| Title: Controller - Accounting Systems
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| Location: Newton, MA
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| Job Type: Direct Hire
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| Compensation: $110,000.00 to $140,000.00 per Year
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| Reference Code: 947908-EQG
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Description: The Controller of Accounting/Systems is responsible for all accounting and financial reporting applications and data, including the supervision of staff and preparation of internal reporting to senior management, and the contribution to various key accounting functions, including Sox 404 compliance. This position requires close communication within the accounting department, other corporate departments such as IT and Asset management and regional offices. This position is in Newton.
Responsibilities:
- Act in a liaison capacity between the Accounting/Asset Management departments and the technology group to assist in the alignment of overall business objectives
- Maintain, upgrade and support existing legacy systems and provide user training as needed
- Understand the needs, relationships and workflow between the various departments (Accounting, Finance, Asset Management, Property Management, Underwriting, Risk Management, and Legal). Partner with the departments to develop enhancements to existing workflow that increase efficiency, encourage communication, strengthen internal controls and provide better business intelligence
- Integrate existing departmental databases into an enterprise database; develop and maintain a front end
- Develop and maintain key operating metrics; provide analytical support to the management team including benchmarking against third party data sources (NAREIT, Costar, NCREIF, REIS)
- Enhance the operational budgeting system
- Participate in the sourcing, development, implementation, support and enhancement of company wide financial and operational reporting systems and business intelligence tools. Current systems and tools include Timberline, Idysys, WinFAS, Access and Excel
- Contribute to ad hoc and cyclical projects, as assigned by the VP of Accounting
- Contribute as team member in the review process and support of selected periodic public company reporting requirements
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Requirements: The skills, experience, and education required for this position include the following:
- 8+ years of experience, ideally both a CPA and from real estate industry
- Must have some conversion/implementation experience recently
- Strong reporting systems is strongly preferred
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