About the RoleWe're looking for a Corporate Controller to be a direct financial thought partner to executive leadership and own the monthly close process for MRK's corporate entities to keep our financial information accurate and timely. This is a hands-on ownership seat: you'll manage consolidation across 80+ legal entities representing ~11,000 units across 9 states and coordinate our annual audit and tax cycle.
What You'll Actually Own (Essential Duties & Responsibilities)- Monthly & Annual Close: Lead the full close process end to end: cutoff discipline, GL review, journal entries, accruals, reconciliation standards, consolidation and timely reporting.
- Multi-Entity Consolidation: Oversee consolidation and intercompany reconciliation across dozens of legal entities, ensuring clean eliminations and balanced intercompany accounts.
- Internal Controls & Policy: Develop and maintain internal controls, accounting policies, and financial procedures that protect the company and support operational efficiency.
- Executive Partnership: Provide financial analysis and reporting insight that directly informs business planning and leadership's strategic decisions.
- Audit, Tax & Regulatory: Coordinate annual corporate audits, tax preparation, and regulatory filings as the primary point of contact for external auditors and tax advisors.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Be a key participant in the budgeting, forecasting, cash flow monitoring, and reporting cycles alongside department leaders.
Education and Experience Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required
- CPA required
- 10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Accounting Manager role in real estate, property management, development, or construction
- Demonstrated ability to lead both directly and through influence - this seat doesn't currently have direct reports, but is expected to build and manage a team as MRK's entity count and portfolio scales
- Strong GAAP, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, and audit coordination knowledge
- Experience with Yardi, MRI, RealPage, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, or similar platforms preferred
You'll Thrive Here If...- You find real satisfaction in a clean close process and a balanced intercompany ledger across dozens of entities; this role lives and dies on that discipline, not high-level oversight from a distance.
- You want to be a financial partner to leadership, not just a reporter of numbers after the fact; the role expects analysis and recommendations that shape decisions, not just close-the-books accuracy.
- You'd rather build the control and reporting process than just follow one someone else built.
- Embrace New Ways applies here too; the role calls for streamlining and strengthening what exists.
- You can lead and influence people who don't report to you today, and you're ready to build and manage a team directly as the role grows with the company.
The compensation range for this role is $160,000 - $180,000 dependent upon candidate experience and qualifications.
