Property Controller

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Job description

This position is responsible for overseeing asset/property level accounting and financial reporting functions for the real estate assets within the opportunistic portfolio, including supervision and leadership of staff.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* Oversees preparation of and approves asset reporting packages to meet investor/fund requirements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis
* Ensures timely and accurate completion of all month and quarter end closing processes
* Onboarding of newly acquired assets.
* Responsible for final review and approval of monthly financial packages to Fund Accounting group(s)
* Establishes and supports standard practices and procedures for all record keeping and reporting to ensure compliance with internal and GAAP standards
* Prepare/Review Cash Liquidity Reports to submit to Fund/ Portfolio oversight
* Monitor and ensure proper record keeping for all Capital Expenditures
* Assist in fund and asset level audits as necessary
* Works with Development team and Construction Accounting to manage job-costing process for development assets
* Responsible for understanding the accounting of newly acquired/restructure of assets by working closely with Fund and Investment teams
* Acts as point of escalation and support to ensure external departments understand policies and procedures for accounting and are following same.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* Assists in reforecast & consolidation of financial entities
* Perform ad hoc projects and analyses
* Performs high level review of the financial closing, accounts reconciliations and variance analyses prepared by the Accounting Manager and JV or third party managers

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES (IF ANY);

* Oversees work assignments of property accounting staff including but not limited to, setting performance expectations, providing feedback/coaching on performance and ensuring accuracy and timely completion of work assignments.
* Responsible for staffing of newly acquired assets including but not limited to evaluation of existing financial staff, hiring new staff and training staff on CIM procedures

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS (including certifications, licenses, etc.):

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Related Field
* CPA preferred
* 7 to 10 years' previous accounting experience property accounting in assigned asset class.
* Demonstrated success in a managerial role
* Demonstrated expert level knowledge of GAAP accounting.

TECHNICAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

* Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word.
* Experience in Yardi, MRI, J. D. Edwards or comparable software.

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