Job Description

At Acra Lending our employees enjoy an opportunity to work with great people. We celebrate several events throughout the year accompanied by raffles and giveaways for employees nationwide. We are especially proud to give back to our community and truly enjoy one another's company.

We are looking for candidates to join our team who are passionate about their vocation. Who are committed to making a contribution and are looking to gain experience in order to grow in their career. Our headquarters are located on a beautiful campus in Irvine, California and if you work out of our Irvine office we can also provide a free gym membership.

The Corporate Accounting/Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for supporting Acra’s Finance team with managing payments, accounting projects, and corporate accounting functions. The individual will work closely with the SVP Controller to help manage the company’s payables, accruals, corporate accounting functions and other accounting projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation in accounts payable functions
• Implement controls to mitigate financial risk for accounts payable functions
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of invoices and payments
• Manage escheatment and 1099 processes
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure smooth transactions
• Manage spend reporting for vendor management in compliance with contract agreements for vendors
• Manage Fixed Asset tracking, depreciation, and policy
• Manage pre-paid schedules and amortizations
• Manage accounts receivables
• Responsible for managing vendor accruals
• Reconciliations as needed
• Manage and lead a team of accounts payable and staff accountants
• Evaluate, train, and supervise staff to ensure efficient operations
• Maintain and update policies for the accounting department
• Experience with implementing systems and managing projects

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills
• Keen attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
• Proficient with excel
• Familiarity with mortgage banking industry and loan level allocation of expenses
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; role requires frequent interaction and collaboration with senior management and cross-functional teams; must be able to present analysis clearly and succinctly

Education and/or Experience
• 2+ years of management experience
• 3+ years of accounts payable experience in conjunction with corporate accounting experience
• Mortgage industry experience preferred

Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).

Benefits
Our benefit offerings include: Medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, EAP counseling services, FSA & HSA, company sponsored life insurance for employee, voluntary life insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, voluntary short-term and long-term disability, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, legal assistance, pet insurance, living will and trust preparation discounts, commuter program, annual walking challenge, employee appreciation events and monthly sales awards.

At Acra Lending, we were founded with a clear purpose: to specialize in alternative income loan products that help borrowers qualify for our flexible loan programs. We operate in 39 States, out of nine offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, and Utah along with a growing team of remote professionals across the country. Throughout the mortgage industry, Acra Lending is widely known for responsible lending practices, product innovation and operational efficiency. The foundation of our Company is built on helping our customers by providing Non-QM mortgage solutions for today’s borrower in residential and commercial properties across America.

Our Leadership team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life. We reward our employees with a competitive salary and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals along with an exceptional 401k match program. We look forward to meeting you!