Accounting Manager

Real Capital • Winter Garden, FL

5d • $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Accounting Manager supports day-to-day accounting operations with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and process efficiency. This role assists in managing the month-end close, helps maintain internal controls, and contributes to continuous improvements that support the company’s growth. The position requires a CPA and includes supervisory responsibility over direct reports.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience
• 2+ years in a leadership or supervisory capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Active CPA
• Real estate, property management, or investment fund accounting experience
• Experience with ERP systems such as Dynamics GP, Yardi, or similar
• Strong GAAP knowledge
• Advanced Excel
• Attention to detail necessary

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to GAAP.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany transactions.
• Assist in preparing monthly consolidated financial statements and management reporting packages, including P&L, balance sheet, and variance analyses.
• Ensure financial information is complete and consistent across multiple self-storage locations and corporate entities.
• Manage prepaid amortization schedules and recurring accruals.
• Prepare and review mark-to-market and other technical accounting entries for senior management approval.
• Support and maintain internal control processes to ensure audit readiness and compliance with GAAP.
• Work with senior management to ensure adherence to accounting policies and best practices across all locations.
• Support external audits by preparing schedules, addressing auditor requests, and coordinating responses, as needed.
• Support FP&A by providing data and analysis on monthly and quarterly financial performance, variances, and trends.
• Review and reclassify legal, repair & maintenance, and other operating expenses as needed to ensure accurate reporting.
• Support tax compliance and local regulatory filings in coordination with external advisors.
• Maintaining and posting the Prepaid Other Amortization Schedule and related prepaid amortization entries.
• Preparing and reconciling schedules for Utility Deposits, Escrow Deposits, and Other Deposits.
• Managing Financing Cost and Loan Cost roll forward schedules and ensuring amortization is properly posted.
• Preparing the Accrued Interest Schedule for external loans and posting related principal and interest activity.
• Maintaining and reconciling the Notes Payable Schedule (Internal), Loan Payable Schedule (External), and SS Mortgages Schedule (including contras).
• Responsible for Interest Rate Cap and Nuveen & QR Core MTM Debt related journal entries.
• Posting Fund Loan and Store Loan Principal & Interest activity.
• Preparing and updating the Swap Contract Schedule and ensuring related mark-to-market entries are posted.
• Collecting and reconciling all loan statements as part of the close process.
• Posting all recurring journal entries in accordance with established schedules.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits – including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k) retirement plans.
• Work-Life Balance Support – paid time off, holidays, sick leave, parental leave, and other forms of protected leave across our companies.
• Wellness & Lifestyle Perks – employer-funded Lifestyle Spending Account, Employee Assistance Program, and access to voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, and critical illness coverage.
• Growth & Opportunity – a culture of training, development, and internal promotion, with clear pathways for career advancement!
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager