Our SelectLeaders client is a privately held, value-add commercial real estate owner/operator with a portfolio spanning office, industrial, and retail assets across Southern California. The organization manages property-level and corporate accounting functions in-house and offers the opportunity to work closely with ownership and senior leadership.
Position Summary
The Corporate Controller will be responsible for corporate and property-level accounting and financial reporting across multiple entities, including property ownership entities, management companies, and related corporate structures. The ideal candidate has strong commercial real estate accounting experience and hands-on expertise with MRI software.
Responsibilities:
- Perform full-cycle accounting for corporate and property ownership entities.
- Prepare entity-level and corporate financial statements.
- Manage intercompany accounting, allocations, and eliminations.
- Perform bank reconciliations and assist with cash management.
- Manage property-level accounting within MRI.
- Prepare CAM estimates, reconciliations, and tenant billings.
- Process management fee, G&A, and intercompany billings.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
- Prepare lender and reserve reporting.
- Support acquisitions and dispositions.
- Assist with audits and tax preparation.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and support system oversight, including MRI and Avid.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of accounting experience.
- Commercial real estate and property accounting experience.
- Hands-on MRI experience required.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Experience with intercompany accounting.
- CPA or CPA-track.
- Experience with multi-entity commercial real estate accounting.
Preferred Qualifications
Why This Role:
- High-visibility role with direct exposure to ownership and senior leadership.
- Broad exposure across corporate, entity-level, and property accounting.
- Opportunity to work across a diverse commercial real estate portfolio.
- Long-term growth opportunity within a privately held real estate organization.
Benefits:
- $100,000 - $130,000 annual salary
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Opportunity to grow and expand the Inland Empire portfolio
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) program
- Paid holidays
- PTO and sick time