The Corporate Controller is an executive-level leader responsible for overseeing all corporate accounting functions across a complex, multi-entity real estate organization. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for financial reporting, technical accounting, and internal controls while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across management and ownership entities.
Requirements
- Provide executive leadership for all corporate and property-level accounting functions across management and ownership entities.
- Develop and execute a multi-year roadmap for scaling accounting capabilities, systems, controls, and talent to support organizational growth.
- Oversee all aspects of general ledger management, consolidation, and financial reporting.
- Ensure the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes are timely, accurate, and consistent across entities.
- Lead technical accounting, including complex transactions, accounting policy development, and application of new standards.
- Serve as a point of contact for external auditors, lenders, and key financial partners.
- Build and maintain a robust internal control environment that supports accuracy, compliance, and risk mitigation.
- Implement metrics, scorecards, and quality-control programs to ensure ongoing accuracy, timeliness, and accountability.
- Build and lead a high-performing accounting team, fostering accountability, empowerment, and career development.
- Oversee onboarding and training program for both U.S. and offshore accounting teams, ensuring each team member is fully prepared to meet expectations.
- Create an ongoing education platform, including technical training, process refreshers, systems instruction, and leadership development for senior accountants.
- Mentor and grow emerging leaders, ensuring a strong bench of future accounting leaders.
- Develop strong, trusting relationships with property owners, asset managers, operators and key internal partners.
- Collaborate closely with operations, asset management, legal, marketing, operations services, financial services, and technology teams to ensure seamless integrated support and decision-making.
- Evaluate and enhance financial systems, reporting tools, and workflow automation to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
- Partner with IT and software vendors to maximize data, reporting, and workflow capabilities.
- Lead the implementation of new technologies that strengthen controls, streamline processes, and support growth.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory, lender, ownership, and contractual reporting requirements.
Benefits
- 401k Matching
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plan
