[Remote] Accounting Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Handsome Homebuyer is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead its accounting function and partner with the VP of Finance. The role owns the general ledger and month-end close, strengthens accounting processes and controls, supervises the A/P Specialist, and transitions recurring work from an outsourced provider to an internal model.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close across multiple legal entities and QBO instances, with a goal of delivering a controlled financial package by business day five
• Own general-ledger integrity, including account reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, debt, cash, revenue recognition, WIP, intercompany activity, allocations, and consolidation support
• Prepare and review journal entries, account analyses, roll forwards, and supporting schedules; ensure every material balance has complete and auditable support
• Build and maintain the close calendar, checklist, preparer/reviewer assignments, daily issue log, and escalation process
• Supervise, coach, and cross-train the A/P Specialist; establish priorities, review work quality, and create reliable backup coverage
• Administer disciplined procure-to-pay controls, including vendor setup, invoice coding, approval evidence, payment-batch review, duplicate-payment prevention, and vendor bank-change verification
• Prepare bank and credit-card reconciliations independently from employees who process deposits or payments; investigate unusual or stale reconciling items
• Reconcile property-management activity, tenant receipts, receivables, deposits, and the general ledger by property and legal entity
• Maintain and reconcile intercompany balances across the organization; ensure both sides are recorded in the same period and support elimination entries
• Maintain debt, investor obligation, notes-receivable, fixed-asset, insurance, property-tax, and entity-compliance schedules
• Support project and renovation accounting through job-cost, committed-cost, change-order, WIP, capitalization, and margin-at-completion reviews
• Review payroll registers and approved employee changes; coordinate accurate payroll entries and funding while preserving access segregation
• Develop documented accounting policies, standard operating procedures, reconciliation standards, and evidence-retention practices
• Execute and test internal controls; maintain the control exception register and drive timely remediation
• Partner with the VP of Finance on monthly financial packages, variance analysis, audit/tax support, forecasts, KPI reporting, and leadership requests
• Lead knowledge transfer, shadowing, reverse-shadowing, and ownership transition from the outsourced accounting provider

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered
• At least five years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful ownership of month-end close and balance-sheet reconciliations
• Prior experience supervising or reviewing the work of accounting staff
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and practical accounting controls
• Hands-on QuickBooks Online experience
• Demonstrated ability to reconcile cash, debt, intercompany accounts, fixed assets, accruals, and complex balance-sheet activity
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort organizing data from multiple operational sources
• Strong written documentation, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to work in a changing environment, prioritize material risks, and build sustainable processes without losing attention to detail
• Experience working across multiple entities or company files is strongly preferred
• Real estate investment, property management, construction/project accounting, private lending, brokerage, or another multi-entity operating environment
• Job-cost and WIP accounting, property-level reporting, investor or debt schedules, consolidation/elimination support, and accounting-function insourcing
• CPA or CPA-track experience is valued but not required

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage, and 401(k)
• Generous 4 weeks of paid time off
• Company-paid holidays
• Homebuyers Assistance Program
• Career growth, professional development, and learning opportunities
• Fully remote position

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