Property Accounting Expert (SME)

Vaco LLC

Manhattan, NY

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$130,000–$140,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Accounting, Accounting Close, Accounting Policies, Accounting Standards and Regulations, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Communication Skills, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, English Language, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Hair Styling, Past Due Accounts, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Design, Real Estate, Reconciliation, Rentals, Residential Real Estate, Standards Development, State Laws and Regulations, Test Case, Test Plan/Schedule, Truck Driver, Use Cases, Validation Testing, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Manhattan, NY
POSTED
2 days ago


Title: Property Accounting Expert (SME)
Client: Software 
Company: Real Estate (Preferred Multi-Family experience)
Schedule: Fully Onsite 5 days a week
Salary: 130,000-$140,000 with bonus and equity options

**Must have experience within residential property accounting experience serving as an SME 
**Must have strong professional communications with an ability to work with internal and external stakeholders 

About the Role

We are seeking a Property Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure accuracy and integrity across accounting workflows that impact resident ledgers and related product functionality. You will serve as the internal authority on multifamily property accounting, helping ensure seamless alignment between accounting principles, client systems, and product execution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Advise on core accounting scenarios – Provide expertise on rent, concessions, security deposits, refunds, subsidies/HAP, delinquency management, utilities, move-ins/move-outs, and month-end close processes
  • Translate accounting workflows into product requirements – Convert real-world accounting use cases into clear functional requirements and acceptance criteria; validate features prior to release
  • Review calculations and logic – Ensure accuracy of prorations, allocations, adjustments, and charge/credit logic, with clear and explainable outputs
  • Lead testing and validation – Develop test cases, support UAT with client accountants, and confirm outputs reconcile to expected accounting results
  • Define standards and terminology – Establish consistent definitions, event workflows, and reference materials for accounting processes used across internal teams and clients
  • Capture best practices – Identify patterns, edge cases, and exceptions from enterprise clients and translate them into scalable accounting standards and playbooks

About the Opportunity

This role operates in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment focused on solving complex, real-world accounting challenges at scale. You will have significant autonomy and direct influence over how accounting logic is reflected in product design and client outcomes.

We value speed, precision, and impact. This is an opportunity to work closely on meaningful problems where your accounting expertise directly shapes product functionality and client experience.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of multifamily property accounting or controllership experience (PMC, owner-operator, or REIT preferred)
  • Strong understanding of GL, sub-ledgers, resident ledgers, security deposits, and month-end close
  • Solid grounding in US GAAP
  • Experience working with client-facing accounting, operations, or leasing teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

  • CPA certification

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact

HR@vaco.com

.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

Privacy Notice

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

About the Company

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Vaco LLC

Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to more than 35 offices across the globe, 700+ employees, more than 3,000 consultants and $450M in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for past 11 years and is dedicated to developing long-term relationships, life-long careers and creative client solutions.
COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
2002
WEBSITE
http://www.vaco.com/