Accounting Manager
Stone & Stryder | Oakland, CA
Salary: $100,000–$125,000 per year
Join a Growing Real Estate & Construction Consulting Firm
Stone & Stryder is a growing Owner’s Representative and real estate consulting firm serving multifamily property owners and institutional investors throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide owner’s representation, construction management, capital improvement, seismic, façade, and ADU development services.
We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to join our team and take ownership of our accounting operations while playing a critical role in the financial reporting and project oversight we provide to our clients.
This is more than a traditional accounting position. The Accounting Manager will be an important part of our Owner’s Representative team, helping translate project financial data into clear, accurate, and actionable reporting for property owners and institutional investment clients.
The ideal candidate will have strong accounting fundamentals, excellent organizational skills, and experience with construction, real estate, project accounting, and job costing.
The Opportunity
The Accounting Manager will oversee Stone & Stryder’s day-to-day accounting operations while supporting the financial management of numerous construction and capital improvement projects.
A key component of the position will be project-level financial reporting for our Owner’s Rep clients. You will work closely with Project Managers and company leadership to ensure that budgets, commitments, invoices, change orders, and actual costs are accurately tracked and communicated through professional financial and job-cost reports.
You will help turn detailed accounting and project information into reports that allow institutional investors, property owners, asset managers, and other clients to clearly understand project performance, budget status, committed costs, cash requirements, and projected outcomes.
This is a hands-on position with significant client-facing responsibility. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with detailed financial information while also being able to communicate that information clearly to sophisticated real estate clients.
What You’ll Do
Accounting & Financial Operations
· Own the company’s day-to-day accounting operations.
· Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable.
· Review, code, and process vendor invoices.
· Manage client billing and accounts receivable collections.
· Perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations.
· Coordinate payroll processing and related accounting entries.
· Maintain accurate and well-organized accounting records.
· Ensure transactions are properly documented, coded, and recorded.
Construction & Project Accounting
· Manage job costing for multiple active construction, capital improvement, and real estate projects.
· Maintain project budgets and track committed costs, invoices, change orders, and actual expenditures.
· Review project invoices for accuracy and proper project allocation.
· Work directly with Project Managers to resolve discrepancies and coding issues.
· Maintain and update monthly Job Cost (JC) Sheets.
· Analyze project financial performance and identify budget variances.
· Track project costs against approved budgets and commitments.
· Assist management with project profitability and cost analysis.
· Ensure costs are properly allocated between projects, properties, clients, and overhead.
Owner’s Representative & Client Financial Reporting
This is a key responsibility of the position.
· Support the Owner’s Representative team with accurate and timely project financial reporting.
· Prepare and maintain professional job-costing, budget-to-actual, invoice, commitment, and cash-flow reports for clients.
· Communicate project financial performance to institutional investors, property owners, asset managers, and other sophisticated real estate clients.
· Translate accounting and project data into clear financial information that clients can easily understand and use for decision-making.
· Track and report on approved budgets, committed costs, invoices received, payments made, change orders, remaining commitments, and projected costs.
· Identify budget variances, cost trends, and potential financial issues and bring them to the attention of Project Managers and ownership.
· Work with Project Managers to ensure that project financial reporting is consistent, accurate, and current.
· Assist in preparing monthly and periodic client reporting packages.
· Help ensure clients have a clear understanding of where project dollars have been spent, what remains committed, what remains available in the budget, and what additional funding may be required.
· Participate in client meetings as needed to explain project financial information and answer accounting and job-costing questions.
Month-End Close & Management Reporting
· Own the monthly close process and ensure financials are completed accurately and on schedule.
· Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
· Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate discrepancies.
· Monitor AP and AR aging.
· Prepare company and project-level cash-flow reports and forecasts.
· Provide management with clear, timely financial information.
· Identify trends, discrepancies, and issues requiring management attention.
· Coordinate with the company’s CPA and outside accounting professionals.
Accounting Systems & Process Improvement
· Manage and maintain accounting systems, including QuickBooks, Bill.com, Knowify, and related job-costing tools.
· Ensure accounting and bill-payment systems remain properly synchronized.
· Develop and improve procedures for invoice submission, approval, payment, and accounting.
· Establish strong internal controls and accounting processes.
· Improve the efficiency and accuracy of the company’s accounting and project reporting systems.
· Help implement new systems and technology as the company grows.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who takes ownership and wants to become an integral part of a growing company.
You don't need to be someone who simply waits for instructions or enters transactions. We want someone who looks at the numbers, asks questions, identifies issues, and helps solve them.
The ideal candidate will be:
· Experienced: 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with management-level experience preferred.
· Construction/Real Estate Savvy: Understands job costing, project budgets, commitments, invoices, and construction financial reporting.
· Analytical: Able to understand the numbers and explain what they mean.
· Client-Focused: Comfortable communicating financial information to property owners, institutional investors, and asset managers.
· Detail-Oriented: Accurate and thorough without losing sight of deadlines.
· Proactive: Identifies problems and opportunities before being asked.
· Organized: Able to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities.
· Hands-On: Comfortable working directly in accounting systems and getting into the details.
· Business-Minded: Understands how accounting impacts project profitability, cash flow, and investment decisions.
· Communicative: Able to clearly explain financial information to both internal teams and sophisticated clients.
· Accountable: Takes responsibility for getting things done correctly and on time.
Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred.
· 5+ years of accounting experience.
· Experience managing accounting for a small or mid-sized company.
· Construction, real estate, property management, development, or professional services experience strongly preferred.
· Strong understanding of construction accounting and job costing.
· Experience preparing financial reports for property owners, investors, or asset managers is a strong plus.
· Advanced QuickBooks experience.
· Experience with Bill.com and/or AppFolio is a plus.
· Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills.
· Experience with monthly financial close and financial reporting.
· Strong understanding of AP, AR, reconciliations, and cash-flow management.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Why Stone & Stryder?
This is an opportunity to join a growing company where your work will have a direct impact on the business and our clients.
The Accounting Manager will work closely with company leadership, Project Managers, property owners, and institutional investment clients. You will have the opportunity to help build the accounting, job-costing, and financial reporting infrastructure that supports Stone & Stryder’s continued growth.
This role is particularly well suited for an accounting professional who enjoys real estate and construction, wants meaningful responsibility, and wants to be involved in the business rather than working solely behind the scenes.
If you enjoy solving problems, improving processes, analyzing project financials, and communicating financial information to sophisticated real estate clients, we would like to hear from you.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $100,000–$125,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications Position: Full-Time Location: Oakland, CA
Benefits
· Company-sponsored health insurance
· Company-sponsored 401(k) plan
· Paid time off and company holidays
Why Join Stone & Stryder?
Join a growing company where your accounting expertise directly impacts the success of complex construction and development projects as well as real estate investments. You will work closely with experienced construction professionals, project managers, and institutional real estate owners throughout the Bay Area.
If you are looking for a role where you can take ownership of our accounting department and help build the financial foundation of a growing company, we would like to hear from you.
Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
