Accounting & Transition Manager

Kidder Mathews has been a leader in the commercial real estate industry for nearly 60 years, fostering an innovative and dynamic work culture with more than 100 "best workplace" awards. Now the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S., Kidder Mathews has over 900 professionals across 19 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. We offer a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, asset services, consulting, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. The firm averages $9 billion in transaction volume, manages more than 54 million square feet of space, and conducts 2,700 appraisal, consulting, and cost segregation assignments annually.Job SummaryIn partnership with the Assistant Controller, the Accounting & Transition Manager will lead a team that fulfills the financial and reporting requirements of Kidder Mathews’ property management clients. The Accounting & Transition Manager will ensure a high level of accuracy and professionalism regarding all portfolio financial requirements as specified by the property management agreement. In addition, this position will work with new and existing clients, property management teams, and the property accounting team to onboard and offboard properties in an accurate and timely manner. The Accounting & Transition Manager provides leadership, mentorship, coaching and direction to the designated accounting team, ensuring standardized practices and protocols and enhancing quality control and oversight.Essential FunctionsManage and lead a team of Accounting Associates, Associate Property Accountants, Property Accountants and Sr. Property Accountants including recruitment, onboarding, supervision, scheduling, training, development, evaluation, and disciplinary action of employees Manage client lifecycle processes including onboarding and off boarding of clients. Be focal point to ensure all activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner including liaison with all internal and external clientsMaintain Avid, Clickpay, and other applications that support the property accounting function, including ensuring file master data creation and changes are conducted in an accurate and timely mannerEnsure all file imports and exports that support the accounting function are conducted in an accurate and timely mannerProvide coaching, direction and leadership to employees in order to achieve company and client resultsManage new accounting, operations and other initiatives, including new process development, implementation and monitoringManage and maintain the integrity of tenant data in property management accounting systemEnsure accuracy and approve timecards and time off requests for direct reportsPromote and maintain a positive working environment in alignment with Kidder Mathews values Other FunctionsPerform other duties or projects as requested or requiredEssential Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the competencies (minimum knowledge, skill, and ability) required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.EducationBA/BS in Accounting or a combination of education and experience EXPERIENCe REQUIRED7+ years accounting experience with 3+ years in the property management industry Proficiency with property management accounting systems (MRI, Yardi, Avid, Kardin, ClickPay, etc.)Skills and AbilityStrong knowledge of accounting processes and proceduresDemonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision and lead by example Strong computer skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) Professional communication and organizational skills. Ability to provide excellent customer service and build relationships with clients, vendors and internal partnersProfessional level of confidentiality in handling employee informationAccurate, attentive, detail oriented, with strong analytical skillsDemonstrated ability to function in a team environment and proactively problem solve Ability to work outside of normal office hours to meet various deadlinesAbility to prioritize and organize workload in order to meet daily, weekly and monthly deadlinesDemonstrated initiative and trouble shooting skillsDemonstrated ability to follow through and complete tasksWillingness and demonstration of professional development and continual learningWork EnvironmentThis is a standard office environment with standard office noise like talking, office equipment, etc.Physical DemandsWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is often active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching. The employee must sometimes lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds. The employee must frequently sit and use a computer for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities are required to do this job including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.Supervisory ResponsibilitiesHas supervisory responsibilities for potentially up to 5 direct and/or indirect reports.Kidder Mathews is an equal opportunity employer does not discriminate based on race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Kidder Mathews will accommodate candidates with disabilities to complete this application. Please contact recruiting@kiddermathews.com if you need an accommodation. 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