Advice Personnel · 6 days ago
Controller - Fully Remote Founder-Led Real Estate Asset Management Platform - $170k- $200k + B
Advice Personnel is a founder-led Real Estate Asset Management & Strategic Advisory Firm overseeing over $1B in assets under management. They are seeking a highly experienced Controller to manage property-level oversight and investment-level accounting/reporting in a dynamic environment, playing a key role in shaping the firm's financial infrastructure and reporting processes.
Responsibilities
Review and oversee monthly and quarterly property management financials
Analyze balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, AR/AP, GL, and trial balances
Review debt service statements, lender waterfalls, reserve accounts, and cash tracking
Support and manage RE tax appeal refund applications
Partner with third-party property managers to ensure accurate and timely reporting
Manage investor-level financial reporting and analysis
Handle ownership entity accounting and member loan tracking
Support internal financial reporting and portfolio performance tracking
Prepare partnership financial statements for auditors and tax preparers
Coordinate audit and tax processes across third-party accountants, property managers, and ownership entities
Assist with building internal reporting frameworks and financial controls
Provide ad hoc analysis to support asset management and investment decisions
Qualification
Required
8+ years of commercial real estate accounting experience, ideally in a lean or entrepreneurial environment
Strong background across both property accounting and investment/ownership-level reporting
Hands-on experience with audits, tax coordination, and partnership structures
Comfortable operating independently in a small team while owning end-to-end processes
Entrepreneurial mindset with strong accountability and attention to detail
Ability to work remotely with flexibility to attend occasional NYC meetings
Preferred
Experience in asset management environments strongly preferred
Serious, driven, and passionate about building something from the ground up
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Other non-cash incentives
Company
Advice Personnel
Advice is a boutique recruiting firm specializing in placing professionals in accounting and tax, finance, real estate operations, human resources, office support and go-to-market.