Senior Vice President of Accounting

Are You the Kind of Leader Who Builds Elite Teams?

• Do you lead from the front, rolling up your sleeves when needed while empowering your team to own results?
• Are you known for setting exceptionally high standards and holding yourself and others accountable?
• Have you built high-performing accounting organizations that consistently deliver accuracy, speed, and continuous improvement?
• Do you thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments where excellence is expected—not requested?
• Are you a CPA with the business acumen to influence executive decisions beyond the numbers?

If you’re looking for an opportunity to help lead a nationally recognized, privately held company with a track record of extraordinary growth, keep reading.

The Connor Group is one of the country’s most successful owners and operators of luxury apartment communities. Over the past 30+ years, we’ve grown from zero to more than $5 billion in assets by hiring exceptional leaders—not industry veterans.

We’re seeking a Sr. Vice President of Accounting who will own the accounting function, develop exceptional talent, and help shape the financial future of a company that refuses to settle for average.

This is more than a Sr. VP of Accounting role. We're looking for a leader who wants to help shape the financial future of the company—and, for the right person, this role offers a clear path to becoming our future Chief Financial Officer.

What You’ll Own:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team.
• Lead and direct the firm's accounting function by establishing accounting policies, financial reporting standards, and organizational strategies, while overseeing all accounting operations.
• Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Oversee fund accounting activities, including capital accounts, waterfalls, allocations, capital call and distribution calculations, investor reporting, accounting for acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and complex partnership structures.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive internal control and accounting governance framework, including process standardization, control implementation, testing and continual improvement.
• Enforce compliance with accounting policies, partnership and management agreements, debt covenants, and investor requirements.
• Direct annual audits of corporate entities, investment funds, and property portfolios and manage implementation of audit recommendations and procedural improvements.
• Partner with internal and external tax advisors regarding tax planning and compliance.
• Ensure timely delivery of financial information required for federal, state, local, and international tax filings.
• Support tax-efficient structuring of investments, acquisitions, dispositions, and fund formations.
• Deliver strategic leadership for treasury, capital, and accounting initiatives, including liquidity management, lender reporting and compliance, M&A transaction accounting while modernizing accounting systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Experience overseeing complex partnership structures, investment funds, and multi-entity consolidations.
• Proven experience managing medium or large accounting organizations and developing team members.

Why The Connor Group?

Recognized as a:

• Multiple Top Workplace & Culture Award Winner
• 2x Gold Stevie Award – Company of the Year
• TITAN Award Winner for Best Workplace & Best Company Culture

What You’ll Receive:

• Equity Partnership opportunity worth an estimated $6-8 million over 20 years.
• Competitive executive compensation with performance-based incentives.
• Exceptional Day 1 medical benefits for you and your family, including a company-funded HSA or FSA.
• 401(k) with company match up to 9%.
• The opportunity to help lead one of the nation’s fastest-growing, privately held companies alongside an elite executive team.