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We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic Controller to oversee the financial operations and reporting for a diverse real estate portfolio. This role is critical in ensuring the integrity of financial data, compliance with accounting standards, and timely delivery of reporting to both internal stakeholders and institutional ownership. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting expertise, real estate experience, and a collaborative mindset to partner closely with property management teams and executive leadership. This position offers the opportunity to lead key initiatives, drive process improvements, and support the continued growth of the organization.
Responsibilities:- Reports accurately and timely, the financial records of the assigned portfolio, including budgets and forecasts
- Works closely with the property managers to ensure consistency and promotes effectiveness in operations reporting
- Ensures implementation of company-wide property management accounting and reporting initiatives
- Prepares monthly reporting packages for institutional owners and asset managers with input from property management
- Maintains a calendar of all required by debt covenant reporting deadlines for assigned properties and prepares accurate and timely reporting as required by covenants
- Prepares and reviews monthly accruals and straight-line rent journal entries
- Reconciles balance sheet account monthly
- Records tax basis entries as needed for year-end and prepares tax and applicable audit work papers
- Ensures delinquency reports are correct and contacts property management about serious delinquencies
- Understands lease terminology and works closely with Lease Administrators
- Monitors cash and ensures that critical payments are made timely and prepares funding reports as needed
- Participates in budget preparation by providing information and analysis to property managers
- Reviews budgets for accuracy and uploading into accounting software
- Prepares monthly bank reconciliations for assigned properties
- Tracks tenant upfit allowances using Excel and job costing software
- Maintains fixed asset listings and depreciation
- Analyzes data from several sources and provides accurate and complete answers for owners
- Prepares personal property tax listings and monitors sales/use tax for owners
- 40-45 hours per week based on reporting cycles
- Handles other duties as assigned by Controller
Desired Competency, Experience and Skills:
- Four year degree in Accounting required
- 3 years of real estate and/or public accounting experience preferred
- GAAP experience required
- Exhibits strong interpersonal skills and critical thinking skills
- High degree of professionalism in addition to excellent communication, analytical, and problem solving skills
- Team oriented, with the ability to build effective relationships in a cohesive business environment
- First 90 days in the office for training; then hybrid schedule based on performance, up to 2 days per week WFH
- Part-time is also available with prorated salary and bonus
- High proficiency in Excel is desired
- MRI and/or Yardi preferred
- FAS asset software
- CPA license required
About Lincoln Property Company
Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”) is one of the largest private real estate firms in the United States. Offering a fully integrated platform of real estate services and innovative solutions to owners, investors, lenders and occupiers, Lincoln supports the entire real estate lifecycle across asset types, including office, life science, retail, industrial, data center, production studio, healthcare, government, universities, and mixed-used properties, throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Lincoln’s combined management and leasing portfolio on behalf of institutional clients includes more than 562 million square feet of commercial space. In addition to providing third-party real estate services, Lincoln has completed over 164 million square feet of development since its inception in 1965 and has another $19.5 billion currently under construction or in the pipeline. For more information, visit: www.lpc.com.
All job offers are contingent on completion of a background check and proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
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