Accounts Payable Property Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Property Accountant to join our team at TLC Management. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment. This role is essential to ensuring timely payments to the company’s vendors, overseeing invoice processing, and maintaining strong communication with both internal teams and external partners. This is a full-time, exempt position.

If you're seeking a company that prioritizes employee satisfaction, growth, and culture, then TLC Management is exactly the employer you're looking for.

Pay: Starting at $65,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Benefits

TLC offers a comprehensive benefits program. Below are a few offered:

• Competitive Compensation
• Quarterly Bonus Eligibility
• Health Insurance
• 13 Paid Holidays (including your birthday and your work anniversary)
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time
• 2 Paid Volunteer Days
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Employer Paid Life Insurance Benefits
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• An Employee Assistance Program
• A Wellness Program
• Continuing Employee Education and Development
• 401(K) Profit Sharing with generous company match

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accounts payable and general accounting procedures
• Experience with property management software
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Self-motivated, proactive, organized, and detail-oriented
• Exceptional customer service skills and professional communication (verbal and written)
• Positive attitude and commitment to high-quality service for both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong teamwork and collaboration abilities
• Commitment to ethical work practices and company policies
• Compliance with all applicable legal and Fair Housing regulations
• Major in Accounting is a plus
• 2–3 years of experience preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Perform any other tasks as directed by the company’s Controller and CFO 
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment on significant matters
• Complete payments and control expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices
• Accurately enter invoice information into the system (when needed)
• Identify discrepancies and resolve billing issues
• Maintain proactive awareness of invoice due dates
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors and act as a primary point of contact for inquiries
• Provide responsive and professional customer service to TLC team members and senior leadership
• Add new vendors into the system
• Manage invoice and utility email inboxes
• Maintain communication with property managers
• Recommend improvements to internal policies and procedures

ABOUT US

TLC Management is a Chicagoland based company that exclusively owns, operates and manages each of its residential communities. Our commitment to our residents includes adhering to high quality standards to provide our residents with much more than a rental apartment but a genuine sense of community and exemplary customer service. We continually strive to ensure that we meet or exceed our residents' expectations by providing well-maintained properties, desirable locations and responsive service. Our company culture is to not only provide TLC to our residents but a commitment to ongoing training and professional development for our team. It is also important to us that our team members feel that TLC is a safe space where they can express their ideas and share suggestions of how we can continually evolve into a better employer and best suit their needs.

TLC Management Co. provides equal employment opportunities for all, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other legally protected classification. Our company's policy is to hire and promote the most qualified applicants and to comply with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws.