Senior Accounting & Reconciliation Manager
Brooklyn, NY
$130,000 – $180,000
Schedule: Full-Time (initially 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; may adjust based on business needs)
Description / Position Overview
This role owns the accuracy, reconciliation, and integrity of financial data across multiple systems in a fast-moving development and construction environment.
The Senior Accounting & Reconciliation Manager is responsible for identifying inconsistencies, reconciling complex accounts, and ensuring financial records align across systems that do not naturally integrate. This role exists to bring structure, accuracy, and control to financial data where gaps, discrepancies, and incomplete records currently exist.
This is a hands-on role requiring persistence, strong analytical thinking, and the ability to work through unclear or imperfect data to arrive at accurate financial outcomes.
What You’ll Own
Reconciliation & Financial Accuracy
• Own reconciliation of complex accounts including loan balances, leases, and multi-source transactions
• Identify and resolve discrepancies across systems, subledgers, and general ledger
• Ensure all financial data is accurate, complete, and aligned across reporting structures
System Alignment & Data Integrity
• Work across multiple systems, including non-accounting platforms, to validate and organize financial data
• Translate and migrate financial information into QuickBooks with accuracy and consistency
• Establish processes to improve data reliability across systems
Problem Solving & Cleanup Work
• Investigate historical inconsistencies such as mis-entered leases or misaligned transactions
• Reconstruct accurate financial records where data is incomplete or incorrect
• Drive issues to resolution without relying on perfect inputs or direction
Reporting & Analysis
• Support financial reporting through clean, reconciled, and validated data
• Use Excel and data analysis to identify trends, gaps, and inconsistencies
• Provide visibility into financial discrepancies and resolution progress
Cross-Functional Coordination
• Work closely with the Controller to prioritize and resolve accounting issues
• Coordinate with internal teams to clarify transaction sources and supporting data
• Maintain accountability for follow-through on all open issues
Must-Haves
• Strong experience in accounting, reconciliations, and financial cleanup work
• Ability to work through complex, messy, or incomplete data sets
• Strong understanding of balance sheet accounts, loan reconciliations, and transaction flow
• Proficiency in Excel and ability to analyze and organize financial data independently
Nice-to-Haves
• Experience in construction, real estate, or development environments
• Experience working with QuickBooks or similar accounting systems
• Exposure to multi-system environments where data does not fully align
• Experience handling lease accounting or complex financial structures
What Success Looks Like
First 90 Days
• Key discrepancies across systems are identified and prioritized
• Initial reconciliations of major accounts (loans, leases, transactions) are underway
• Clear visibility into data gaps and inconsistencies
First 6 Months
• Financial records are significantly more accurate and aligned across systems
• Loan balances, leases, and major accounts are reconciled and reliable
• Processes are in place to prevent recurring discrepancies
• Controller has clear, trustworthy financial visibility
Final Invitation to Apply
If you are detail-oriented, analytical, and willing to work through complex financial data to get to the right answer, this role offers the opportunity to take ownership of high-impact accounting work in a fast-moving environment.
If you have most of this experience and are confident you can figure things out and drive accuracy, we’d like to hear from you.
Email Resume: Joel@maiplacement.com
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