Controller, Real Estate

POSITION SUMMARY

The Real Estate Controller will serve as a strategic financial partner to executive leadership, helping drive operational efficiency, portfolio performance, and scalable financial processes across a commercial real estate platform. In this role, you will support the Accounting team by managing financial statement preparation, overseeing cash management, and ensuring compliance with accounting regulations. You will play a key role in maintaining financial integrity while streamlining processes for efficiency and growth.

• Prepare and review monthly financial statements, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
• Manage cash flow operations, including tenant payment processing, disbursements, and bank reconciliations.
• Maintain general ledger integrity, preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial analysis.
• Support the firm's development projects, preparing budgets, loan requests, construction draws, and overseeing construction accounting.
• Maintain detailed vendor records to facilitate 1099 reporting and compliance.
• Prepare or review CAM reconciliations.
• Lead special projects related to financial growth and process improvements.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA preferred).
• 5+ years of real estate accounting experience.
• Proficiency in financial statement preparation, accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, and general accounting functions.
• Strong analytical skills with a process-improvement mindset, focused on efficiency and accuracy.
• Yardi proficiency is highly desirable; strong command of Microsoft Excel and financial modeling.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication, capable of collaborating across departments.
• High integrity, trustworthiness, and a commitment to excellence in financial operations.

• Dependable, self-motivated, punctual, and efficient in handling work assignments.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of proficiency while under pressure and with frequent interruptions.
• Able to work with a diverse group of people.
• Strong team player, friendly, patient, self-motivated.
• Professional appearance and manner.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• This position requires frequent manual dexterity in combination with eye/hand coordination such as keyboarding and handling of equipment.
• Will have repetitive hand motions and prolonged periods of sitting.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Prolonged exposure to viewing a computer screen.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
• Must be able to travel (10%) within the metropolitan area.

We seek a detail-oriented, results-driven professional who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and is eager to support a high-growth organization. If you're looking for a strategic accounting leadership role in real estate, we encourage you to apply!