[Hiring] Controller @HireLATAM

Role Description

Our Client is seeking a high-judgment, hands-on Remote Controller to serve as the senior financial officer for consolidated accounting operations. Reporting directly to the President, this team member will own the end-to-end consolidated reporting process, eliminate intercompany transactions, direct a team of two staff accountants, and maintain rigorous workpaper standards. The Controller will manage Construction-in-Progress (CIP) accounting, assemble lender draw packages, oversee GP/LP equity tracking and distribution waterfalls, direct CPA tax preparation (K-1s), and set up new entity accounting structures within Yardi.

Key Responsibilities

• Consolidated Financial Reporting & Intercompany Reconciliations
  • Owns and produces monthly consolidated financial statements across all operating companies, holding entities, and GP/LP partnerships.
  • Manages proper eliminations for intercompany management fees, equipment lease income, intercompany loans, and intercompany AR/AP balances (ensuring no intercompany balance remains outstanding past 30 days without clear resolution).
  • Inherits and maintains the detailed monthly entity-by-entity workpaper and notes tracker, capturing period-end adjusting entries, open items, and accounting policy resolutions.
  • Reviews and approves journal entries, reclassifications, and period-end adjusting entries while evaluating proper capitalization versus expense treatments across active projects.
• Construction, CIP & Development Accounting
  • Manages Construction-in-Progress (CIP) accounting for active development projects, tracking costs by job and coordinating capitalization accuracy with the VP of Construction.
  • Prepares and submits comprehensive lender draw packages, assembling supporting documentation and managing lender-specific submission timelines.
  • Calculates, documents, and recognizes development fees charged to partnership entities while maintaining complete audit trails.
  • Performs cost-to-complete versus budget variance analyses by project, proactively flagging potential cost overruns to the President.
• Partnership, Fund Accounting & Tax Coordination
  • Maintains cap tables, equity tracking ledgers, and waterfall models across GP/LP partnership entities.
  • Calculates and processes LP distributions, analyzing timing relative to projected partner tax liabilities, dispositions, and refinances.
  • Manages investor return telemetry within Agora (or similar portals), posting tax documents, distribution notices, and return-of-capital statements.
  • Serves as the primary contact for external CPA/tax advisors—coordinating K-1 preparation, entity-level tax strategies, depreciation schedules (real property, equipment, leasehold improvements), and year-end planning.
• Team Leadership & Entity Setup
  • Directs, reviews, and mentors a remote accounting team of two staff accountants, establishing high standards of independent judgment and reviewing work product before final sign-off.
  • Owns the month-end close checklist, maintaining authorization protocols for checks, wires, and ACH transactions.
  • Sets up chart of accounts, entity structures, opening balances, and consolidation trees for new real estate entity acquisitions directly in Yardi.
  • Maintains the comprehensive portfolio loan schedule, tracking principal balances, maturity dates, interest rates, debt covenants, and monthly debt service requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Controller, Accounting Manager, or Senior Real Estate Accountant overseeing multi-entity real estate portfolios.
• Non-negotiable, expert-level proficiency in Yardi across multi-entity property management, accounting, and consolidated financial reporting modules.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP as applied to commercial real estate—including CIP accounting, capitalization vs. expensing rules, depreciation schedules, and revenue recognition for for-sale residential units.
• Practical experience with partnership accounting, cap table tracking, LP distribution calculations, waterfall models, and CPA coordination for K-1 issuances.
• Proven track record supervising, reviewing, and elevating the output of staff accountants in a remote setting.
• Native-level written and spoken English skills to collaborate directly with company leadership, external CPAs, lenders, and partners.
• Full availability to work full-time standard business hours aligned with US Mountain Time (MT).
• High-performance personal workstation, HD webcam, noise-canceling headset, and enterprise-grade high-speed internet connection in a secure, quiet home office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA) designation.
• Hands-on experience preparing and submitting commercial construction draw packages to institutional lenders.
• Advanced experience with intercompany consolidation eliminations across multi-tier corporate trees.
• Experience utilizing investor relations portal platforms such as Agora, Juniper Square, or IMS.
• Background managing diversified real estate assets (manufactured housing, RV parks, self-storage, light industrial, multifamily, and commercial retail).

Application Disclaimer: Please Read Before Proceeding

• To ensure a fair and efficient hiring process, all applications must meet the mandatory requirements listed in the job description.
• Voice/Video Recording is REQUIRED. Your application CANNOT be considered without a voice or video recording. It must be at least 30 seconds long and in English . Submissions in any other language or missing a recording will be automatically disqualified.
• Each application includes knockout questions designed to verify minimum qualifications required by the client. If you answer "NO" to any of these, you will be immediately disqualified from the hiring process for not having the experience requested for the role.
• To maintain fairness, please apply to no more than three jobs and only if you fully meet the listed qualifications.
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