Property Accountant Jobs
Property Accountant jobs are open across commercial real estate, multifamily housing, REITs, and property management firms, from entry-level staff accountant to senior and controller roles, with specializations in CAM reconciliation, lease accounting, and financial reporting. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Seeking an experienced accounting leader to oversee the Property Accounting function and ensure the accuracy and integrity of its financial reporting. The Manager will provide leadership over the team’s accounting activities and technical accounting matters, applying strong accounting knowledge and business judgment to evaluate transactions, resolve issues, and provide practical recommendations. The role will work closely with Accounting, Operations, and other business functions to understand business activity, assess financial impacts, and support sound accounting and business decisions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Leads and oversees accounting activities supporting the company’s assets and financial reporting, including capital projects, asset retirement obligations, depreciation and depletion, impairment, reserves, inventory, unproved properties, acquisitions and divestitures, and related reporting.
- Owns the team’s monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, ensuring work is appropriately prioritized, reviewed, and completed accurately and on time. Reviews accounting entries, schedules, financial deliverables, and analyses for completeness, reasonableness, and appropriate financial statement impact.
- Provides technical accounting leadership on complex and judgmental matters. Interprets GAAP and company accounting policies, evaluates alternatives, and ensures conclusions are well supported, documented, and appropriately communicated.
- Evaluates high-impact transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and unique business arrangements. Identifies accounting considerations, coordinates with appropriate stakeholders, and provides recommendations to management.
- Serves as a key SAP and systems resource for the team and broader organization. Uses a strong understanding of accounting processes, asset accounting, transaction flows, and reporting to resolve issues and partner with IT on system solutions and enhancements.
- Leads special projects and strategic initiatives that require accounting expertise and coordination across multiple functions.
- Partners with Accounting, FP&A, Operations, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reserves, IT, Legal, and other functions to understand business activity, evaluate financial impacts, and provide practical accounting guidance and recommendations.
- Oversees audit support and financial reporting deliverables related to Property Accounting, ensuring requests and deliverables are accurate, complete, timely, and appropriately resolved.
- Identifies opportunities to improve the effectiveness and scalability of the function through better processes, technology, automation, and use of team resources.
- Leads and develops a high-performing team through coaching, feedback, delegation, technical development, and succession planning. Manages staffing, workload, and priorities, and resource planning to maintain quality and continuity.
- Builds strong relationships with internal customers and ensures the team provides responsive, accurate, and solutions-oriented support.
Other Job Responsibilities:
- Manages competing priorities, ad hoc requests, and changing business needs while maintaining quality and time-sensitive deliverables.
- Balances hands-on technical involvement with effective delegation, coaching, and escalation.
- Exercises sound judgment in ambiguous or evolving situations and maintains business continuity during significant organizational, system, transaction, or reporting changes.
- Communicates complex accounting, financial, operational, and system information clearly and effectively to employees, management, and executives.
- Continues to develop technical accounting, systems, and leadership expertise through training, professional reading, networking, and participation in professional organizations.
- Contributes to the broader effectiveness of the Accounting organization by sharing knowledge, supporting other teams, and considering company-wide impacts when developing solutions.
- Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of six (6) years of progressive experience in the oil and gas industry, specifically in Property Accounting. Public accounting experience is preferred.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and demonstrated ability to research, interpret, and apply GAAP and company accounting policies to complex and judgmental transactions.
- Deep working knowledge of SAP and related accounting and reporting systems, including transaction flows, asset accounting, reporting, and system functionality.
- Prior leadership or people-management experience, with demonstrated ability to hire, coach, develop, motivate, and hold employees accountable.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, system implementations, organizational changes, or other enterprise initiatives.
- Ability to review and challenge the team’s work, recognize significant accounting and control risks, and determine when escalation or additional expertise is needed.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects and consider the broader accounting, operational, legal, and system impacts of business decisions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, management, other departments, executives, consultants, and external stakeholders.
- Strong organizational, analytical, delegation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to varying audiences.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and creating value through accounting, process, and system enhancements.
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Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:
- Required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Preferred: Advanced working knowledge of SAP, Power BI, and related reporting tools.
Education Requirements:
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Required: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in accounting.
Preferred: Masters Degree in accounting, finance, or business.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- CPA highly preferred.
Seeking an experienced accounting leader to oversee the Property Accounting function and ensure the accuracy and integrity of its financial reporting. The Manager will provide leadership over the team’s accounting activities and technical accounting matters, applying strong accounting knowledge and business judgment to evaluate transactions, resolve issues, and provide practical recommendations. The role will work closely with Accounting, Operations, and other business functions to understand business activity, assess financial impacts, and support sound accounting and business decisions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Leads and oversees accounting activities supporting the company’s assets and financial reporting, including capital projects, asset retirement obligations, depreciation and depletion, impairment, reserves, inventory, unproved properties, acquisitions and divestitures, and related reporting.
- Owns the team’s monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, ensuring work is appropriately prioritized, reviewed, and completed accurately and on time. Reviews accounting entries, schedules, financial deliverables, and analyses for completeness, reasonableness, and appropriate financial statement impact.
- Provides technical accounting leadership on complex and judgmental matters. Interprets GAAP and company accounting policies, evaluates alternatives, and ensures conclusions are well supported, documented, and appropriately communicated.
- Evaluates high-impact transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and unique business arrangements. Identifies accounting considerations, coordinates with appropriate stakeholders, and provides recommendations to management.
- Serves as a key SAP and systems resource for the team and broader organization. Uses a strong understanding of accounting processes, asset accounting, transaction flows, and reporting to resolve issues and partner with IT on system solutions and enhancements.
- Leads special projects and strategic initiatives that require accounting expertise and coordination across multiple functions.
- Partners with Accounting, FP&A, Operations, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reserves, IT, Legal, and other functions to understand business activity, evaluate financial impacts, and provide practical accounting guidance and recommendations.
- Oversees audit support and financial reporting deliverables related to Property Accounting, ensuring requests and deliverables are accurate, complete, timely, and appropriately resolved.
- Identifies opportunities to improve the effectiveness and scalability of the function through better processes, technology, automation, and use of team resources.
- Leads and develops a high-performing team through coaching, feedback, delegation, technical development, and succession planning. Manages staffing, workload, and priorities, and resource planning to maintain quality and continuity.
- Builds strong relationships with internal customers and ensures the team provides responsive, accurate, and solutions-oriented support.
Other Job Responsibilities:
- Manages competing priorities, ad hoc requests, and changing business needs while maintaining quality and time-sensitive deliverables.
- Balances hands-on technical involvement with effective delegation, coaching, and escalation.
- Exercises sound judgment in ambiguous or evolving situations and maintains business continuity during significant organizational, system, transaction, or reporting changes.
- Communicates complex accounting, financial, operational, and system information clearly and effectively to employees, management, and executives.
- Continues to develop technical accounting, systems, and leadership expertise through training, professional reading, networking, and participation in professional organizations.
- Contributes to the broader effectiveness of the Accounting organization by sharing knowledge, supporting other teams, and considering company-wide impacts when developing solutions.
- Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of six (6) years of progressive experience in the oil and gas industry, specifically in Property Accounting. Public accounting experience is preferred.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and demonstrated ability to research, interpret, and apply GAAP and company accounting policies to complex and judgmental transactions.
- Deep working knowledge of SAP and related accounting and reporting systems, including transaction flows, asset accounting, reporting, and system functionality.
- Prior leadership or people-management experience, with demonstrated ability to hire, coach, develop, motivate, and hold employees accountable.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, system implementations, organizational changes, or other enterprise initiatives.
- Ability to review and challenge the team’s work, recognize significant accounting and control risks, and determine when escalation or additional expertise is needed.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects and consider the broader accounting, operational, legal, and system impacts of business decisions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, management, other departments, executives, consultants, and external stakeholders.
- Strong organizational, analytical, delegation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to varying audiences.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and creating value through accounting, process, and system enhancements.
-
Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:
- Required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Preferred: Advanced working knowledge of SAP, Power BI, and related reporting tools.
Education Requirements:
-
Required: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in accounting.
Preferred: Masters Degree in accounting, finance, or business.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- CPA highly preferred.
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Who's Hiring
- RPM Living20
- Jobot12
- Regency Centers5
- BXP4
- Hines4
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting12
- Construction & Real Estate8
- Energy1
- Consulting & Professional Services1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in property accountant jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Proficiency in property management software such as Yardi or MRI
- Experience with CAM reconciliations and lease administration
- Knowledge of GAAP and real estate accounting principles
- CPA license or active progress toward CPA certification
- Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and financial modeling
Tips for Your Property Accountant Job Search
Tailor your resume to property types
Hiring managers distinguish between multifamily, commercial, and retail portfolios. Call out the property types you've worked with directly on your resume, because a REIT controller reads that differently than a residential property management firm does.
Highlight CAM reconciliation experience explicitly
Common area maintenance reconciliations are a core differentiator for property accountants. If you've prepared or reviewed CAM recs, name the volume and complexity, number of leases or properties, so reviewers can assess your scope without guessing.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists property accountant openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Verify your Yardi or MRI proficiency before applying
Most property accounting postings list Yardi or MRI Software as a requirement, not a nice-to-have. Know which version you've used and be ready to name specific modules, like Yardi Voyager or MRI Commercial Management, during the phone screen.
Frame your interview answers around month-end close
Interviewers consistently probe your close process. Walk through your personal steps, journal entries, bank recs, accruals, financial package delivery, and name the typical cycle length you've maintained so they can compare it to their own expectations.
Negotiate using the full offer, not base salary alone
Property accounting roles often include bonuses tied to portfolio performance or year-end reconciliations. Ask about bonus structure, CPA exam reimbursement, and continuing education support before accepting, because those terms vary significantly across employers.
Property Accountant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most property accountants?
The companies hiring the most property accountants right now include RPM Living, Jobot, and Regency Centers, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand tends to be strongest at large REIT operators, national property management companies, and commercial real estate investment firms.
How many property accountant jobs are remote?
About 56% of property accountant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting a broader shift in corporate accounting functions. Roles focused on financial reporting, lease accounting under ASC 842, and accounts payable processing tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while positions tied to on-site property operations or construction accounting are more often in-office.
How do you become a property accountant?
Start by earning a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, then gain foundational experience in general ledger accounting or accounts payable at a real estate or property management firm. Learning property management software like Yardi or MRI early accelerates your path considerably. Pursuing your CPA while building hands-on experience with CAM reconciliations and month-end close positions you competitively for senior roles.
Can you get hired as a property accountant with little experience?
Yes, entry-level property accountant roles exist specifically for candidates with a degree in accounting and limited work history. Employers in multifamily and residential management are often more open to training new graduates than commercial or institutional real estate firms. Familiarity with Excel, basic GAAP, and any exposure to property management software, even through coursework or internships, strengthens your application significantly at this stage.
What does the property accountant interview process look like?
Most property accountant interviews follow a two-to-three stage process. A recruiter or HR screen covers your background and software experience, followed by a technical interview with an accounting manager focused on your month-end close process, CAM reconciliation experience, and how you handle lease accounting. Final rounds often include a brief Excel or accounting scenario exercise and a conversation with a controller or finance director about team fit.
Where can I find and apply to property accountant jobs?
You can find and apply to property accountant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the available listings, find the roles that match your experience and target property type, and apply directly to each one that fits.
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