Collaboration fuels our creativity and leads to shared success.
Each team member contributes their unique retail real estate expertise to a project, leading to big opportunities for our clients.
Senior Property Accountant
Retail Specialists is the premier real estate services firm in the South, committed to earning long-term relationships with clients to better serve the communities around us. We treat every asset and client project as if it were our own and provide creative solutions that maximize success in leasing and brokerage, property management, tenant representation, and development.
We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Property Accountant for our client-focused Property Management team. The Senior Property Accountant will be responsible for maintaining accurate books for all assigned properties. Responsibilities include monthly close procedures, property reporting, monthly and annual budgeting, lender financials, construction loan requests, and annual reconciliations, among others.
As our property management platform continues to expand, this role is expected to evolve into a Property Controller/Accounting Manager position, ultimately leading the Property Management Accounting & Finance Department. The ideal candidate is someone who is excited to grow into a leadership role while helping build scalable accounting processes for a growing commercial real estate portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Maintain correct and accurate books for all assigned properties
- Complete monthly closing procedures including bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, ADA calculations, distribution calculations, and other ownership-required accounting procedures
- Work in conjunction with Property Managers to ensure monthly property reports are completed accurately and on time
- Produce monthly budget-to-actual comparisons with variance explanations for assigned properties
- Prepare annual operating budgets for assigned properties
- Track and complete all required lender financial reporting
- Assist with preparing construction loan draw request packages
- Complete annual CAM/operating expense recovery reconciliations and ensure tenants are billed accurately with appropriate supporting documentation
- Coordinate with support staff during property transitions to ensure bank accounts, Yardi setup, and online banking access are properly established
- Assist in developing and improving accounting procedures, internal controls, and reporting processes to support the continued growth of the property management platform
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- 3–5+ years of accounting experience (commercial real estate or property accounting preferred)
- Team player, problem solver, and self-starter
- Strong communication, organizational, and multitasking skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Experience with Yardi preferred
- Demonstrated leadership potential with a desire to grow into an accounting management role
Featured benefits
Medical insurance, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k), Paid maternity leave, Paid paternity leave, Disability insurance
Leasing & Brokerage Associate
Retail Specialists is the premier real estate services firm in the South, committed to earning long-term relationships with clients to better serve the communities around us. We treat every asset and client project as if it were our own, and our focus is on building long-term relationships with our clients to provide creative solutions and to achieve maximum success.
What Sets Us Apart?
Our entrepreneurial mindset and culture of collaboration enable us to tailor our services to create unrealized potential, rewarding opportunities, and viable real estate solutions for our clients. We operate with a uniquely collaborative process that delivers a team-wide depth of expertise that street brokers and siloed mega-firms cannot match. Every team member is encouraged to contribute specialized knowledge, and we are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to achieve their potential.
Our sister company, Retail Strategies, is the nation’s leading municipal advisory firm focused on helping communities across the country attract retail. By fostering those relationships and providing our entrepreneurial approach to projects within those communities, we are able to leverage a nationwide network that no other real estate company can match. In addition, we are able to generate invaluable community-specific data that allows us to help our clients navigate as far into the future as possible.
Position Details
We are currently looking for experienced Leasing and Brokerage Associates to join our client-focused, third-party team in our Birmingham office. The ideal candidate would have established experience and relationships within the industry, a self-starter attitude and a strong work ethic, proven skills in business development to bring in new accounts, and the capacity to work on complex transactions.
This position will report to the Executive Vice President and the individual will be responsible for providing dedicated real estate strategy and account management, partnering closely with property owners, sourcing new landlord relationships, and all transaction-related services to our clients.
Responsibilities
Business Development: Our associates are talented and strategic in acquiring new clients. Although we provide a number of house accounts when applicable, our Leasing & Brokerage Associates are expected to bring in new business and will be supported accordingly.
Client Consulting: We ultimately consider ourselves an extension of our clients’ real estate team and treat every asset as if it were our own. We don’t wait for opportunities to knock, we don’t run from complex projects, and we don’t avoid a crisis.
Collaborative Mindset: We not only encourage collaboration, but we also require it. We know that outcomes are elevated through collaboration and have found that the greatest results come from utilizing the unique backgrounds of our team members.
Company Culture: At Retail Specialists, our culture is paramount to our collective success. We live by our Core Values of being committed, collaborative, respected, and innovative. We believe that our people are our best and most important asset, and we expect our team to show up every day ready to hustle, ready to learn, and eager to contribute to the overall success of the team and company.
Knowledge and Skills Required
- Transaction management experience
- Proven skills in contract review, lease/purchase, and sale negotiations
- Solid understanding of financial and accounting impacts
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Excellent negotiating, communication, collaboration, organizational, planning, and process skills
- Experience working with corporate clients to achieve real estate objectives
- Strong ability to interpret and communicate business intelligence and data analytics
- Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with businesses and clients at a senior level
- Ability to think strategically and act proactively
Education and Experience
- Prefer a bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Real Estate
- A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant real estate experience
- Real estate brokerage or salesperson license required
Retail Specialists is committed to growing our team and our footprint in a way that is smart, strategic, and scalable. Our success depends on all of us, so if you feel this position and this company are a fit for you, let’s talk.
Apply Today
We are looking for real estate professionals in Birmingham, Atlanta, and DFW that are ready to take the next step in their career.