CONTROLLER

Job Summary

This role serves as a strategic partner responsible for both accounting and financial analysis for a growing, investor-backed real estate development and investment platform. The position owns GAAP-compliant accounting, financial and investor reporting, and financial analysis across multifamily construction projects. The role works closely with executive leadership to translate complex financial data into insights that support growth, capital allocation, and investor confidence.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Adapt to changing projects, priorities, and tasks quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrate a self-starting attitude by finding and improving processes and procedures.
• Strive to make decisions through research and analysis to mitigate risk.
• Complete your work accurately taking into account each detail no matter the size.
• Ability to flex beyond accounting projects and lead strategic projects not exclusively in the accounting space

These skills will be used to:

• Lead all accounting activities including monthly, quarterly, and annual close, audits, and tax coordination
• Provide strong GAAP expertise and consulting across the business, while ensuring all operations and reports are managed in accordance with GAAP and Company standards
• Manage construction loan draws, lender reporting, and bank compliance
• Own financial analysis, forecasting, and scenario modeling for regular business planning processes
• Provide insights on risks and opportunities to leadership using data-driven analysis
• Support investor reporting including financial models and pro formas, sources and uses, waterfalls, and return analyses
• Build and manage scalable financial reporting and analytics processes to support portfolio growth
• Support capital raising efforts by ensuring alignment between accounting records, investor models, and offering materials
• Partner with development and construction teams to analyze feasibility, budgets, cost-to-complete, and return impacts

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA/CA preferred
• 7+ years of accounting experience with increasing responsibility. Oracle ERP experience is a plus
• Strong understanding of accounting principles (GAAP) and financial reporting expertise
• Experience managing or reviewing investor models and return structures; Juniper Square experience is a strong plus
• Multifamily and/or commercial real estate development and construction accounting experience
• Job Costing and Project Accounting Experience, especially in the construction industry
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills

The Value of a Career with The Fischer Group 

A part of The Fischer Group, Acendion Collective is a leading national company specializing in mixed-use and multifamily real estate investment, development, construction, and property management. We collaborate with individual investors to create high-quality developments in high-demand neighborhoods. Our mission is to elevate local rental housing markets and mixed-use projects, diversify investor portfolios, deliver strong returns, and provide growth opportunities for our employees.

We select highly competent individuals to join our team, provide them with the resources, training, and development possible to make significant contributions and drive their success while determining their career paths. The rewards for their efforts are:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Competitive Compensation
• 401(k) with Company matching contributions and profit-sharing
• Employee Life Insurance
• Personal time off
• Inclusive Leave