Company Description

AIR Communities a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), that has, for more than 25 years, built its business around a relentless focus on our customer and our award-winning culture.

Job Description

We are seeking a Director of Technical Accounting and Projects to lead our efforts to optimize Accounting and Business processes throughout the organization.

In this role, you will:

• Enable the alignment of business strategies, resources and capabilities in order to deliver optimal solutions to support the business.
• Collaborate with finance and operations on a daily basis to ensure processes and team members are working in lock step for all transactions.
• Responsible for ensuring transactions are planned and executed appropriately from an accounting and business perceptive, including contract drafting to ensuring the transaction is appropriately reflected in public filings, including directing all inputs and functions involved.
• Provides guidance to leadership on financial related matters and decisions.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the business SME’s to leverage their knowledge and expertise to facilitate improved business processes in order to drive optimization and simplification in accordance with stakeholder requirements.
• Collaborate with business SME’s to deliver innovative and automated solutions for complex accounting transactions.
• Directs the implementation of accounting best practices relative to design, configuration and implementation.
• Oversees policy and procedures to ensure structure and appropriate roll-out.

Keys to Success:

• Inspirational Leader: You are optimistic, and tuned in to how your behaviors affect others. You lead by example, and speak candidly about tough issues facing the organization.
• Champion of Change and Innovation: You adapt to changing circumstances readily. You are passionate about seeing your company succeed, and find opportunities to champion ideas that make us better. 
• Detail Oriented: You are consistently accurate, have an eye for detail and would always spot an error.
• Nimble Problem Solver: You proactively call out problems, while also providing recommendations and solutions. You are optimistic and say "Yes!" to finding an answer.
• Team Focused: You help team members see the importance of what they are doing. You provide guidance when needed, and have a track record of developing others; providing both constructive feedback and encouragement. 
• Energized and Resilient: You are optimistic and display a positive attitude. You're determined and maintain composure under stress.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required.
• 8+ or more years of related management experience.
• Public Company experience
• Ability and proof of leading team and projects successfully
• Technical Accounting experience
• Ability to work cross functionally, especially with operations and finance to communicate goals and deliverables and ensure that all steps in a project are addressed
• Complex accounting principles and procedures and their application to a variety of accounting transactions and problems.
• Principles, methods, and procedures of governmental accounting, budgeting, and financial management.
• Elements of accounting controls and internal control structures and their application to government accounting functions.
• Standards for governmental accounting and financial reporting, promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the recommended practices of Governmental Financial Officers Association (GFOA).
• CPA preferred

Additional Information

AIR offers attractive total compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance at the individual, team and company levels. We start with a competitive base salary and add bonus opportunities and benefit choices topped off with:

• Expected pay of $140,000 - $160,000. You will be provided a pay rate that is in line with your skills and experience as they relate to the requirements of the job.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options available. HSA with company sponsored contributions, FSA (traditional and dependent care FSA).
• Short and long-term disability paid by the company.
• 401(K) and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Paid Vacation, 9 Paid Holidays, Wellness Bonus Days, and Paid Sick Time.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Commuter Benefits and Pet-Insurance.
• Up to 100% Reimbursement on Professional Certification/Licensing for Job Related Curriculums.
• Discounted Rent at AIR communities (certain exclusions apply, and an application is required).
• Paid parental leave of up to 16 weeks, following the birth or adoption of a child.
• Consumer discounts from various products and services including travel planning, wireless phones, health and fitness, home appliances, and more.
• 15 hours of paid time annually to give-back to your community.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth including realistic job previews, in person and virtual leadership training, and performance improvement courses.

AIR values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. AIR prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.