Senior Accountant

Job Function: Senior Accountant
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Work Model: Full-Time, Fully Onsite

About the Company: STORE Management is a privately held self-storage management company based in Phoenix, Arizona. STORE partners with storage owners and investors to improve property performance through disciplined operations, transparent reporting, revenue management, and owner-aligned execution.

As the company continues to grow, STORE is expanding its finance and accounting infrastructure to support a growing managed portfolio, including property-level accounting, reporting, budgeting, and financial operations.

About the Role: The Senior Accountant will work closely with STORE’s Controller and leadership team to support accounting and financial operations across the company’s managed self-storage portfolio.

This role will be responsible for day-to-day accounting activities, month-end close, account reconciliations, financial reporting, owner reporting, budget-to-actual analysis, and research into property-level variances and discrepancies.

The Senior Accountant will also work cross-functionally with operations, vendors, utilities, municipalities, and other internal and external partners to gather supporting information, resolve accounting issues, and help maintain accurate and timely financial records.

This position requires 2+ years of relevant accounting experience and strong proficiency in core accounting processes, financial analysis, and Excel. Experience with multi-entity, property, or operational accounting is preferred but not required.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting & Month-End Close

• Support month-end close across STORE’s managed self-storage portfolio
• Prepare and maintain journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Assist with AP, AR, reconciliations, GL entries, and financial statement review
• Maintain clean and accurate financial records across property-level and corporate systems
• Support the Controller with financial statement preparation, monthly close processes, andrecurring reporting deadlines
• Identify and research accounting discrepancies, missing information, or unusual balancesand help drive issues to resolution

Owner Reporting & Financial Packages

• Support owner reporting by helping prepare monthly financial packages, commentary, and supporting schedules
• Prepare ownership-facing financial information and internal reporting materials
• Gather backup documentation and explanations needed to support financial results, budget variances, and property-level questions
• Help ensure owner reporting is accurate, organized, timely, and aligned with STORE’s standard reporting process
• Support recurring financial reporting needs for leadership, owners, and internal stakeholders

Vendor, Utility & Billing Resolution

• Work directly with vendors, utilities, municipalities, and internal teams to resolve billing discrepancies, missing invoices, account questions, and reconciliation issues
• Track down missing documentation, invoices, statements, account details, and vendor information needed for accurate accounting and reporting
• Coordinate with operations and property teams to confirm services, resolve questions, and ensure expenses are properly recorded
• Support vendor and property-level account cleanup as STORE continues to build more scalable accounting processes

Systems, Data, & Process Improvement

• Work within QuickBooks, Tenant Inc., and related accounting and management systems
• Ensure data accuracy between operating systems, accounting records, and report outputs
• Partner with accounting, operations, finance, and systems/automation teams to improveworkflows and reporting processes
• Build dashboards, budget tracking, reporting tools, and recurring financial data needs
• Contribute to process improvement as the accounting and finance function scales

Qualifications & Experience:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, or a related field

Experience

• 2+ years of accounting experience required
• Month-end close, reconciliations, AP/AR, and financial reporting experience required
• Experience supporting CRE accounting and reporting across multiple properties preferred
• Experience with QuickBooks strongly preferred

What We're Looking for

• Strong accounting foundation with an interest in continuing to develop technical accounting skills
• Ability to analyze financial results, property performance, and operational trends and understand the factors driving them
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through
• Ability to take responsibility for assigned work and see issues through to resolution
• Resourceful and solution-oriented, with the ability to work through incomplete information or changing priorities
• Comfortable communicating with internal teams, vendors, utility providers, municipalities, and property operators to resolve accounting or operational issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain financial questions, discrepancies, and supporting details
• Collaborative working style and ability to partner effectively with accounting, operations, leadership, and systems/automation teams
• Willingness to learn, receive feedback, and contribute to improving processes as the company grows
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable working fully onsite and collaborating closely with internal teams
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office

Pay: $65,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• property accounting: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPA (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Phoenix, AZ 85016 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person