Senior Commercial Real Estate Accountant

Who: An established commercial real estate ownership and development company with a portfolio of grocery-anchored retail centers, restaurants, and mixed-use properties.

What: Seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant with strong property accounting, partnership accounting, owner reporting, waterfall calculations, and MRI or Yardi experience.

When: Immediate opportunity as the company focuses on succession planning within its accounting team.

Where: Metro Atlanta, Georgia.

Why: Join a stable real estate organization offering long-term growth, increasing responsibility, and direct exposure to ownership.

Office Environment: Entrepreneurial, collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves environment where everyone contributes.

Salary: $95,000–$105,000 annually.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Real Estate Accountant to join a privately held real estate ownership and development company.

This is a hands-on position for someone who enjoys being in the details, managing day-to-day accounting, and working directly with ownership. The company is undergoing succession planning, creating an excellent long-term opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handle full-cycle accounting, month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

• Prepare owner and investor reporting packages across multiple entities.

• Perform partnership accounting, capital account reconciliations, and waterfall distribution calculations.

• Manage accounting for grocery-anchored retail centers, restaurant tenants, and mixed-use properties.

• Prepare CAM reconciliations and tenant expense recoveries.

• Support development accounting, construction-in-progress, and intercompany transactions.

• Assist with budgeting, financial analysis, and year-end reporting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.

• 7+ years of accounting experience, preferably in commercial real estate.

• Public accounting foundation highly desirable.

• Strong experience with partnership accounting, owner reporting, and waterfall calculations.

• Experience with commercial retail or mixed-use properties preferred.

• Proficiency with MRI and/or Yardi and advanced Excel.

• Strong GAAP knowledge and full-cycle accounting skills.

• Hands-on, detail-oriented professional who enjoys doing the work.