Financial Consulting Manager - Real Estate Accounting

Location: Northern

Overview
In this role you will oversee accounting and finance activities for multiple real estate clients within a shared services setup, guiding the Controller function and leveraging a cloud-based technology stack. You will interact with client executives and cross-functional teams to analyze financial data, drive process improvements, and ensure timely close and reporting. The position blends public accounting rigor with private-company operations, offering growth through leadership and technology adoption.

You'll work in a collaborative, client-facing environment that values lifelong learning and impactful insights.
Compensation / Benefits

• competitive benefits
• flexible schedule
• discretionary bonus based on performance
• opportunity for career growth
• support for professional development
• dynamic, collaborative culture

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day accounting and finance functions for multiple clients in a shared services environment in a Controller capacity
• Work with client technology environments and the FaaS tech stack
• Lead, coach, and develop client services staff at various levels
• Review monthly financial statements and variance/budget-to-actual analyses
• Provide actionable financial insights and decision support to client management
• Identify opportunities to optimize monthly operations and implement process improvements
• Understand and expand the FaaS tech stack, recommending add-on processes and integrations
• Define repeatable methodologies, tools, and templates for future projects
• Establish engagement budgets and manage engagement economics
• Oversee onboarding of new FaaS clients, write SOWs, and contribute to proposals
• Participate in client meetings and support billings and collections of invoices

Key requirements

• Bachelor degree (minimum)
• CPA required or in-process
• Experience in property-level accounting and finance functions
• Experience with property managers to resolve issues and explain variances
• Expertise with Real Estate technology systems (e.g., Yardi, MRI)
• Public accounting or professional services background preferred
• Progressive real estate accounting/finance experience (manager/controller level)
• Experience in real estate development projects, construction accounting, including job costing and draw packages
• Strong GAAP, NCREIF, FMV knowledge; solid management accounting/operational finance knowledge
• Excellent communication across all organizational levels
• Experience in FP&A (modeling, budgeting, forecasting, analysis)
• Leadership, coaching, time management and ability to handle multiple projects

• assertive
• collaborative
• strong communicator
• Yardi
• MRI
• Blackline