Head of Finance and Accounting

Career Group Search; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Career Group Search is seeking a Head of Finance & Accounting for a growing real estate private equity client. This is the first dedicated in-house finance leader, responsible for building the accounting infrastructure and owning the close.

You’ll lead month-end, manage multi-entity reporting, design the chart of accounts, and push automation/AI to speed up the close, with an onsite presence in West Los Angeles.

Formación

• 8+ years of accounting leadership in real estate (multi-family preferred)
• Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred
• Fund accounting skills including multi-entity portfolios for external reporting
• Hands-on experience with property platforms (Yardi, MRI, AppFolio) and fund administration tools

Responsabilidades

• Lead an accurate month-end close across the portfolio and review outsourced packages
• Consolidate property-level data into owner-level reporting for tax advisors and lenders
• Review NAV, fees, waterfalls, and investor allocations and returns
• Design chart of accounts, entity structure, and integrations; introduce automation and AI to speed up close
• Drive liquidity planning, treasury controls, wire approvals, and cash-flow forecasting
• Coordinate with fund administrator on distributions and investor reporting
• Oversee AP and vendors across corporate and fund levels; maintain GL integrity
• Support new entities, deals, lenders, tax and audit teams

Conocimientos

Accounting leadership

Real estate experience

Fund accounting

Educación

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

CPA preferred

Herramientas

Yardi

MRI

AppFolio

Descripción del empleo

Want to be the person who builds the finance function, not just runs it? Our client, a growing real estate private equity firm, is hiring a Head of Finance & Accounting as their first dedicated in-house finance leader. You won’t be starting from a blank page. Trusted outsourced partners already handle the day-to-day, so you’ll step in as the expert who owns the numbers, raises the bar on process, and decides what to bring in-house and when. You’ll design the accounting infrastructure yourself, from the chart of accounts to the tech stack, and you’ll have the green light to bring in automation and AI to make the close faster and cleaner. This role is onsite 4x per week in West LA.

What You’ll Own

• Close and reporting: Lead an accurate, on-time month-end close across the portfolio. Review outsourced financial packages and get to the bottom of the variances.
• Portfolio consolidations: Turn property-level detail into clear owner-level reporting for tax advisors and lenders.
• Fund economics: Review NAV, recalculate fees and waterfalls, and verify investor allocations and returns.
• Systems architecture: Design the chart of accounts, entity structure, and integrations, and bring in automation and AI to speed up the close.
• Cash and treasury: Drive liquidity planning, controls, wire approvals, and cash-flow forecasting across entities.
• Investor distributions: Partner with the fund administrator on distributions and investor reporting.
• AP and vendors: Manage corporate and fund-level AP, with oversight of property-level AP.
• GL integrity: Own reconciliations, technical accounting entries, and clean books across multiple entities.
• Deals, lenders, tax, and audit: Account for new entities and transactions, support lender reporting, and serve as the point person for outside tax and audit teams.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of accounting leadership experience in real estate; multi-family strongly preferred
• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA preferred; Big 4 or public accounting experience is a plus.
• Proven fund accounting skills, including consolidating multi-entity, multi-fund portfolios for external reporting
• Hands-on experience with a major property platform like Yardi, MRI, or AppFolio, plus fund administration tools
• A builder’s mindset. You get energized by improving how things work, not just keeping them running.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Build it your way: Shape systems, structure, and process at a firm that’s ready to invest in doing it right.
• Real visibility: You’re the go-to finance voice for leadership, lenders, auditors, and investors.
• Modern tools welcome: Automation and AI aren’t side projects here. They’re part of the plan.
• Room to grow: As more work comes in-house, the function (and your footprint) grows with it.

We will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.