Accounts Payable & Contract Specialist

NexMetro is an innovative real estate developer that is revolutionizing how consumers think about housing. We are currently seeking a high-energy Accounts Payable and Contract Specialist to join our team. This position will play a key role in the accounts payable process as well as be responsible for the timely and accurate processing of NexMetro’s vendor contracts.

NexMetro Communities is one of the nation’s largest single-family rental community developers, specializing in building communities for consumers seeking a place that rents like an apartment but lives like a single-family home. NexMetro develops luxury leased communities marketed under the name Avilla Homes. Avilla neighborhoods combine the benefits of luxury residential single-family living with the convenience, flexibility, and professional on-site management of a Class A apartment community. The result is a new residential hybrid housing option—detached, single-story homes in prime suburban locations that are highly differentiated from traditional rental products. Founded in 2012 and a pioneer in the space, NexMetro has invested more than $2 billion in projects completed or under construction, comprising more than 50 neighborhoods spanning Sunbelt locales from Arizona to Florida. We are an entrepreneurial company with a strong, passionate company culture, and we are seeking team members with a similar mindset.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Process high volume payables into the Yardi system
• Audit vendor invoices to ensure quantity and price of service are accurate before obtaining approvals for payment.
• Scheduling and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract invoices, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Reimbursing employees by receiving, verifying and compiling expense reports.
• Assist in the distribution of 1099’s.
• Verifying vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Upholding vendor, contractor, and employee confidentiality.
• Providing additional support for Contract Administration.
• Assisting other accounting team members on special projects.
• Work with development/project managers to resolve questions, differences, or incomplete information received with budgets, contracts and related documents, pay requests or invoices.

Summary of Ideal Qualifications:

• 3+ years supporting accounts payable
• 1+ years of contract administration experience not required but preferably in the construction or property management industry.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications.
• Accurate and detail-oriented work ethic.
• Ability to prioritize duties, handle multiple projects, and work in a team setting while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to appropriately handle confidential information.
• Ability to sort through information, assess priorities and resolve problems efficiently and effectively.
• Works well with others and thrives in a team-oriented environment.
• Property Management experience is a plus.
• Yardi and Vendor Café experience is preferred.

NexMetro’s Core Values:

Servant Leadership: Lead with humility, providing encouragement and empowering achievement.

Collaborative Spirit: Inspire individual drive, focus and performance to create a best-in-class organization.

Pursuit of Excellence: Inspire individual drive, focus and performance to create a best-in-class organization.

Do the Right Thing. Always: Act honestly, ethically, and responsibly.

The Power of Fun: Life’s too short. Make work fun.

NexMetropian Qualities:

NexMetro team members, also known as NexMetropians, form a diverse group of professionals from many walks of life with certain shared traits that create a common thread. NexMetropians are humble, understanding that our strength comes through our collective abilities and not through individual achievement. NexMetropians are hardworking team members willing to roll up our sleeves to help others regardless of our role within the organization. NexMetropians lead by example, and we do not ask things of our team members that we are not willing to do or have not done ourselves in the past. Finally, NexMetropians are a lot of fun, and we enjoy working together to build a great company and a great product for our residents.