Accountant, Staff

First Pointe Management Group (FPMG) is a privately owned property management company that values creativity and rewards innovation. We specialize in the acquisition, development, and management of rental housing and commercial properties. If you're seeking a rewarding career with growth opportunities, our company is the place for you!

We are seeking an experienced Staff Accountant to partner with our Controller in ensuring timely and accurate accounting and financial records for a portfolio of residential entities. You’ll be challenged every day while building lasting skills grounded in trust, integrity, respect, and excellence. This in-office role at our Calabasas corporate office is a great opportunity for a skilled professional to grow their career.

Salary range for this position is $43-45 per hour. The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as the candidate’s experience and qualifications. What You’ll Do Monthly close: Review GL accounts, post adjusting entries and Gross Potential Rent, reconcile bank statements, and confirm the trial balance is accurate.

Reporting: Prepare financial statements, budget variance reports, rent rolls, and reports for owners, lenders, and investors. Cash management: Analyze cash balances, project cash flow, move funds between operating and money market accounts, and prepare draw schedules, distributions, and replacement reserve draws. Debt and lender relations: Make sure trust deed payments go out on time and coordinate lender inspections and follow-ups.

Taxes and compliance: Handle property tax tracking, payments, and appeals, personal property tax filings, business license renewals, tax projections, 1099 support, and year-end workpapers for the outside CPA, including depreciation and amortization. Budgeting: Build annual budgets for debt service, insurance, taxes, management fees, licenses, and corporate allocations.

Site support: Guide property managers on invoice coding, budgets, and procedures, review security deposit refunds and collections, and work with IT and Accounting Operations on systems and account codes. Process improvement: Help develop and enforce accounting policies, including for third-party-managed properties. What you bring: Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field.

3+ years of experience in property management accounting, specifically residential or a similar specialized environment. Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in Yardi Voyager or property management software, and Microsoft Office. Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaborate effectively with team members.

Time Management: Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently with minimal supervision. Our Benefits That Benefit You We encourage a vibrant and fun work environment and growth opportunities. We offer eligible employees and their families access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, an employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings, and life and disability insurance.

Employees accrue up to 80 hours of vacation and California paid sick leave annually, plus nine paid holidays each year. #HP1 Check us out at firstpointemanagementgroup.com/careers