Sr. Accounting Manager

About Arboreal Management

Arboreal Management is a fast-growing, tech-enabled and fully integrated real estate platform for the Pacific Northwest. We are a mission-driven organization primarily focused on affordable housing. We develop, remodel and manage housing that addresses our region's most critical needs.

Our platform includes:

• Arboreal Management — a property management company overseeing 8,000+ apartment homes.

• Arboreal Construction — an in-house construction company delivering renovations and ground-up projects.

• Great Expectations — a development and investment platform focused on expanding housing supply, with over 120 investors and 20 projects delivered.
  

We operate with a clear mission: to deliver below-market rents to residents while achieving above-market returns for investors.

Our model is built on vertical integration, operational discipline, and a commitment to long-term ownership. We combine local expertise with a modern, technology-enabled approach, including internally developed tools that support accounting, reporting, and operations. We are growing quickly, with a large and expanding pipeline of development projects. As we scale, we are building a finance and accounting team that can support increasingly complex activity while maintaining accuracy, speed, and transparency.

About the Role

We are transitioning our accounting operations from an outsourced service provider to a dedicated in-house team in the Philippines, and we are hiring a Sr Accounting Manager to build and lead that team.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will be the senior accounting leader in the Philippines: you will help recruit, train, and manage the team; own the transition of work from our current provider; and take responsibility for day-to-day accounting operations and monthly reporting across the portfolio. This is a ground-floor leadership role with significant autonomy and direct executive visibility.

You will work alongside our Seattle-based corporate accounting team and coordinate with the offshore job cost and construction accountants who support Arboreal Construction and Great Expectations. This is an opportunity to work across property management, construction, and development within a single, unified platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Team build-out and leadership — recruit, onboard, train, and manage a growing team of accountants in the Philippines.

• Transition management — plan and execute the migration of accounting processes from our current outsourced provider, including documentation of procedures, knowledge transfer, and parallel-run validation.

• Accounting operations — oversee full-cycle property accounting: accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, bank reconciliations, intercompany balances, and month-end close for a multi-entity residential portfolio.

• Reporting — own the monthly close calendar and deliver timely, accurate financial statements, owner statements, and management reports in accordance with US GAAP.

• Quality and controls — establish review procedures, quality checks, and internal controls; act as the final reviewer of the team's work before it reaches the CFO.

• Process improvement — identify and implement process improvements, standardize workflows, and build training materials and SOPs.

• Communication — serve as the primary point of contact between the Philippines team and US leadership; provide clear, proactive status reporting to the CFO.

• Client communication — communicate directly and professionally with clients (property owners) on accounting matters — responding to inquiries, explaining statements and reports, and resolving issues promptly.

Qualifications

Required

• CPA (Philippines) or equivalent, with a background in public accounting (Big 4 or large firm experience strongly preferred).

• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP.

• Hands-on experience in residential / real estate property accounting (property management, REIT, or real estate client base).

• Proven experience leading and training large accounting teams (10+ preferred), including hiring and performance management.

• Experience serving US-based clients or employers, with excellent written and spoken English and comfort communicating directly with clients.

• Ability to work hours that substantially overlap US Pacific Time.

Preferred

• Experience with AppFolio or comparable property management accounting systems (Yardi, RealPage, Buildium).

• Experience transitioning work between service providers or standing up an offshore team a plus.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving processes.

Why Join Us

• Build and lead a team from the ground up, with direct executive visibility and the autonomy to shape how the work gets done.

• Work in the affordable housing space and contribute to a mission-driven platform delivering below-market rents while generating above-market returns.

• Exposure to a fully integrated real estate platform spanning property management, construction, and development.

• Work with a technology-forward team that builds its own internal tools — a modern accounting environment, not a legacy one.

• Work closely with a CFO and leadership team that moves quickly and trusts their team to execute.