Director of Accounting chez Larry H. Miller Real Estate

Director of Accounting

FLSA Exemption: Salaried, exempt

Reports to: Vice President of Accounting

Primary Duties

• Oversee all aspects of accounting within their division of the platform. This includes ensuring financial statements are prepared in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and all other transactions are recorded timely and properly.
• Ensure that financial statements are structured in a way to effectively communicate operating results and investment activity in accordance with industry standards (commercial, office, construction, land development, master-planned community and equity investment).
• Partner with asset managers, leasing, development, capital markets, and legal teams to provide financial insights and support strategic initiatives.
• Identify and properly record acquisition and disposal of assets and capitalization of costs to a growing list of construction projects.
• Oversee the annual budget process, manage cash flow, and prepare cash forecasts for various properties and projects.
• Coordinate timely receipt of all financial information needed to support annual financial audits.
• Provide oversight for all non-construction invoices, sign checks and approve wires initiated by other accounting staff.
• Proactively identify strategies to enhance operational reporting and transparency to ensure timely and informative financial and job cost reporting.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and bank covenants.
• Assist in the design and implementation of financial systems and software to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience & Skills

• Master’s degree in accounting or finance or business administration.
• 8+ years of experience in accounting/finance and a CPA.
• Experience with commercial real estate and land development.
• Ability to work multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize the process appropriately.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word.
• Must possess the ability to maintain confidential information.
• Must be results driven, team-oriented, and an individual/organizational capacity builder.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment .
• Exemplary time management skills, with the ability to prioritize time-sensitive tasks.

Physical Requirements

• Primarily an office position with infrequent walking, standing, and climbing stairs in and around construction sites, apartment homes, models, and properties.
• Must have the ability to read and comprehend large quantities of information, operate computer equipment, speak, hear, bend, stoop, reach, lift, move, and carry up to 50 lbs. independently.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, and move about office setting.
• To perform other duties as required.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.

Manage Complexity: Make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively analyze situations and identify solutions. 

Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.

Plans and Aligns: Plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational needs and goals.  Includes ability to break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions while anticipating and adjusting effective contingency plans.

Instills Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity by following through on commitments, keeping confidences, and showing consistency between words and actions.

Strategic Mindset: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.  Achieved by anticipating future trends and implications accurately and articulating credible pictures and visions of possibilities that will create sustainable value.  

About Larry H. Miller Real Estate

Larry H. Miller Real Estate (LHMRE), a portfolio company of the Larry H. Miller Company, is a vertically integrated real estate platform that engages in site acquisition and development, project and construction management, financial and capital structuring, and property and asset management. LHMRE’s development projects and assets include large-scale master-planned residential communities; commercial, industrial, and entertainment venue development and asset management; and a growing portfolio of joint ventures with leading real estate partners across the nation. The Larry H. Miller Company provides management and direction for its portfolio of well-known and high-performing companies, and always seeks to support its mission to enrich lives and its vision to be the best place in town to work and the best place in town to do business.

Note: The need may arise to revise, supplement, or rescind portions of this job description, and #LHMRE reserves the right to do so at any time. Employee shall be required to meet the qualifications and perform the duties of any revised job description.