Accounting Controller

Our client, a real estate investment firm, headquartered in Boston, is looking for an experienced, full-time Accounting Controller to oversee the Yardi ecosystem, fund accounting, workflows, and forecasting. The Controller will take ownership of workflows, work directly with an accounting assistant, and coordinate with a team of third-party servicers to handle day-to-day processing.

Responsibilities

Administer and optimize Yardi Voyager across GL, AP, AR, job cost, and reporting

Own Procure-to-Pay / Bill-to-Pay workflows and approval matrices

Run accounting: capital accounts, allocations, waterfall distributions, IRR returns

Manage Investment Manager app: investor data integrity, performance reporting, distribution modeling

Lead fund accounting, consolidations, and intercompany reconciliations

Build & maintain Excel models and macros for forecasting, distributions, scenario analysis

Forecast budgets, monitor actuals versus projections, and model investor distributions

Manage construction draws, reserve draws, loan documents, insurance/fee collections

Oversee AP workflows and internal controls

Directly manage an accounting assistant and oversee third‑party accounting servicers

Requirements

7–15+ years in real estate private equity, institutional RE accounting, or fund accounting

Fluent in waterfalls, IRR, fund structures, and capital accounts

Strong in forecasting, modeling, and Excel automation

Comfortable directing staff and holding third‑party servicers to high standards

Experience with fund accounting and waterfalls

Advanced Excel (dynamic modeling, macros, automation)

Multi‑entity consolidations

AP workflow governance and controls

Work Environment: 3 days in‑office, 2 days remote

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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