Property Management

Hire a Remote Back-Office Specialist

Vendor bills coded, invoices matched against scope, owner statements prepared, month-end reconciled — in the software you already run. The work that decides whether your margin survives the month. From $1,299/mo.

$1,299 Starting monthly
48h Matching
160h Full-time month
30-day Replacement guarantee

A property management back-office specialist owns the accounting-adjacent admin that sits between your work orders and your owner reports: vendor invoice intake and coding, matching bills against approved scope and spend limits, utility and turnover tracking, owner statement preparation, delinquency follow-up, and month-end reconciliation support. It is high-volume, rules-driven, and carries no licensing requirement — which makes it the second-cleanest function to move after maintenance coordination.

TOOLS & SKILLS

Skills & Tools

Vetted before placement. No generalists learning your stack on your time.

AppFolio Buildium Propertyware Yardi Breeze Rent Manager QuickBooks Xero Invoice Coding AP / AR Owner Statements Bank Reconciliation Utility Tracking Delinquency Sequences Excel / Sheets Google Workspace
DELIVERABLES

What Your Back-Office Specialist Will Do

Concrete workflows, not vague "support". These are the loops they own from week two.

01

Vendor Invoice Intake & Coding

Receives vendor bills, matches each one to its work order, codes it to the right property, unit and GL account, and files the documentation to the record. Done nightly rather than in a month-end pile, which is the difference between coding from memory and coding from evidence.

02

Scope & Spend-Limit Matching

Checks every invoice against the approved scope and spend limit on the original order. Anything over is flagged and held for your decision rather than paid quietly. Variance caught at invoice stage is money kept; variance caught at month-end is a conversation with an owner.

03

Owner Statement Preparation

Assembles monthly owner statements from your system, checks that income and expenses are allocated to the right properties, attaches supporting documentation, and hands you a review-ready pack instead of a starting point.

04

Delinquency Tracking & Follow-Up

Maintains the aging report, runs your reminder sequence on late balances, logs every contact, and escalates on your schedule. Stops at the legal line — anything approaching a notice or filing goes to your team.

05

Utility & Turnover Cost Tracking

Tracks utility transfers at move-in and move-out, catches accounts left in the owner's name after a tenancy starts, and reconciles turnover spend against the make-ready budget so overruns surface while you can still act on them.

06

Month-End Reconciliation Support

Reconciles operating and trust-adjacent ledgers against bank activity, chases missing documentation before close rather than during it, and produces a clean exception list. Your accountant reviews and signs; the specialist does the assembly.

SCOPE & COMPLIANCE

What they do — and do not — touch

The line, written down, before you get on a call.

In scope

  • +Vendor invoice intake, matching and GL coding
  • +Flagging spend-limit and scope variances for approval
  • +Preparing owner statements and supporting packs
  • +Maintaining aging reports and running reminder sequences
  • +Utility transfer and turnover cost tracking
  • +Assembling reconciliations and exception lists
  • +Chasing missing vendor documentation

Out of scope

  • Signing, approving or releasing payments
  • Moving money between accounts
  • Any trust or escrow account transaction
  • Negotiating payment plans or waiving balances
  • Eviction filings, notices to quit or legal correspondence
  • Filing tax returns or signing financial statements
  • Anything your state reserves to a licensed broker or CPA

Every placement signs an NDA before onboarding, completes Fair Housing fundamentals before any resident contact, and works under a named, permission-restricted account in your system. Licensing rules vary by state and your broker remains the responsible party. This page is not legal advice.

PRICING

Back-Office Specialist Pricing

Fixed monthly rates per seat — not per door. No hourly markups, no recruiter fees, no minimum term.

ENTRY

Overnight Back-Office Desk

$1,299/mo

Invoices coded and variances flagged by morning

  • +Dedicated specialist, overnight shift
  • +Vendor invoice intake and coding
  • +Scope and spend-limit variance flagging
  • +Documentation chasing
  • +Works inside your existing PMS
Start With the Desk
FULL SEAT

Dedicated Back-Office Specialist

$1,499/mo

Full-time, 160h/mo, owns the cycle to month-end

  • +Everything in the overnight desk
  • +Owner statement preparation
  • +Delinquency tracking and follow-up
  • +Utility and turnover cost tracking
  • +Month-end reconciliation support
Hire a Specialist

All plans include onboarding, PMS integration, a dedicated client success manager, and a 30-day replacement guarantee.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Will they have access to our bank or trust accounts?

No. They prepare, code, match and reconcile — they never move money. Payment release, transfers and any trust or escrow transaction stay with your licensed team, and access is provisioned read-only wherever your system supports it. This is a deliberate line: trust accounting is exactly the function most states restrict, and keeping the specialist clear of it is what makes the rest of the work safe to move offshore.

How does invoice variance flagging actually work?

Every work order carries an approved scope and a spend limit you set. When the vendor bill arrives, the specialist matches it against both. Anything within limit is coded and filed. Anything over is held, flagged with the original scope alongside the billed amount, and put in your morning digest for a decision. The value is timing — a $480 bill against a $300 limit is a conversation you want before you pay it, not at month-end.

Can they work alongside our existing bookkeeper or CPA?

That is the normal arrangement. The specialist does the volume work — intake, coding, matching, chasing, assembly — and hands your bookkeeper or CPA a clean, documented package to review and sign. Most firms find the accountant's hours drop sharply because they stop spending them on data entry and chasing missing receipts.

How much does a back-office specialist cost?

An overnight desk starts at $1,299 per month and a full dedicated specialist at $1,499 per month, both all-inclusive of recruitment, HR, payroll, compliance, equipment and a replacement guarantee. A US property management accounting specialist typically costs $48,000 to $62,000 a year before benefits, payroll tax and overhead. At roughly $18,000 a year, that is a 60 to 70 percent reduction with no recruiter fee and no long-term contract.

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