Accounting Manager - Asset Management / Property Management

Overview

The Accounting Manager – Asset Management / Property Management supports Gilbane Development’s portfolio by serving as a critical link between Accounting and Asset Management, with primary responsibility for financial accuracy, asset-level analytics, and reporting integrity. The role supports primarily affordable housing assets, with exposure to commercial assets. This role ensures that property-level financial results are accurate, consistent, and analytically sound, and that accounting outputs are translated into meaningful insights for Asset Management decision-making. The Analyst plays a key role in month-end close coordination, asset-level performance analysis, budgeting and forecasting support, and internal, lender, and investor reporting.

Responsibilities

• Reviews monthly financial statements for accuracy and consistency with operational activity
• Supports accrual analysis and reclasses in coordination with property management accountants
• Serves as the primary liaison between Accounting and Asset Management during close cycles
• Supports preparation of month-end and quarter-end financial reporting for internal management, lenders, and investors
• Ensures consistency across RealPage (or comparable systems), the general ledger, and reporting outputs
• Supports financial tracking and reporting for affordable housing assets including LIHTC, HUD, and Section 8 portfolios
• Analyzes asset and portfolio-level performance, including drivers of NOI (revenue & expenses), leasing activity, occupancy, and capital expenditures
• Partners closely with Asset Managers to evaluate monthly property performance and identify trends, risks, and performance drivers
• Conducts monthly variance analysis (actual vs. prior period and budget) and summarize key observations for Asset Management
• Reviews and interprets rent rolls, lease data (affordable and commercial), collections, and concession activity
• Confirms alignment between leasing activity, rent rolls, and general ledger results for the applicable reporting period
• Supports understanding of lease structures, occupancy dynamics, and collection performance
• Supports annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting efforts
• Assists with budget-to-actual analysis and performance tracking
• Builds and maintains KPI reports and identify opportunities for reporting and workflow improvements
  
  

Experience/Education

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, or related field
• 4–6 years of experience in real estate accounting, financial analysis, or asset management
• Experience supporting affordable housing portfolios preferred, exposure to commercial assets a plus.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience with RealPage or similar property management/accounting systems (e.g., Yardi)
• Strong understanding of financial statements and accrual accounting
• Ability to analyze rent rolls, lease structures, and operating performance
• Knowledge of affordable housing programs preferred
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Effective communicator capable of bridging Accounting and Asset Management
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and execution-focused
  
  

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For Rhode Island this ranges from $105,000.00 - $136,000.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Click here to view the physical demands and working conditions required to perform this role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

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