Controller

Accounting Department Leadership

Camden Homes, LLC is a vertically integrated privately owned company that is in the business of providing housing solutions to the workforce of America. This position is to provide leadership and oversight for the day-to-day operations for the Accounting Department. This position supervises Accounts Payable, General Accounting, Credit Cards, Bank Reconciliations, Financial Reporting, Budget, Franchise and Property taxes and Billing. This position oversees the Accounting Outsource agreement with Prince CPA. Plays a key role in directing the annual external audit. Fills in when the CAO is out of the office.

Responsibilities include:

• Directing the Accounts Payable function.
• Reviewing weekly check run and confirming that payments are properly authorized for payment.
• Reviewing OpEx invoices against budget and approval.
• Working with the Purchasing Dept and Treasury Dept to forecast cash needs and reconcile PO variances.
• Overseeing the reconciliation and payment of Land Development invoices.
• Overseeing the application of accounting standards in recording transactions on the general ledger.
• Reviewing and approving journal entries and providing guidance to staff in recording transactions in accordance with GAAP.
• Overseeing the month end close process ensuring it is accurate and completed by outsourced accounting team in a timely manner.
• Balancing workload among staff making sure deadlines are met.
• Coordinating the annual external audit and audit prep work by outsource firm.
• Reviewing quarter-end accruals calculations. Reviewing job-costing of completed houses. Discussing variances with Purchasing and Construction Teams.
• Responsible for the Financial Statements for Camden and LLC's and any other type of financial reporting provided to internal and external customers including preparation of bank GAAP basis internal financial statements.
• Responsible for the accuracy and relevance of the financial information presented.
• Responsible for coordinating the annual audit.
• Reviewing quarterly compilation prepared by Outsource Accounting Team.
• Responsible for preparation of the annual overhead budget and reporting against actuals.
• Responsible for overseeing tax reporting including 1099's, Franchise Tax, and Property Tax.
• Overseeing the preparation of the Property Tax Schedule, the import of invoices into Sage and calculating the total liability for Cash Management purposes.
• Overseeing the Construction bank account reconciliation.
• Overseeing reconciliation of other GL accounts assigned, ensuring timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Reviewing monthly costing of completed homes.
• Reviewing Budget to Actual Reports on Land Development and Construction projects.
• Reviewing the rollforward of Real Estate inventory.
• Reviewing and approving all payroll including bonuses and commissions, ensuring employees are paid accurately and in a timely manner.
• Reviewing payroll entries and reconciling payroll suspense account.
• Daily Huddles.
• Weekly Dept Meeting with agenda.
• Participating in Inter-department meetings.
• Monthly Goal Sessions.
• Mentoring and training.
• Reviewing audit schedules.
• Managing Audit Support staff.
• Reviewing outsourced services progress billings against engagement letter.
• Reviewing Bank Compliance Reporting.

Requirements include:

• Ability to lead people and get them to work in the best interest of the company.
• Accounting degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to form and lead teams in a cross-functional capacity.
• Good communication skills, proficient with Excel and practical knowledge of Word.
• Experience with SAGE 300 desirable.
• 3 years of homebuilding experience and/or Real Estate accounting desirable.
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing deadlines.
• Ability to participate in the monthly manager's meetings.
• Public Accounting experience in audit strongly desirable.
• Certified Public Accountant license is a must.
• Practical experience with AI tools strongly desirable.