Senior Director of Accounting

Senior Director of Accounting

AIR Communities is one of the country's largest owners and operators of multifamily housing, managing high-quality apartment communities across the United States. Our corporate teams support a national operating platform and work together with integrity, respect, collaboration, customer focus, and performance.

This role is based at AIR's corporate office in the Denver Tech Center. Because AIR values collaboration and real-time partnership across Accounting, Finance, Operations, and leadership, this position is in-office five days per week.

Senior Director of Accounting

Denver Tech Center | Corporate Accounting Leadership | Public Company Reporting | GAAP, SOX, SEC Reporting | CPA Preferred

AIR Communities is seeking an ascending accounting leader with strong technical depth, public-company discipline, and the leadership presence to help scale a complex, high-performing finance organization.

This is a highly visible opportunity for a CPA-level accounting professional who has progressed through increasing leadership scope and wants to lead teams, strengthen controls, modernize accounting operations, and influence business decisions in a large, fast-paced environment.

What You Will Own

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing accounting team, including leaders and technical accounting professionals.
• Oversee critical close, reporting, accounting operations, reconciliations, financial analysis, controls, and audit-readiness activities.
• Apply U.S. GAAP expertise to complex transactions, estimates, judgments, contracts, and reporting conclusions.
• Support SOX compliance, internal controls, accounting policy documentation, and consistent financial governance.
• Partner with FP&A, Property Operations, Tax, Investor Relations, Internal Audit, Legal, Treasury, and executive leadership to align accounting outcomes with business priorities.
• Lead process improvement, automation, system enhancement, and transformation initiatives that improve quality, speed, consistency, and scalability.

Why Join AIR

• At AIR, Accounting is a strategic partner to the business. You will lead meaningful work, develop strong teams, influence how processes scale, and help support a national portfolio during a period of growth. AIR offers competitive total rewards and a workplace culture centered on integrity, respect, collaboration, customer focus, and performance.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership of complex accounting, close, reporting, controls, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong U.S. GAAP technical accounting foundation with the ability to research, document, and communicate conclusions clearly.
• Experience in a large public company, REIT, real estate, property management, financial services, or similarly complex environment.
• Demonstrated executive presence, business partnership, team leadership, and ability to influence finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Track record of stable, progressive career growth with increasing scope, leadership responsibility, and measurable impact.

Preferred Experience

• Big 4 public accounting experience, preferably including audit, technical accounting, SEC reporting, public company clients, or real estate/REIT exposure.
• SEC reporting, external reporting, disclosure support, earnings materials, audit committee materials, or public company reporting calendar experience.
• Experience modernizing accounting operations through automation, workflow redesign, system optimization, data quality improvements, or AI-enabled process enhancements.

Compensation and Benefits

AIR offers attractive total compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance at the individual, team, and company levels. We start with a competitive base salary and add bonus opportunities and benefit choices designed to support your health, financial well-being, professional growth, and community involvement.

• Expected base salary: $190,000–$220,000. You will be provided a pay rate that is in line with your skills and experience as they relate to the requirements of the job.
• Annual bonus opportunity: Base salary plus 30% annual bonus.
• Housing benefit: 25% rent discount available.
• Health and wellness: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options available; HSA with company-sponsored contributions; and FSA options, including traditional and dependent care FSA.
• Income protection: Company-paid short- and long-term disability.
• Retirement: 401(k) plus company contributions.
• Paid time off: Paid vacation, 14 paid holidays, and paid sick time.
• Education support: Tuition Assistance Program.
• Additional benefits: Commuter benefits, pet insurance, consumer discounts, community give-back time, career development programs, and up to 100% reimbursement on job-related professional certification or licensing.
• Family support: Paid parental leave of up to 16…