Senior Director of Accounting (Property Management)

This role is based in Tempe, AZ.

About the role

We’re hiring a Vice President/Sr Director of Accounting for a large, privately held organization. This is a senior leadership role overseeing a sizable accounting function with responsibility for high-volume financial reporting, team leadership, KPI management, dashboard creation, and process improvement. The ideal candidate has experience leading Controllers or Accounting Managers, reviewing financials across a large number of entities/accounts, and building the metrics and reporting needed to manage a complex accounting operation.

Why join us?

• Privately held, national organization with a long track record of growth and stability
• Senior leadership role overseeing a large, established accounting function
• Strong internal advancement and leadership development
• High visibility across executive leadership, operations, technology, and external partners
• Opportunity to improve processes, automation, reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and team structure
• Stable recurring-revenue business model

Responsibilities

• Lead a large accounting and financial reporting team through Controllers, Accounting Managers, and Staff Accountants
• Oversee and review high-volume monthly financial reporting across a large portfolio of separate entities/accounts
• Review financial statements for accuracy, consistency, trends, and potential accounting issues
• Develop, manage, and continuously improve department KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting
• Build visibility into close timelines, financial statement completion, team productivity, portfolio workload, capacity, and quality metrics
• Use reporting and data to identify bottlenecks, workload imbalances, training needs, and process gaps
• Hold accounting leaders accountable to established KPIs, deadlines, and service levels
• Serve as a senior technical resource for complex accounting and financial reporting matters
• Take ownership of challenging accounts and develop plans to resolve historical or ongoing accounting issues
• Oversee accounting transitions and onboarding related to new business and organizational growth
• Partner with external CPA firms on audits, reviews, compilations, and tax matters
• Work closely with operations and external stakeholders on financial reporting, banking, cash management, and accounting matters
• Lead process improvement, standardization, automation, and reporting initiatives
• Partner with technology teams to improve accounting systems, data visibility, dashboards, and workflows

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• 5+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience
• Experience leading a large accounting team, ideally through Controllers, Accounting Managers, or other accounting leaders
• Experience overseeing financial reporting across multiple entities, accounts, properties, or portfolios
• Strong background reviewing large volumes of monthly financial statements
• Demonstrated experience creating and managing KPIs, dashboards, performance metrics, and operational reporting
• Ability to use data to manage team capacity, workloads, deadlines, productivity, and financial reporting quality
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, month-end close, reconciliations, and internal controls
• Experience in a high-volume, multi-entity, portfolio, property, real estate, shared-services, or client accounting environment
• Proven success improving accounting processes, workflows, reporting, and automation
• Advanced Excel skills; Power Query, macros, dashboard/reporting automation, and large-data-set experience strongly preferred
• Strong communication and people-leadership skills with the ability to work across accounting, operations, senior leadership, and external partners
• CPA preferred, but not required

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), paid holidays, life, and disability coverage

Pay

$125,000 - $155,000 per year