Vice President - Property Accounting

Austin, TX, United States

Vice President - Property Accounting

Department: Financial Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Corporate

Description

*This position is located in Austin, Texas*

The Vice President - Property Accounting will oversee the Property Accounting Department and provide technical and operational leadership across all property accounting functions. This leader will be keenly focused on providing oversight and efficiencies that will help to position American Campus Communities (ACC) for scalability and growth. This position will work closely with internal departments to include, but not limited to: Property Operations, Business Operations, Asset Management, Tax, Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Accounting, etc.

Critical Duties:

Align and drive efficiencies across the property accounting team and the organization to maximize Company performance and pursue achievement of long-term goals, profitability, and growth.

Oversee all aspects of the Company's property accounting functions including, but not limited to: monthly financial close, property-level financial reporting processes for the Company's portfolio of properties, regularly communicating and reporting results to internal leadership and external stakeholders as needed and/or requested, etc.

Ensure the Property Accounting Team follows the Company's internal control and property specific audit processes and reporting and assist department leadership in ensuring internal controls and audit processes are continuously updated to reflect changes in business processes and provide recommendations for improvement.

Serve as the primary point of contact for Property Accounting, and support senior leadership in the implementation of the Company's technology roadmap, to include a Property Leasing & Management System and a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including working with consultants and internal stakeholders to assess current systems and processes, gather and document business requirements and needs, make recommendations related to implementation timelines and processes, and support ongoing robust communication and coordination of needs and deliverables.

Serve as the primary point of contact for Property Accounting in coordinating with senior and executive leadership on large and complex transactions to include, but not limited to: acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures: reviewing legal agreements, providing feedback as it relates to property accounting processes and reporting requirements, advising management and owner representatives on property accounting and due diligence considerations, providing strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the transactions are reflected accurately in the financial statements, etc.

Essential Duties: (Other duties may be assigned)

Support senior leadership in strategic staffing of the Property Accounting Team designed to meet the current and future needs of the organization with a focus on scalability.

Collaborate closely with the Corporate Accounting team to ensure efficient execution of multiple annual external audits.

Support and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across the organization as needed and/or requested to ensure those teams have the information necessary to successfully complete their duties.

Serve as a key leader and stakeholder for the Accounting department in organizational priorities and strategic initiatives that will support the Company's future growth and ability to efficiently scale.

Maintain and utilize strong working knowledge of industry standards and best practices related to accounting systems, processes, reporting practices, etc. to lead day-to-day department operations, provide accounting policy and guidance to all areas of the business, and drive process improvements in line with overall goals and strategic initiatives of the organization.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Carries out supervisor responsibilities, including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Coach, train and develop a team while managing the workflow and prioritization of projects and ensuring on-time execution and completion.

American Campus Communities Culture Commitments

Our people are devoted to a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equality in the workplace and our communities. We are committed to intentionally executing an evolving set of goals specific to inclusion, diversity, and accountability, driven by empathetic leadership and embraced by all.

The core of American Campus culture involves everyone being fully invested in everything that we do down to picking up the smallest piece of trash in the office and around our communities. No matter their position or duration at the organization, everyone picks up trash.

Serve as an American Campus representative and liaison in all interactions.

Certain activities involved in this position may be photographed and/or video and audio recorded for quality control and/or training purposes. Compliance with the Photo, Video and Voice Recording Policy is a condition of employment.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the minimum knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting and/or Finance, and/or 10+ years' experience in accounting and/or financial operations.

3+ years in a leadership role overseeing a large team.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) experience, including performing due diligence and post-close integration.

Experience within the Real Estate sector is preferred.

Certificates/Licenses:

CPA required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Knowledge of:

GAAP and internal control compliance.

Microsoft Office Suite.

MRI or a comparable ERP system.

Skill in:

Financial modeling and forecasting.

Advanced Excel and MS Office Suite

Business analysis.

Effective communication, presentation, and public speaking.

Strategic short- and long-term decision making.

Creative mindset, innovation, and ideation.

Driving initiative and timely work product delivery.

Leading and communicating large-scale initiatives.

Explaining analytic concepts and derived trends, metrics, and/or results.

Problem solving and quantitative reasoning.

Resolving complex problems utilizing a strong analytical approach.

Collaboration with others.

Ability to:

Explain analytic strategic conceptualization and consulting to business unit leaders and stakeholders.

Explain business strategies and concepts to technologists.

Track, prioritize, and drive multiple concurrent projects to success.

Problem solve and analyze data by assimilating new information, understanding complex topics, and arriving at sound analysis and judgement.

Remain detail oriented while multi-tasking across multiple priorities and projects to include personal workload and team workload.

Drive process and change in a dynamic and complex operating environment.

Provide strategic thinking and analysis.

Make decisions effectively and efficiently.

Read, analyze, and interpret business/financial reports.

Gain traction quickly and demonstrate ambition and high energy.

Address common inquiries from business and technical partners.

Build relationships and liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Motivate a team to achieve organizational goals.

Benefits

Dental

Vison

401(k)

Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Sick Leave

Paid Time Off

Paid Maternity Leave

Health Insurance

Short Term & Long Term Disability

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