Corporate Controller

SUMMARY

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. The Corporate Controller partners closely with executive leadership, auditors, and external financial partners and plays a critical role in scaling accounting operations across a large and growing property portfolio. 

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Organizational Management 

• Provide executive leadership for all corporate and property-level accounting functions across management and ownership entities.
• Partner closely with the CFO and senior leadership to drive financial discipline, risk awareness, and operational excellence.
• 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.
• Establish a consistent process and technology improvement discipline—identifying gaps, driving enhancements, and standardizing best practices across teams.
• 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.
• Design and own a full-scale 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.
• Improve the escalation and communication process so that accounting leaders can confidently lead conversations and represent the organization with credibility.
• 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.
• Oversee preparation of reporting packages and ensure timely communication with ownership groups.

Requirements

SUCCESS MEASURES

 Success in this role looks like:  

• A consistent and reliable close process with predictable quality.
• A documented onboarding and training program in place and actively used.
• Offshore teams integrated seamlessly into workflows with clear expectations and accountability.
• A measurable reduction in errors, escalations, and rework.
• A strong process-improvement agenda with consistent progress.
• Improved client satisfaction and faster issue resolution.
• Keeping CFO informed of accounting escalations, but not needing CFO to manage escalations.

Skills and Experience 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA required
• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including senior leadership roles
• Big 4 public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Property management, real estate, or multi-entity accounting experience preferred
• Deep technical accounting expertise with a strong understanding of GAAP and complex accounting issues
• Proven experience leading large, sophisticated accounting organizations in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment
• Demonstrated ability to build and strengthen internal controls and scalable accounting systems
• Strong executive presence with experience partnering with auditors, lenders, and senior leadership