CORPORATE CONTROLLERREAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
📍 Location: Dallas, TX
🏢 Department: Accounting
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time | Hybrid (3 days in-office/2 days remote)
Position Overview:We are seeking an experienced Corporate Controller to lead and oversee the corporate accounting function of a growing real estate development company.
This hybrid role (three days in-office, two days remote) will report to the EVP, Accounting and will lead the corporate accounting team, including two Senior Corporate Accountants, providing hands-on leadership across corporate accounting, family office and platform reporting, cash management, and compliance for the corporate entities and real estate development platforms.
This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who can build, coach, and motivate a high-performing team of varied personalities and working styles, while operating with accuracy, ownership, and sound judgment in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities:Team Leadership & Management- Lead, mentor, and develop the corporate accounting team, including two Senior Corporate Accountants, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
- Motivate and manage a team of varied personalities and working styles, tailoring coaching, feedback, and communication to bring out the best in each team member.
- Set clear priorities, delegate effectively, and hold the team accountable to deadlines and quality standards during peak close, audit, and reporting cycles.
- Recruit, train, and evaluate accounting personnel; identify development opportunities and support succession planning.
Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting Oversight- Direct all corporate accounting operations, including month-end and year-end close, general ledger integrity, and consolidated financial statement preparation across corporate entities.
- Review and approve financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) by entity and on a consolidated basis for executive leadership, ownership, and investor partners.
- Review tax basis financials for corporate operating entities.
- Direct the annual budgeting process and long-range forecasting across corporate entities, projects, and investments.
- Oversee accounts receivable, including billing and collections, and monthly payroll billing for related companies.
- Oversee accounts payable as it relates to corporate entities.
- Prepare and review tax packages for all corporate entities.
Family Office Reporting & Investment Accounting- Review upper-tier financials and capital roll-forward schedules.
- Oversee preparation and distribution of Guarantor Financials semiannually.
Treasury, Capital, & Cash Management- Oversee cash management and liquidity across all corporate entities, partnering with the Director of Treasury, who oversees the Accounts Payable team, on day-to-day treasury and disbursement operations.
- Direct cash flow forecasting and capital planning, including coordination of capital calls, distributions, draws, and vendor/lender payments.
- Prepare cash reconciliation monthly for the CFO.
Platform Reporting- Oversee quarterly overhead allocations.
- Coordinate with Accounting VPs to provide P&L reports to Platform Leaders.
Audit, Compliance & Internal Controls- Lead annual financial statement audits and any tax, lender, or investor-driven audits; serve as primary point of contact for external auditors in the future if needed.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning- Direct the annual budgeting process and long-range forecasting across corporate entities, projects, and investments.
- Identify, quantify, and communicate financial risks, funding gaps, and variances to executive leadership in a timely manner.
Policies, Procedures & Process Improvement- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and workflows for the corporate accounting group.
Qualifications & Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- Active CPA license required.
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a Controller or senior accounting leadership role, ideally within real estate development, private equity real estate, investment management, and/or public accounting.
- Strong financial reporting skills, with the ability to prepare clear, accurate reporting packages for executive leadership, ownership, and investor partners.
- Proven experience directly managing, developing, and motivating an accounting team.
- Knowledge of GAAP, partnership/fund accounting, capital stacks, distributions, and real estate development and job cost accounting is a plus, though not required.
- Experience leading external audits, banking relationships, and investor/lender reporting.
- Experience managing accounting across multiple entities, bank accounts, and capital structures.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications; strong experience with Yardi required (Yardi Investment Accounting Module experience a plus). Experience with QuickBooks preferred.
- Experience with aircraft accounting a plus.
- Hands-on leader who can operate strategically with executive leadership while staying close enough to the details to review and validate the team's work.
Skills & Competencies:- Proven people-leader who can motivate, coach, and get the best out of a team with varied personalities, communication styles, and experience levels.
- Emotional intelligence and sound judgment in managing team dynamics, delivering feedback, and resolving conflict constructively.
- Adaptability-adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.
- Self-starter; thrives in dynamic and entrepreneurial environments.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with a results-driven approach.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present effectively and with confidence to executive leadership, owners, equity partners, auditors, and lenders.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously while maintaining accuracy under deadline pressure.
- Lifelong learner who applies expertise with confidence and defends analysis clearly and persuasively to investment committees and ownership.
Compensation & Benefits:- Competitive base plus bonus, and the unique ability to invest in the Provident Employee Fund or participate in Provident's Employee Profit Sharing program
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Company-Provided Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401k with company match
- 529 College Savings Plan
- 3 Weeks PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
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