Accounting Manager

Overview

AIR Communities is one of the country's largest owners and operators of multifamily housing, managing high-quality communities across the country. At AIR, we value integrity, respect, collaboration, customer focus, and performance. These values are brought to life by our teammates, who are ultimately responsible for our success. When you join our team, you'll work alongside the most dedicated professionals in the industry and open the door to unlimited career opportunities.

We seek motivated professionals who excel in customer service and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. If you're inclined towards more challenging tasks and aspire to exceed expectations, our environment may align better with your ambitions, join us!

Where You Will Work:

Our corporate office is located in the Denver Tech Center
. Our office spans the top two floors of the building and features expansive views of the mountains and the downtown skyline.

AIR values relationships and the benefits from working side by side with teammates; therefore this position will be in-office 5 days a week to support the team.

The Accounting Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day accounting operations for AIR’s property management system. This role provides operational oversight, technical accounting leadership, and people management for a team of accountants supporting a large multifamily property management platform and its affiliation with a publicly traded REIT.

The Accounting Manager owns the monthly close process, internal and external reporting, variance analysis, and problem resolution for their assigned area, while serving as a cross-functional thought partner to business, finance, and operational stakeholders. This role requires a high degree of judgment, organizational skill, and the ability to manage complexity in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Accounting Managers are expected to be strong people leaders who develop talent, drive accountability, and continuously improve processes, controls, and outcomes.

• Lead and oversee the day-to-day accounting for AIR’s property management system (Entrata). Act as subject matter expert on the property management system and as a cross-functional partner to AIR’s operations team in both the onboarding of new properties to AIR’s management platform and property dispositions.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles.
• Analyze financial results and communicate insights.
• Prepare and review financial statements/results and reconciliations.
• Resolve complex accounting issues using GAAP.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
• Partner with auditors and support audits.
• Maintain and improve internal SOX controls.
• Support external and regulatory reporting.

• Act as a trusted accounting and finance partner.
• Provide accounting guidance on business initiatives.
• Balance competing priorities.

• Drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Lead system and process improvements.
• Proactively identify risks and issues.

• Manage, develop, and coach a team of accountants.
• Set goals, provide real-time feedback, and hold accountability.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing environment.

Education, Experience and Qualifications
:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Real estate, REIT, or property management experience preferred.
• CPA preferred.

• Strong GAAP knowledge.
• Analytical and decision-making skills.
• Detail-oriented with strategic perspective.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Experience supervising associate-level employees.

This is an in-office position.

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 topped off with:

• Expected base salary of…