accounting manager Fairfax, VA
Job description
At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success and culture, and are seeking a candidate who loves to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre Companies has an Accounting Manager position available to join our New Homes Accounting team!
In this highly visible role, you will work directly with the Controller and the rest of the team to innovate and streamline accounting procedures. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact within a team that is constantly evolving and working diligently to improve upon the bottom line. You must thrive in a collaborative team environment, as you will work very closely with your teammates daily, as well as banking partners, Van Metre Operations employees and members of the Van Metre Executive Team.
This position has a hybrid work schedule. Candidates will work part of the week remotely, while there will be some in office work. The office location this team will report to is located in Fairfax, VA. This position will also include occasional visits to construction sites in Northern VA, so you can learn more about Van Metre Homes and the business units you will work with, as well as monthly visits to the Broadlands, VA office.
What we offer:
- Encouragement to challenge the status quo
- Professional growth
- A tight knit, upbeat, positive culture that provides work/life balance
- The chance to make a difference
Responsibilities:
This position works closely with various departments to foster open communication with the accounting team and provide key analysis for the operations teams. It involves strong communication skills and task management. In addition, the individual will be responsible for general ledger accounting and reporting. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Review day-to-day journal entries to record General Ledger and Job Cost activities
- Review financial reports in a timely manner
- Analyze budget vs actual variances
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and accruals/reserves
- Assist with semi-annual business plans
- Review overhead allocations and intercompany transactions
- Plan weekly projections
- Analyze budget vs actual variances
- Prepare as needed special reports and analysis
- Assist with preparation of audit work papers annually
- Act as a backup to Controller and Vice President of Finance to help with providing real-time financial performance and analysis to Operations
Requirements:
- 5 years' experience in a position with comparable job duties or public accounting, preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, required
- Experience in the real estate industry, preferred
- Software skills to include advanced Excel, as well as accounting software (experience with MS Dynamics NAV preferred)
Who You Are:
- Able to identify areas for improvement, problem solve, and implement efficient processes
- Motivated, energetic individual with a positive attitude and demonstrated ability to influence and lead
- An individual with a quest for knowledge, including the desire/capability to learn SQL, PowerBI, and/or PowerAutomate
- Able to prioritize work effectively and work independently as well as with a team
- An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- A multi-tasking, organizational afficionado
- Desire for personal/career growth
Van Metre Companies has been named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for seven consecutive years! We have received the Washington Business Journal's Best Places to Work Award for the last six years, and have received their Corporate Philanthropy Award for the last nine years in a row!!!
We offer excellent benefits, and a work environment that fosters and rewards excellence. We also promote work/life balance, including a robust Employee Wellness Program. We encourage employees to make full use of vacation and company paid volunteer time to refresh their bodies and minds.
Van Metre Mission Statement
The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company's founding in 1955, of providing top quality homes, investment properties and services to our customers and clients. The Company's emphasis on integrity, professionalism and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and in the management of apartment, retail and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the "Van Metre" signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.
