Accounting Manager

Position Open: August 20, 2026

Position Close: September 2, 2026

On-Site Work

Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA)

Nashville, TN

MDHA serves Nashville and Davidson County. The mission of MDHA is to create quality affordable housing opportunities, support neighborhoods, strengthen communities, and help build a greater Nashville. 

MDHA employs over 300 staff members, has a budget of $215 million, and houses approximately 30,000 people, primarily through nearly 8,000 Section 8 Vouchers and over 6,800 apartments, which are mainly Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) units, at 39 properties. MDHA is a housing authority, a community development agency, and a redevelopment agency.

Position Summary

Under general supervision, leads and directs professional accounting staff to perform complex accounting and financial reporting functions in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Maintains complete and accurate financial and accounting records; monitors program budgets and budget-to-actual variances; leads month-end and year-end close activities; provides oversight of internal and external audit activities; supports compliance reporting and financial planning; and assists in the development, administration, and management of Agency programs and related financial activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership and Staff Development

• Supervises, trains, coaches, and evaluates assigned accounting and finance personnel in accordance with MDHA policies, procedures, and performance-management practices.
• Develops staff capabilities through mentoring, technical guidance, cross-training, and performance feedback.
• Establishes clear expectations, monitors workload and performance, and promotes accountability, accuracy, customer service, and continuous improvement within the accounting function.

Financial Accounting and Reporting

• Manages, reviews, and approves financial transactions to ensure accuracy, appropriate authorization, proper accounting treatment, and compliance with internal controls.
• Maintains and monitors complete financial and accounting records, including general ledger accounts, subsidiary ledgers, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and related documentation.
• Leads the preparation, review, and timely distribution of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports.
• Prepares financial analyses, administrative reports, correspondence, and other documents assigned.

Financial Planning and Budget Management

• Leads month-end and year-end close processes, including reconciliations, journal entries, financial statement preparation, and review of supporting documentation.
• Reviews budget-to-actual results, investigates significant variances, and prepares or coordinates variance analysis for management.
• Assists with the preparation, monitoring, and amendment of Agency and program budgets.
• Assists with financial and reporting requirements for local, state, and federal entities, including housing, governmental, lending, and investor-related reporting.

Audit Oversight and Internal Controls

• Leads and provides oversight of the full-cycle internal and external audit process, including audit planning, scheduling, coordination, documentation requests, auditor communication, management responses, corrective-action tracking, and resolution of audit findings.
• Serves as the primary accounting liaison to external auditors, internal auditors, regulatory agencies, lenders, investors, and other stakeholders for assigned audit matters.
• Ensures deliverables, reconciliations, financial statements, schedules, and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, timely, and compliant with GAAP, Agency policies, applicable laws and regulations, and contractual requirements.
• Reviews audit findings, management letters, and recommendations; coordinates management responses and corrective-action plans; monitors implementation; and escalates unresolved issues to the CFO and Deputy CFO.

Compliance and External Stakeholder Relations

• Reviews and interprets laws, regulations, grant requirements, loan documents, partnership agreements, and other requirements affecting fiscal policies and procedures.
• Monitors compliance with financial, regulatory, contractual, and reporting requirements applicable to Agency programs, component units, financing arrangements, and partnerships.
• Provides technical assistance and supporting documentation to auditors, federal and state agencies, local governments, investors, lenders, and other stakeholders.

Knowledge , Skills and Abilities Required

Behavioral Skills:

• Ability to lead, coach, develop, and hold staff accountable for performance and quality of work.
• Ability to prepare and complete complex and technically sophisticated accounting statements, schedules, analyses, and reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, contractors, investors, public officials, lenders, auditors, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines, and manage multiple priorities.
• Willingness and ability to perform the duties of the classification.

Technical Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of GAAP, accounting principles, internal controls, financial reporting, reconciliations, and general ledger processes.
• Knowledge of audit processes, audit documentation requirements, financial statement preparation, budget development, variance analysis, and cash-management practices.
• Knowledge of governmental, public housing, property-management, affordable-housing, or nonprofit accounting principles and reporting requirements, as applicable.
• Advanced knowledge of financial and accounting information systems.
• Ability to retrieve, analyze, reconcile, and convert data from accounting systems into a variety of internal and external reporting formats.
• Intermediate or higher proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and report preparation.

Physical Skills:

Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, including prolonged sitting; occasional standing and walking; use of hands and fingers for keyboarding and handling documents; and sufficient vision, hearing, speech, and observation abilities to communicate and perform assigned work.

Financial Skills:

• Knowledge of professional accounting work related to the preparation, maintenance, and analysis of financial and accounting records.
• Ability to monitor, coordinate, and improve financial procedures and internal controls.
• Ability to analyze financial data, identify discrepancies and trends, and recommend appropriate corrective action.
• Ability to oversee audit-related processes, assess financial-control risks, and coordinate timely resolution of audit findings and corrective actions.

License(s) Required:

Valid Tennessee driver’s license.

Education and Experience Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university; and five years of progressively responsible professional accounting, financial reporting, auditing, governmental accounting, or property accounting experience.

Preferred:

Experience with public housing authorities, governmental accounting, property management accounting, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transactions, federal and bank loan programs, or other multifaceted affordable-housing programs is preferred.

A master's degree, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation, and experience with Yardi or a comparable accounting or property management system are preferred.