Controller

Full-time – Pay range: $90K-$115KPOSITION SUMMARY

Chase International is a long-established and highly successful independent real estate brokerage. The Chase family of companies has evolved their core services to include Property Management, Mortgage, and Title & Escrow. The Controller of Core Services is responsible for the overall financial management, accounting operations, financial reporting, and internal controls for the Company's core service businesses. 

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This position provides financial leadership and oversight across multiple business entities and revenue streams, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, strong internal controls, regulatory compliance, effective cash management, and adherence to established accounting policies and procedures.

The Controller serves as a key financial partner to executive leadership and business-unit leaders, providing meaningful financial analysis and insight to support operational decision-making, profitability, risk management, and strategic growth.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, highly organized accounting professional with strong technical accounting skills and experience managing accounting functions across multiple entities, preferably within real estate, financial services, title/escrow, mortgage, or property management environments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESFinancial Management & Reporting

• Direct and oversee the Company's accounting and financial reporting functions across Property Management, Mortgage, and Title & Escrow operations.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and complete monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Establish and maintain appropriate accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Review general ledger activity, account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other accounting records.
• Oversee month-end and year-end closing processes and establish appropriate closing schedules and deadlines.
• Prepare and analyze financial statements, management reports, budgets, forecasts, and financial metrics.
• Provide executive management with financial analysis, trends, forecasts, and recommendations.
• Monitor revenue, expenses, margins, cash flow, working capital, and financial performance by business unit.
• Identify financial risks, reporting discrepancies, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.

Property Management Accounting

• Oversee accounting processes related to the Company's property management operations.
• Ensure accurate accounting for property owner funds, security deposits, management fees, property-level income and expenses, and related transactions.
• Oversee reconciliation of property-level and company-level accounts.
• Monitor trust and operating account reconciliations and ensure appropriate controls over client and owner funds.
• Coordinate financial reporting to property owners and management.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of company funds and client/property funds.
• Partner with property management leadership to improve financial reporting, controls, and operational efficiency.

Mortgage Accounting & Financial Oversight

• Oversee accounting and financial reporting for mortgage operations.
• Ensure accurate recording and reconciliation of mortgage-related revenue, expenses, commissions, fees, and receivables.
• Monitor accounting controls surrounding loan-related transactions and settlement activity.
• Work with mortgage leadership to ensure financial reporting supports operational and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with audits, examinations, and financial reporting requirements applicable to the mortgage business.
• Monitor business-unit profitability and provide management with meaningful financial analysis.

Title & Escrow Accounting

• Oversee accounting functions supporting title and escrow operations.
• Ensure appropriate controls and reconciliations over escrow and other fiduciary funds.
• Review bank reconciliations, ledger activity, disbursements, and outstanding items.
• Monitor adherence to established accounting procedures and internal controls.
• Support management in maintaining compliance with applicable accounting, regulatory, and fiduciary requirements.
• Coordinate with title and escrow leadership regarding financial reporting, reconciliations, audits, and operational controls.

Cash Management & Internal Controls

• Oversee company-wide cash management and cash forecasting.
• Monitor bank balances, cash requirements, and intercompany transfers.
• Establish and maintain effective internal controls designed to safeguard company and client assets.
• Regularly review bank reconciliations and investigate unusual or outstanding items.
• Implement appropriate segregation of duties and authorization controls.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen processes and reduce financial and operational risk.
• Establish procedures for fraud prevention, detection, and financial accountability.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting process in partnership with executive and department leadership.
• Prepare financial forecasts and cash-flow projections.
• Monitor actual results against budget and investigate significant variances.
• Provide department and business-unit leaders with financial information necessary to manage performance.
• Assist executive leadership with financial modeling and analysis related to strategic initiatives, acquisitions, expansion, and capital expenditures.

Audit, Tax & Regulatory Compliance

• Coordinate with external CPAs, auditors, tax professionals, and other financial advisors.
• Manage the Company's annual financial statement, tax, and other external reporting processes as applicable.
• Prepare or coordinate schedules and documentation required for audits and examinations.
• Ensure accounting records and supporting documentation are maintained in accordance with applicable accounting standards and Company policies.
• Assist with regulatory reporting and examinations applicable to the Company's mortgage and title/escrow operations.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and controls to support regulatory and financial audits.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, develop, and supervise accounting personnel.
• Establish clear performance expectations, processes, and accountability within the accounting function.
• Review workload and staffing needs and recommend improvements as the Company grows.
• Train and mentor accounting staff on accounting procedures, controls, and best practices.
• Promote a culture of accuracy, accountability, confidentiality, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate effectively with Property Management, Mortgage, Title & Escrow, Human Resources, Operations, and executive leadership.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Evaluate accounting systems, software, and processes to improve efficiency and reporting capabilities.
• Develop and maintain standardized accounting procedures across business entities.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve data integrity.
• Ensure appropriate controls over financial data and system access.
• Participate in accounting system implementations, upgrades, and integrations as needed.

QUALIFICATIONSRequired

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience, including significant experience in a Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, or comparable leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Experience overseeing accounting functions for multiple entities, divisions, or business lines.
• Strong financial reporting, reconciliation, cash management, and internal-control skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information and communicate results to executive leadership.
• Advanced proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive financial information.

Preferred

• CPA or CPA-eligible.
• Experience in real estate, property management, mortgage, title, escrow, or other financial services
• Experience overseeing fiduciary or trust accounting.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting and intercompany transactions.
• Experience with financial audits and regulatory examinations.
• Experience implementing or improving accounting systems and internal controls.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting knowledge.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong understanding of internal controls and risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines across several business units.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to translate financial information into practical business recommendations.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong leadership and team-development skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with executive and operational leadership. xhyhwjd
• Demonstrated integrity and discretion in handling confidential financial and employee information.