Job Description
Controller Commercial Real Estate & Diversified Businesses
A privately held, diversified organization is seeking a hands-on Controller to oversee accounting and financial reporting across a portfolio of commercial real estate, development, operating, investment, and holding entities. This role will manage the monthly close, financial reporting, multi-entity accounting, payroll, cash management, and accounting team while working closely with senior leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee full-cycle accounting and monthly close, including journal entries, accruals, fixed assets, and depreciation.
- Prepare and review financial statements across multiple entities.
- Manage multi-entity, partnership, intercompany, and related-party accounting.
- Prepare and review bank, debt, escrow, reserve, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Handle commercial real estate accounting, including tenant activity, CAM, property taxes, insurance, CapEx, and debt.
- Oversee accounting for operating companies, including revenue, AP/AR, equipment, and expenses.
- Manage payroll processing, reconciliations, benefits, and payroll taxes.
- Monitor cash activity and assist with cash forecasting and liquidity management.
- Oversee AP/AR, vendor payments, collections, W-9s, and 1099 reporting.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Provide schedules and documentation for tax, audit, lender, and ownership reporting.
- Supervise accounting staff and improve processes, controls, and systems.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; CPA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including supervisory/management experience.
- Strong multi-entity accounting experience is required.
- Real estate / property management accounting experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial statement preparation.
- Hands-on payroll and reconciliation experience.
- Proficiency with QuickBooks and Excel.
- Yardi Breeze or similar real estate accounting software preferred.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple entities and competing priorities.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Dallas, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 10 to 19 employees |
| Year Founded | 1985 |
| Website | http://www.questorg.com |
About Company
For over 30 years, The Quest Organization and its related entities have been a highly respected leader in Executive Search and Business Advisory Services, taking a holistic approach to finding not only the most talented individuals for “C” level executives and Middle Management Professionals, but making sure that our clients have truly defined their need both from a technical perspective and an overall “fit perspective. The hallmark of our success is the extraordinary experience and business acumen of our professional staff with a combined 50+ years of achievements in Executive Search and Advisory Services.
With backgrounds as CPAs in the Big “4″ and as financial professionals in industry, we are uniquely positioned to provide our clients with meaningful hiring recommendations, grounded in a thorough understanding of their overall business including their operations, finance, accounting, human capital and sales.
Our staff through their daily transactions in the employment marketplace and extensive participation in regional business organizations, is well positioned to provide candidates from mid level to CEO’s with insightful advice on career planning and positioning. Every candidate that we represent, benefits from a comprehensive interview to ensure they are considered for appropriate opportunities which match their capabilities, experience, desired compensation and quality of life attributes. We are known to provide the most meticulous interview preparation and follow through in the industry.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Accounting Softwareunmatched
- Accounts Payableunmatched
- Accounts Receivableunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Balance Sheetunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing)unmatched
- Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
- Cash Managementunmatched
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
- Commercial Real Estateunmatched
- Depreciationunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Escrowunmatched
- Financial Controlunmatched
- Financial Managementunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Financial Statementsunmatched
- Fixed Assetsunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
- Insuranceunmatched
- Intuit Quickbooksunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Liquidityunmatched
- Loansunmatched
- Management Accountingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Payroll Accountingunmatched
- Payroll Administrationunmatched
- Payroll Managementunmatched
- Payroll Taxunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Property Managementunmatched
- Property Taxunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Real Estate Developmentunmatched
- Real Estate Softwareunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
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