Applications Manager II- Accounting

Since 2012, we've grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work®. At AMH, our goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support, so our residents can focus on what really matters to them, wherever they are in life. The IT Applications Manager-Accounting leads the strategy, administration, maintenance, and lifecycle management of core enterprise applications, with a primary focus on accounting systems (GL, AP/AR, Fixed Assets, Revenue, Consolidations, Tax, Close & Reconciliation). The role partners closely with Controllers, Audit, and other stakeholders to ensure systems are reliable, secure, compliant, and scalable. This role manages an analyst and external partners to deliver high‑quality, automated, and data‑driven solutions. CPA Preferred and experience with Workday and/or Yardi is preferred.

Responsibilities:

Maintains and enhances existing standard operating procedures and processes to support sustainable and flexible architecture and environments. Creates new process documentation, procedures, and policies in partnership with IT teams and assigned key business stakeholders. Coordinates, negotiates, and administers vendor and internal relationships with key stakeholders across business to support projects, initiatives, and requests. Supports other IT teams as part of escalations and/or projects. Manages release process, testing and communication for assigned application platform. Facilitates change management processes, including the development and execution of test scripts, communication plans, implementation plans, and rollback plans. Performs administration, maintenance, and updates of assigned application platforms as well as managing defects, enhancements, and escalation of support incidents.

Requirements:

High School Diploma / GED required. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Management, Computer Science, Information Technology and/or related field preferred. Minimum 3 years' experience in Application Management, Systems / Application Analysis, IT Support Management, Business Application Analysis, Technology Business Process Development and/or related. Minimum 2 years managerial / leadership experience with direct reports. Intermediate knowledge and experience in software development methodologies including UML, Agile, Waterfall. Excellent verbal and written communication, planning, analysis, and organization skills. Advanced business/application analysis skills. Must be able to implement process improvement changes with leadership direction. Compensation The anticipated pay range/scale for this position is $122,573.13- $144,817.20. Actual starting base pay within this range will depend on factors including geographic location, education, training, skills, and relevant experience. Additional Compensation This position is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus. Perks and Benefits Employees also have the opportunity to participate in medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts; dependent savings accounts; 401(k) with company matching contributions; employee stock purchase plan; and a tuition reimbursement program. The Company provides 9 paid holidays per year, and, upon hire, new employees will accrue paid time off (PTO) at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year. Background Check Background check required. AMH will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, which may include the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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