Bisnow Media

Bisnow Media

Controller - Director of Accounting (Commercial Real Estate)

Manhattan Beach, California · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago
Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingBudgetingProcess ImprovementCadenceLeadershipCommunicationOrganizational SkillsFinancial ReportingInternal AuditAccounts PayableVariance Analysis

About the role

  • Our SelectLeaders client is a growing real estate investment and property management organization.
  • They are seeking an experienced, highly organized, process-driven Controller / Director of Accounting & Finance who can take full ownership of the accounting and finance function.

Responsibilities

  • Manage accounting across 40+ legal entities and approximately 100.
  • Maintain strong internal controls and ensure financial information is accurate, timely, and useful for management decision-making.
  • Create and maintain property-level, entity-level, and company-level budgets.
  • Develop budget-to-actual reporting and variance analysis for ownership and senior management.
  • Build financial forecasts, cash flow projections, and capital planning reports.
  • Establish and manage recurring KPI reporting for the company's accounting, finance, property management, leasing, maintenance, and operational functions.
  • Identify the most important financial and operational KPIs for the business and create a consistent reporting cadence around them.
  • Create, document, diagram, and manage departmental workflows and SOPs.
  • Build clear systems for recurring accounting tasks, approval processes, reporting deadlines, and responsibility assignments.
  • Identify weaknesses in existing accounting operations and implement practical solutions.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of financial statements, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, cash management, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
  • Experience managing multiple entities,, cost centers, or business units.
  • Experience with AppFolio.
  • Experience implementing automation, AI tools, or technology-enabled accounting processes.
  • Experience working with ownership, investors, lenders, and outside tax professionals.
  • Required:
  • Significant experience managing accounting operations for a complex business.
  • Demonstrated ability to organize and manage an entire accounting and finance department.
  • Proven ability to create and manage SOPs, workflows, checklists, and reporting systems.
  • Ability to create, manage, and report on company KPIs.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment.
  • Willingness to be both a high-level strategic thinker and a hands-on accounting operator.
  • Real estate, property management, or real estate investment accounting experience.

Nice to have

  • Minimum 10+ years of accounting experience.
  • Strongly Preferred

Compensation

  • Supervise monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
  • Lead the annual budgeting process for the company, its entities, and its property portfolio.
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