Controller - Real Estate
Creative Financial Staffing
Houston, TX
$140,000 - $160,000 a year
Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Controller
Industry: Real Estate
Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 w/ bonus
Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
Key leadership role within a rapidly growing real estate investment and development firm
- Direct exposure to executive leadership, investors, and capital partners
- Oversight of all accounting operations across a portfolio of real estate assets and projects
- Opportunity to build and optimize processes while mentoring a high-performing accounting team
Responsibilities:
- Oversee treasury functions including bank reconciliations, cash flow projections, and contribution/distribution calculations
- Review and approve investor/lender funding requests, reserves, and write-offs in accordance with legal agreements
- Maintain compliance with loan agreements, JV structures, PMAs, leases, and other legal documents
- Ensure timely and GAAP-compliant reporting with attention to complex areas such as acquisitions, dispositions, debt modifications, and interest capitalization
- Review monthly/quarterly financial reporting, general ledger activity, and accounting position memos for technical treatment of unusual items
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Lease Admin, Finance Partners, and Transactions teams, as well as third-party stakeholders
Requirements:
- CPA required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with real estate industry background (preferably multifamily or commercial)
- Strong technical accounting foundation; experience with consolidations, intercompany, and complex real estate transactions
- Proficiency in real estate accounting systems such as Yardi or MRI
- Excellent communication and leadership skills; able to guide teams and liaise with internal and external partners
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