Controller – Investment Firm

Job ID#: 9360

Controller – Investment Firm

Direct Hire; up to 80K + bonus

Galleria location

Duties:

• Prepare annual budget; produce all financial information accurately and timely
• Prepare work papers supporting annual tax return; coordinate preparation of annual tax return with CPA firm
• Implement process to record transactions for partnership books and compare costs incurred to budget and performance analysis of profit centers
• Review and record journal entries required to reflect monthly activity
• Prepare work papers supporting monthly close process and month-end balances
• Review monthly accounting close process including analytical review of monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained
• Prepare monthly financial statements for corporate entities and journal entries for acquisitions and dispositions
• Perform cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize return on excess cash balances
• Prepare bi-weekly payroll for corporate employees
• Supervise billing of asset management, incentive, acquisition, disposition, and other fees periodically, per in-place agreements
• Supervise accounts payable processed in corporate office; includes corporate payables and allocations of costs incurred on behalf of partnership entities
• Categorize fixed asset records at year-end to submit to an outside CPA firm to update asset schedules
• Submit loan compliance records to lender
• Implement, document, and maintain adequate and effective processes to improve closing and reporting cycles to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Perform bank reconciliations for corporate accounts and oversee partnership bank reconciliations
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Properly analyze operations from a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow perspective as well as an overall business perspective
• Create 1099 year-end records
• Review and process all financial distributions to investors from partnerships
• File partnership franchise tax returns, and corporate Rendition Reports
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations for all entities
• Open and close corporate and property bank accounts on a timely basis
• Maintain books for 2 property development transactions and monitor budget variances

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3+ years in a position equivalent to a Controller
• Experience in both private and public accounting sectors preferred
• Proficiency in QuickBooks and advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge of intercompany financial transactions
• Detail-oriented, work autonomously, analytical and task-oriented; troubleshoot unfamiliar areas; comfortable with working with outside auditors

Other Info:

• Seeking new team member to wow them; no management duties
• Audit background helpful
• Real estate helpful
• Brainstorm with and support SVP of Finance
• Contribute new techniques
• Current team member leaving the organization to continue education