Controller - Development

Project Development - Controller - Real Estate Development

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Salary: $155,000 - $170,000 per year

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Senior Financial Controller – Real Estate Development
Location: South Florida / Hybrid Options

Type: Full-Time

About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Controller to direct all accounting operations and fiscal controls for our high-end residential real estate development portfolio. The successful candidate brings deep, hands-on mastery of development accounting, construction loan administration, granular job costing, budget tracking, and full-cycle financial reporting within the residential development sector.

Key ResponsibilitiesSenior Financial Controller – Real Estate Development
Location: South Florida / Hybrid Options

Type: Full-Time

About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Controller to direct all accounting operations and fiscal controls for our high-end residential real estate development portfolio. The successful candidate brings deep, hands-on mastery of development accounting, construction loan administration, granular job costing, budget tracking, and full-cycle financial reporting within the residential development sector.

Key Responsibilities

Why join us?

Meaningful Impact: Take complete ownership of financial operations for high-profile residential developments that actively shape the local skyline and communities.

Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a strong base salary complemented by performance-based bonuses tied to project success and company milestones.

Comprehensive Benefits: Access top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance packages designed to support you and your family.

Retirement Planning: Build your future with a robust 401(k) matching program.

Professional Growth: Work directly alongside executive leadership and the Chief Financial Officer, offering a clear pathway for upward mobility as the organization expands.

Work-Life Balance: Benefit from flexible hybrid work arrangements that balance remote focus with collaborative on-site teamwork.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Operations & Close: Direct full-scale project accounting workflows, covering accounts payable, accounts receivable, job cost tracking, regulatory compliance, periodic reporting, and rigorous month-end close cycles.
• Financial Review: Lead monthly closing procedures for designated assets, including financial statement verification, account balancing, journal entries, and auxiliary tracking sheets.
• Cost Management: Supervise job cost accounts to guarantee all expenditures are accurately categorized, properly capitalized, and reconciled against master budgets and supporting documentation.
• Payables & Compliance: Inspect vendor bills, payment applications, mechanic's lien releases, change orders, and draw schedules to verify total alignment with contract terms, budgets, and lender guidelines.
• Loan Administration: Build and execute construction loan draw requests, partnering closely with financial institutions and internal teams to secure continuous, timely project capital.
• Budgeting & Variance: Assist in drafting project budgets, financial forecasts, and actual-versus-budget variance analyses; flag fiscal risks, emerging trends, and cost deviations while advising leadership on mitigation strategies.
• Cash Flow Oversight: Monitor asset-level liquidity and funding timelines, bridging communication across development, finance, and executive groups.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with construction management, development directors, and asset managers to deliver ongoing fiscal visibility across the entire project lifecycle.
• Internal Controls: Maintain strict adherence to organizational accounting policies, internal control frameworks, and standard accounting principles, continually enhancing process efficiency.
• External Relations: Serve as a primary point of contact for external partners, including lending institutions, investors, third-party auditors, tax specialists, and prime contractors.
• Reporting & Audits: Prepare comprehensive quarterly reporting schedules and facilitate annual audits, tax filings, investor updates, and regulatory disclosures.
• Process Optimization: Champion technological integrations, reporting enhancements, and system automations to scale the accounting infrastructure.
• Leadership Support: Partner directly with the Chief Financial Officer on high-level financial modeling, growth initiatives, and targeted corporate projects.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 5 to 10 years of dedicated accounting and finance experience operating directly inside residential real estate development firms.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related quantitative discipline.
• Expertise: Direct familiarity with construction accounting, project financial management, GAAP compliance, capital project budgeting, and multi-tier cost control.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional critical thinking, rigorous problem-solving capabilities, and clear written and verbal communication style.
• Team Dynamics: Proven ability to operate autonomously while building strong collaborative partnerships with project managers, field contractors, and executive teams.
• Technical Stack: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel alongside hands-on experience with industry standard accounting platforms (e.g., general ledger systems, job-cost databases, and real estate management software like QuickBooks, IES, and Yardi).

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