Senior Property Accountant

About this role

Location: La Cañada Flintridge, CA

Compensation: $75,000–$95,000, commensurate with experience

About the Role

We're a rapidly expanding property management firm currently overseeing 3,000+ units, and we're hiring a Senior Property Accountant to own the day-to-day property-level accounting that keeps our business running cleanly and compliantly. The core of this role is trust accounting, monthly reconciliations, property-level AP, and owner reporting across the portfolio.

You'll report to the Company’s Controller, who leads the broader finance function, and partner closely with our 10+ property managers to keep property-level financials accurate, current, and audit-ready. This is an individual contributor role with real ownership: you’ll run the property accounting workflows end-to-end, not just execute pieces of them. As our portfolio grows, the scope of this seat grows with it.

We're looking for someone exceptionally detail-oriented and deeply fluent in AppFolio, with a track record of accuracy in high-volume, deadline-driven work. You catch small discrepancies before they become big ones, and you keep owner statements and PM requests moving proactively.

What You'll Do

• Perform monthly trust account reconciliations with precision and timeliness
• Manage property-level accounts payable (distinct from corporate AP)
• Execute tax withholding for out-of-state property owners in compliance with California requirements
• Prepare and issue monthly owner statements and distributions
• Maintain trust accounting compliance, including the controls and measures that keep the portfolio audit-ready
• Support our 10+ property managers on property-level accounting questions and resolve discrepancies as they arise
• Partner with the Controller on month-end close for the property side of the business

What You Bring

• 4+ years of property management accounting experience; you understand trust accounting, owner statements, and the rhythms of property-leve...