Controller

Job Description Amped Kitchens$120,000–$140,000 + Performance BonusFull-Time Los Angeles Hybrid

Amped Kitchens is a real estate operating company that owns and operates commercial food production facilities in Los Angeles and Chicago. Since we opened in 2015, we’ve pioneered the large-scale, multi-tenant commercial kitchen model, serving CPG brands, restaurant groups, caterers, meal-subscription companies, and other food businesses producing at scale. Unlike a traditional landlord, we combine real estate with hands‑on property operations and client service. After more than a decade of operating and refining our model, we’re strengthening our leadership team and formalizing our financial and operating processes to prepare for disciplined growth. We’re looking for a Controller to lead the accounting function and help us do that well.

The Role

You’ll own Amped’s accounting function and oversee payroll and financial administration. You’ll report directly to the CEO and work closely with our fractional CFO, Director of Facilities, Tenant Coordinators, and outside accounting and audit partners.

Responsibilities

Accounting and Reporting

• Lead the month-end and quarter-end close and prepare financial statements across multiple properties and SPEs.
• Maintain the general ledger, including reconciliations, accruals, intercompany activity, and supporting schedules.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, client billing, collections reporting, cash application, and cash management.
• Oversee lease accounting, recurring client charges, security deposits, utility recoveries, fixed assets, and capital-project accounting.
• Coordinate with outside accounting, audit, tax, banking, and other financial partners.

Controls and Property Accounting

• Strengthen and streamline internal controls, accounting procedures, approval workflows, and documentation.
• Oversee the financial processes behind leasing, client onboarding, billing, collections, renewals, and move-outs.
• Partner with Facilities, Leasing, and Property Operations on purchasing, project budgets, billing, reporting, and cost control.
• Train onsite Tenant Coordinators on transaction processing and lease administration, review their work, and establish consistent workflows across properties.
• Document and standardize financial procedures across properties and entities.

Management Reporting and CFO Support

• Coordinate the annual budgeting process and maintain budget-to-actual reporting.
• Produce property-level and consolidated financial reporting.
• Maintain the financial data and recurring reports used in company dashboards.
• Investigate material variances, unusual trends, and discrepancies, and explain what’s driving them.
• Work with the fractional CFO on forecasting, cash planning, financial analysis, and executive reporting.

Payroll and Administration

• Oversee payroll, benefits administration, onboarding and offboarding, employee records, and routine HR compliance through ADP TotalSource.
• Oversee corporate insurance administration, including renewals, claims, and related lender and company documentation.
• Improve our use of AppFolio and other financial and administrative systems.

What We’re Looking For

• Seven or more years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, or Senior Property Accountant with substantial month-end close responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and accrual accounting.
• Experience in commercial real estate, property management, hospitality, or another multi-location operating business strongly preferred.
• Experience preparing financial statements and managing property-level or multi-entity accounting.
• Strong understanding of internal controls and process improvement.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to explain accounting issues and financial results clearly to operating leaders.
• CPA or CMA certification preferred but not required.
• AppFolio experience is a plus.

The Right Person

• Build controls and processes that people will follow consistently.
• Use accounting to help the business operate better and achieve its goals.
• Spot discrepancies, unusual trends, and process gaps early.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance, cash flow, and operating efficiency.
• Ask questions and surface problems directly.
• Turn financial data into actionable information for the CEO and operating leaders.
• Coach onsite staff and raise the quality of their work.
• Understand that accurate billing and clear financial communication build trust with clients, vendors, lenders, and investors.

Why Amped?

Amped is an established, founder‑led company with a proven operating model and substantial room to grow. Our next phase is about turning what we’ve learned over more than a decade into a more disciplined and scalable real estate platform. That means better systems, more reliable reporting, stronger operating controls, and accounting processes that can support additional properties. The Controller will play a central role in that transition. You’ll help prepare Amped to grow both as an owner of commercial food‑production real estate and, potentially, as a third‑party manager for other property owners. This is an opportunity to help an entrepreneurial company mature without losing the speed, judgment, and operating focus that made it successful.