Property Accountant

About the role

Join a fast-growing enterprise AI SaaS company that develops artificial intelligence solutions to automate workflows for the multifamily housing industry. Their technology helps property management teams streamline leasing, resident communications, and accounting operations through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on complex multifamily accounting scenarios, including rent, concessions, security deposits and refunds, housing subsidies (HAP), delinquencies, utilities, move-ins/move-outs, and month-end close processes.
• Translate real-world accounting workflows into clear business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Review and validate accounting calculations, including prorations, allocations, adjustments, and charge/credit logic to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) by creating representative test cases, partnering with accounting stakeholders, and validating that outputs reconcile to expected results.
• Establish consistent accounting standards, terminology, and workflow documentation to support accounting teams and property operations.
• Identify recurring accounting patterns and edge cases to develop best practices, reference materials, and scalable process improvements.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to ensure accounting functionality meets business and client needs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in multifamily property accounting, corporate accounting, or controllership within a property management company, owner-operator, or REIT.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger and subledger accounting, resident ledgers, security deposits, reconciliations, and month-end close processes.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and multifamily accounting practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across accounting, operations, leasing, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Able to work onsite 4-5 days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a software or SaaS environment.
• Familiarity with leading multifamily property management and accounting systems.
• Experience with accounting automation, AI-enabled workflows, or process improvement initiatives.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with accounting systems and processes.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$120,000- 140,000 plus equity.

Schedule

Onsite in NYC, 4-5 days per week.