-office processor.

The culture is operators-first, valuing individuals who can bring structure to ambiguous processes efficiently.

• Role:
  Full Time
• Type:
  Full Time
• Location:
  
  Hybrid, Charlotte, NC
• Team:
  Small, tight-knit leadership team with direct access to senior leadership (COO, Fractional CFO, Director of Business Operations); partners closely with the Assistant Controller.
• Mission:
  Own all Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, contributing to improved financial processes and providing accurate reporting essential for the organization’s long-term financial stewardship and growth.
• Tech Stack:

• Manage:
  Serve as the primary point of contact for all Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions within the organization.
• Support:
  Partner closely with the Assistant Controller to aid in month-end close activities, financial reconciliations, external audits, and ongoing financial operations.
• Improve:
  Drive enhancements in financial processes and deliver precise financial reporting to support the organization’s long-term financial health and stewardship.
• Build:
  Develop and refine the existing accounting infrastructure, internal controls, and reporting processes to effectively scale with the business’s growth.
• Partner:
  Engage as a hands-on and strategic financial partner to the business, contributing beyond typical back-office processing to influence key decisions.

• Background:
  An accounting professional with demonstrated expertise in AP/AR functions, seeking a high-visibility leadership role. Must be able to operate as a strategic financial partner, bringing structure to ambiguous processes without over complicating them.
• Experience:
  
  Demonstrated experience managing comprehensive Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable responsibilities. Proven track record of actively contributing to the improvement of financial processes, controls, and reporting in a growing environment.
• Skills:
  
  Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable management, Financial operations support (including month-end close, reconciliations, and audits), Financial process improvement, Accurate financial reporting, Ability to structure ambiguous processes.