# Accounting Manager

**Company:** [F&F Properties](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/g7PnKYCnRE4S95JRte311H.md)
**Location:** La Jolla, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Accounting

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## Description

_**What if your next accounting job was actually about building the future of accounting?**_

At F&F Properties, we're not looking for someone to keep the books exactly the way they've always been kept. We're looking for an Accounting Manager who sees AI and automation not as a threat — but as the most exciting toolkit they've ever had access to.

This role gives you real ownership: of the accounting engine, of a growing virtual assistant team, and of redesigning how financial work gets done using cutting-edge AI and agentic tools. You'll free up senior leadership for strategy while you build something better, faster, and smarter from the ground up.

### ✨  Why This Role Is Different

**🏗️  Build, don't just maintain.**

**🤖  Use AI tools to genuinely redesign how accounting works.**

**👥  Manage and develop a virtual assistant team.**

**🚀  Join a fast-growing real estate company at a pivotal moment.**

### 🎯  What You'll Actually Do

**Own the Daily Accounting Engine**

→   Run AP, AR, and GL — and deliver accurate financial statements on time across multiple property and corporate entities.

→   Drive a tight month-end close. No one likes a late close. You won't let it happen.

→   Manage all account and bank reconciliations, invoice coding, vendor setup, and insurance requirements.

→   Own the tax submission process — coordinate with the external CPA, maintain the calendar, and prep year-end schedules.

→   Support cash management, loan covenant reporting, and investor distributions.

→   Work with the Senior Finance Director to implement new workflow automation and improve efficiency.

**Lead the Team & Build Smarter Systems**

→   Manage and develop the virtual assistant team — starting with an AP specialist now ramping up — with clear productivity metrics and a relentless focus on improvement.

→   Use AI and agentic tools to redesign how the accounting function works. This is the most exciting part of the job. Make it count.

→   Create clear, simple, scalable systems that support F&F's growth.

**Partner Across the Business**

→   Collaborate closely with Asset Management, Construction, and Property Operations.

→   Support lender funding of construction projects — documentation, retainage true-ups, timely payments.

→   Monitor budget performance and surface analysis that drives better management decisions.

## Requirements

### 🧠  Who You Are

**The single most important thing:** you're genuinely excited about AI. Not just curious about it — you've already been poking at it, testing it, finding ways to make your work better. That mindset is non-negotiable.

**The basics:**

→   5+ years of accounting experience, including month-end close and multi-entity work.

→   Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

→   Advanced Microsoft 365 / Excel skills — you turn messy data into clear insights fast.

→   Strong grasp of financial reporting best practices and accounting systems. Appfolio experience is a bonus.

→   CPA is a plus, but not required. Real estate experience is a plus, but not required.

**The stuff that really sets you apart:**

→   Ownership mentality — you take responsibility and drive things to completion.

→   Comfortable with ambiguity and an entrepreneurial pace. You don't need a perfect playbook.

→   A continuous-improvement mindset — you always think "how could this be better?"

→   Strong communicator who can influence across departments.

→   Can manage, coach, and develop a virtual team, delegate effectively, and prioritize ruthlessly.

→   "Can do" attitude. It sounds cliché. We mean it.

## Benefits

### 🏢  About F&F Properties

F&F Properties is a fast-growing multi-family owner/operator at the stage where the right systems and the right people make all the difference. We believe in building lean, smart, scalable operations — and we're looking for people who want to be part of building something, not just maintaining it.

**🎁  What We Offer**

**Competitive bonus opportunity**

**Medical, dental & vision coverage**

**01(k) with company match** — we invest in your future, not just your present.

**Exclusive property discount** — discounted living at F&F-owned properties. Live where you work (literally).

**2 weeks PTO (accrued)** — with room to grow as you do.

**Ready to build the future of accounting?**

Apply now — we’re moving fast. Salary: $130,000 – $145,000 + bonus opportunity. Target start is late July 2026.