Manager, Accounting

AMH • Calabasas, CA

41d • $130,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Since 2012, we've grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work®. At AMH, our goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support, so our residents can focus on what really matters to them, wherever they are in life. The Manager of Accounting is responsible for overseeing day-to-day accounting and the overall quality of the financial statement, providing senior level support for the management team. financial reporting, including audited reports for private funds and related entities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Minimum of five plus (5+) years of accounting experience required.
• Experience with a public company and/or in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven success in a managerial role.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels, including the accounting team, HQ/field personnel, senior management, lenders, investment partners, third-party vendors, etc.
• Proficiency in business-related software: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Competence in reading and analyzing joint venture, contract, and lease agreements.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the flexibility to handle a wide variety of assignments under deadline pressure.
• Initiative to propose and implement new processes.

Nice To Haves

• Joint Venture accounting experience preferred.
• CPA preferred.
• Experience with the Yardi accounting system preferred.
• Experience in database compilation and extraction preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily accounting for operational and corporate areas, including preparation and review of journal entries, department planning, scheduling, and reconciling general ledger accounts to sub-ledgers/supporting schedules.
• Analyze portfolio or market-level income statements and balance sheet monthly trends, providing executive summary fluctuation explanations and support.
• Ensure timely completion and accuracy of general ledgers.
• Establish and support standard practices and procedures for record-keeping and reporting to ensure compliance with internal and GAAP standards.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls in compliance with SOX.
• Assist with research on technical accounting matters such as consolidation accounting, lease accounting, project cost accounting, credit loss accounting, and JV accounting, ensuring current and proposed accounting treatments align with GAAP.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly Accounting Reporting packages for executive management review.
• Provide financial reporting support for the preparation of the Company’s 10Q/10K SEC filings and quarterly Supplemental reporting.
• Collaborate with other departments/regional teams to provide accounting support, including portfolio or market-level financial performance analyses, property-level transactions, and ad-hoc requests.
• Prepare monthly JV partner reporting packages, including stand-alone audited financial statements, statements of cash flows, analytics, fluctuation analysis, operational overviews, and executive summaries.
• Act as a liaison between AMH and Joint Venture Partners to meet monthly and quarterly requirements and maintain partnership relationships, including prompt responses to financial statement inquiries, operational inquiries, and ad-hoc requests.
• Manage internal and external audit requests.
• Participate in special projects such as process improvements, department goals and initiatives, risk management analysis, and other ad-hoc projects.

Benefits

• Employees also have the opportunity to participate in medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts; dependent savings accounts; 401(k) with company matching contributions; employee stock purchase plan; and a tuition reimbursement program.
• The Company provides 9 paid holidays per year, and, upon hire, new employees will accrue paid time off (PTO) at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year.
• This position is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus.
• This position is eligible to receive discretionary stock.

What This Job Offers

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