Interim Assistant Controller (Commercial Real Estate)

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Role: Interim Assistant Controller (Commercial Real Estate)
Compensation: Competitive Basic Salary
Work Schedule: 5-day work week, 12:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Philippine time
Target Start Date: October 12, 2026

Work Setup: WFH

Important Notes: 4 months initial assignment and may extend up to 6 months.





Responsibilities:

Monthly Reporting and Financial Review

Review property-level financials prepared by third party operators for accuracy, completeness, and proper coding before release

Deliver monthly operating reports (MORs) to capital partners on a fixed schedule, with due dates ranging from the 10th of the month through the 25th across six deals and four institutional partners

Prepare quarterly reporting packages on an accelerated 5th business day timeline for two of those deals

Provide GL coding guidance to third party operators on expense classification as questions arise

Place assets in service quarterly, calculate depreciation, and provide entries to third party operators for recording

Produce supporting schedules and maintain organized close support files and MOR archives

Distribute loan statements to the property management partner on the applicable deal

Capital Calls, Draws, and Treasury

Prepare capital calls as needed to fund construction draws and other operating expenses

Push down funding from the fund entity to JV accounts, and from JV accounts to property operating accounts

Route draw packages to third party operators for payment, track payment status, and chase down delays

Initiate ACH and wire transfers as needed

Distributions and Fees

Produce cash analyses supporting distribution decisions

Prepare distribution memos and supporting schedules

Issue distribution packages to third party operators for payment

Prepare quarterly incentive fee invoices as needed

Accounts Payable and Corporate Card

Route property expense invoices to the correct 3rd party operator for payment, with coding guidance as needed

Route corporate invoices to the outsourced bill pay provider

Route tax and insurance invoices to the lender for payment where applicable

Circulate monthly AMEX statements and QBO reports for payment; prepare the quarterly AMEX chargeback allocation to properties

Pay annual registered agent and entity maintenance fees (CT Corp, CSC, Vcorp)

Audit and Tax Support

Compile and coordinate audit support for four separate audits, including three property or JV level audits and the fund entity, working with third party operators and delivering to the external audit firm

Provide requested tax return support to the external tax firm

Prepare and transmit quarterly tax projection reporting for JV partners, including partner-specific projection packages

Investor, Lender, and Partner Reporting

Produce and distribute quarterly JV reporting

Produce and distribute quarterly lender reporting

Produce and distribute quarterly non-profit partner reporting

Tie-out sources and uses worksheets at the JV level on a quarterly basis

Administrative

Monitor incoming mail, scan and distribute to the appropriate parties

Coordinate physical delivery of checks for deposit as needed

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA, or the Philippine CPA equivalent, strongly preferred

Minimum 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 4 years in commercial real estate. Experience gained supporting US-based real estate owners, operators, or funds is required

Demonstrated ownership of a monthly close cycle end to end, including review of work prepared by others rather than only preparing entries

Hands-on experience with joint venture and fund structures: capital calls, capital contributions and distributions, waterfall and promote mechanics at a working level, and push-down funding between fund, JV, and property entities

Experience reviewing property-level financials prepared by third party property managers, including the ability to spot miscoded expenses, missing accruals, and variances worth questioning

Working knowledge of fixed assets and CAPEX: placed-in-service determinations, depreciation schedules, and construction draw processes

Experience preparing or coordinating audit support packages for external auditors, and supporting external tax preparers with return workpapers and quarterly projections

Familiarity with lender reporting requirements and loan covenant or draw compliance reporting

Track record of meeting recurring, externally imposed deadlines across multiple entities simultaneously


Communication, Client Service, and Working Style:

Native or near-native written English. Correspondence goes directly to institutional investors, lenders, auditors, and property operators. Emails must be concise, correctly formatted, and free of errors

Proactive follow-up. A large share of the workload is chasing: draw payments that have not cleared, audit items outstanding with an operator, coding questions unanswered. The person in this seat must track open items and pursue them without being reminded

Comfortable directing people who do not report to them. Third party operators and outside firms must be guided, sequenced, and held to deadlines through influence rather than authority

Escalates early and accurately. Knows the difference between a problem to solve and a problem to raise, and raises it with a recommendation attached

Multitasking under fixed deadlines. Six reporting deadlines land between the 10th and the 25th of each month, overlapping with quarterly close, audit cycles, and ad hoc capital activity. The ability to sequence work and protect the deadlines is essential

Discretion. Handles partner-level financial information, distribution data, and compensation-adjacent detail; strict confidentiality is expected

Adaptable to a fast pace. Capital calls, draws, and wires arrive with short notice and must be turned around same day or next day

Preferred, Not Required:

Big 4 or large regional firm background, particularly in real estate assurance or tax

Prior experience supporting a US real estate sponsor from an offshore or shared services team

Experience with affordable housing, LIHTC, or public agency and non-profit partner reporting

Familiarity with Juniper Square or a comparable investor portal

Prior work in an interim or leave-coverage capacity, with a demonstrated ability to absorb a workload quickly and hand it back cleanly

Originally posted on Himalayas