Accounting Manager - Frank Gay Residential

Overview:

We are looking for an Accounting Manager. The Accounting Manager will be a critical team member and early employee, participating in building a highly scalable, best-in-class finance organization as a key partner with the Apex Regional Controller. He / she will help drive the ethos for how the financial and accounting operations and organization runs and interacts with the operating businesses.

The Accounting Manager must have superior organization and communication skills, while maintaining strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment. This individual will help manage the Regional Platform accounting functions, such as implementation of Apex and GAAP accounting policies, Platform-level consolidations where applicable, accounting for M&A activity, accounts payable, payroll, month end close. This position will also be highly involved in leading the year-end audit process for the Regional Platform. This opportunity offers high visibility in a rapidly growing company and the successful candidate must show great initiative and work with limited supervision.

This role will report directly to the Apex Regional Controller and work closely as a key partner with the wider accounting team at the Regional Platform.

Responsibilities:

• Provide accounting management and oversight to the Regional Platform and serves as key partner with Regional accounting team
• Works with other members of the Regional and Apex accounting teams to ensure financial reporting is automated, 98% accurate, and audit ready
• Helps ensures cash is managed appropriately with the proper internal controls
• Implement robust monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes
• Reconcile and analyze general ledger accounts and bank statements
• Coordinate with the Apex Accounting Team and external auditors to ensure successful engagement and on-time delivery of audited financial statements and tax audits
• Oversee monthly consolidation schedules, journal entries, and reconciliations
• Document and monitor internal controls in support of audit team
• Assist as needed with comprehensive annual budget planning
• Support team with key strategic initiatives
• Prepare presentations as necessary summarizing key findings of analyses and projects
• Lead a broad range of ad-hoc projects focused on improving reporting quality
• Assist with the integration of acquisitions into our accounting and financial systems
• Contribute to team culture and effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Requirement:

• 5+ years of prior accounting experience (public accounting preferred)
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP accounting
• CPA license preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, master’s degree a plus
• Experience with Sage Intacct and accounting ERP implementations a plus
• Experience preparing financial statements, robust disclosures, etc.
• Strong ability to communicate accounting and financial information into common language
• Extreme formatting, organization and priority setting skills
• Strong accounting experience and demonstrated ability to lead / drive processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and teamwork
• Interest in joining a well-capitalized entrepreneurial team
• Positive attitude, team player
• Highly motivated, comfortable working independently
• High energy, ownership of work product and dedication to driving results
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Personal Characteristics:

• Analytical – finds meaning and action in numbers, and is data-driven
• Excellent communicator – written and oral
• Stellar time management and organizational skills
• Resourceful – figures out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Works collaboratively and energetically
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, and respectful of others
• Ability to create and execute on processes for professionalizing family-owned businesses using best practices
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development

Benefits:

• • Health, denta, vision, prescription, Life
  • 401K with Match
  • Paid Time off
  • Paid holiday

Experience:

• 1-3 years of prior accounting experience (public accounting preferred) 
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field 
• Ability to communicate accounting and financial information into common language 
• CPA license a plus
• Experience with Sage Intacct and accounting ERP implementations a plus 
• Extreme formatting, organization and priority setting skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and teamwork 

Personal Characteristics:

• Analytical – finds meaning and action in numbers, and is data-driven 
• Excellent communicator – written and oral 
• Stellar time management and organizational skills
• Resourceful – figures out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Works collaboratively and energetically
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, and respectful of others
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development

Responsibilities:

Working closely with the sub-region Controller the Accountant will play a key role in ensuring accurate and auditable financial statements.   Job responsibilities include:

• Post cash activity weekly – working with sub-region Controller as needed to ensure transactions are coded correctly
• Monitor customer accounts receivable balances and collection efforts
• Prepare and post monthly entries as part of month end close. 
• Master the use of FloQast - ensure an accurate and timely month-end and year-end close process, prepare balance sheet reconciliations and account analysis    
• Assist with providing external auditors all requested materials, in conjunction with the Accounting Manager  
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies and implement streamlined procedures where possible
• Execute the individual and team goals that support strategic and operational initiatives