Assistant Controller (Seattle, WA)

Our client is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Our client shapes the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces, and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities. Our client is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $18.0 billion, operations in over 80 countries, and a global workforce of more than 93,000 as of December 31, 2019.

We are seeking an Assistant Controller on a contract basis to manage a large real estate portfolio for a client with properties in Seattle, Bellevue, and New York City. The finance team sits onsite in the Seattle campus. The assistant controller will oversee all monthly close, reporting, budget & reforecasting, cash management, and spend compliance processes for the portfolio and will report directly to the senior finance manager for the portfolio. This role will serve as a key partner to the leadership team and will have high visibility with the client.

This role is on-site in Seattle, WA.

Responsibilities

• Manage period financial close activities to ensure completeness and accuracy of GAAP financial reporting deliverables, including review of workpapers and analytical commentary prepared by accountants and finance analysts.
• Develop a complete understanding of client accounting requirements, communicate those requirements to property teams and finance staff, and ensure compliance.
• Review leases for proper lease accounting in alignment with GAAP and client policies.
• Maintain accounting controls within the framework of GAAP, internal policies, and client policies.
• Provide leadership for biannual client budget cycles and periodic reforecast processes.
• Supervise cash management procedures.
• Drive the accounts payable cycle and review funding requests to ensure timely invoice payments and compliance with client spending and transaction policies.
• Serve as a resource to property teams by coordinating procedures and responding to accounting and client questions.
• Become a subject matter expert on client contract requirements and maintain working knowledge of major service agreements.
• Oversee the launch of annual purchase orders for recurring contract services.
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly business reviews with the client, providing finance-related commentary and reviewing financial analyses.
• Manage the performance and workload of assigned finance team staff, including succession planning, growth planning, and training oversight.
• Oversee the compilation and analysis of financial and operational data for quarterly KPIs, including Opex and Capex budget accuracy.
• Facilitate ad hoc reporting and support special projects as requested by management or the client.
• Manage team performance toward accounts receivable objectives and oversee maintenance and research on AR items over 30 days past due.
• Identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Perform additional duties and tasks as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA (active or retired) preferred.
• 5-10 years of relevant accounting experience required; 3-5 years in a controller or supervisory role strongly preferred.
• Experience in property management or real estate preferred.
• Public accounting experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Proficiency in Excel and accounting systems; experience with MRI or Yardi preferred.
  
  

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.