Financial Controller (Job ID: CONCEL1EA)

🌟 Exciting Remote Opportunity! We're Hiring a Financial Controller! 🌟 Are you an analytical, tech-forward finance professional with an ownership mindset? We are looking for an exceptional Financial Controller to serve as the central financial backbone for a high-growth commercial real estate and outdoor wellness investment firm! 🚨 IMPORTANT - Watch this quick Loom video on how to get hired: 🔗

The selected candidate will be speaking strictly in English during their whole shift. 🎙️ PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME AND AUDIO RECORDING IN ENGLISH. 📋 Job Details at a Glance Job Title: Financial Controller Job ID: CONCELEA Industry: Commercial Real Estate Investment Location: South Africa or LATAM Job Status: Full Time Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time Salary: $5,000 to $6,000 per month

About insideouthiring

• You live and love the outdoor lifestyle brand.
• (Bonus points if you’ve stayed at a hot spring this year!) 💻 Tech Stack AI Tools: Highly proficient in modern AI automation tools (Claude is the company’s default platform).

Responsibilities

• ASAP 🏢 About the Client The company buys, builds, and operates high-value commercial real estate assets and outdoor wellness resort destinations across the West.
• Operating as a vertically integrated investment and asset management firm, we handle the entire deal lifecycle in-house, from deal sourcing, acquisitions, and development to capital raising and ongoing operations.
• They blend institutional real estate deal execution with a fast-paced, high-energy, and modern work culture.
• To keep their high-velocity team focused on core growth, they combine structured deal coordination, established payment safeguards, and offshore accounting support with an agile internal team.
• They value low red tape, proactive problem-solving, tech-forward workflows, and a relentless commitment to operational excellence. 💼 About the Role The Financial Controller serves as the central financial backbone of the business, taking full end-to-end ownership of numbers across all funds, holding companies, and management entities.
• Translate strategic assumptions into clear, dependable financial metrics to guide executive decision-making, manage risk, and optimize cash flow.
• Overhaul and manage linked operating models, fund-level rollups, and annual budgets.
• Own rolling cash flow forecasts, intercompany accounting, and quarterly investor distribution waterfalls via InvestNext.
• Oversee a full-time bookkeeper and run a strict, reliable monthly close.
• Maintain end-to-end Accounts Payable controls and provide rapid turnaround on lender/investor reporting.
• Operates with an AI-first methodology—building, auditing, and automating financial workflows (reconciliations, reports, variance tracking) to maximize leverage. 🎯 Key Responsibilities 📊 Financial Strategy & Modeling Financial Models: Take over existing property-level operating models and fund-level rollups.
• Keep them linked, formula-driven, and updated with monthly actuals so changes at the property level flow seamlessly to the fund.
• Build annual budgets for every property and entity, track budget versus actual monthly, and explain key variances.
• Own forward cash forecasting across the portfolio (operating cash, capex/construction draws, debt service, intercompany funding, and distributions).
• Identify tight months early and present actionable options.
• Calculate quarterly investor distributions through fund waterfalls (preferred returns, splits, fees).
• Ensure full reconciliation with books and fund documents, and execute payouts via InvestNext (our investor portal). ⚙️ Accounting & Operations Fund & Entity Books: Manage the bookkeeper and run the monthly close for funds, management company, and holding entities (reconciliations, accruals, intercompany balances, and clean consolidations).
• Review property managers' financials monthly and push back when something doesn't tie.
• Own AP end-to-end (coding, approvals, payment runs, vendor follow-up) with robust controls to prevent errors and fraud.
• Package clean P&Ls and balance sheets on request so lenders and investors never wait on us.
• Put AI at the forefront of every system you own.
• Automate data pulls, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting to speed up the close and focus team time on decision-making. ✅ Qualifications & Skills ⭐ Must-Haves: 5+ years in real estate accounting/finance (ideally as Controller or Senior Accountant at a real estate sponsor, syndicator, or private equity firm).
• Strong multi-entity experience (consolidations, intercompany balances, accrual accounting, clean monthly close).
• Fund accounting experience, including investor distribution waterfalls (preferred returns, profit splits).
• You actively challenge assumptions and push back when numbers don't tie out.
• Deadlines are non-negotiable.
• Focuses on scalable process improvements rather than recurring manual spreadsheet fixes.
• Monthly close for every fund and entity runs on time with balance sheets and P&Ls tied out.
• A live portfolio cash forecast (by month and entity) is reviewed monthly.
• Annual budgets built for every property and entity for the coming year.
• AP consolidated into a single process with clear approvals and zero late/duplicate payments.
• Quarterly distribution calculations documented, repeatable, and reconciled with books and InvestNext.
• Automated at least two recurring workflows (e.g., budget vs. actual, distribution calculations) using AI. 📈 Ongoing: Books are closed and published on time every month.
• Distributions accurately calculated and paid on time.
• Reduced volume of financial questions reaching the CEO. 🚀 Submit your application today and take the first step toward your next great opportunity! 🌎 LATAM Candidates: Don't forget to join our exclusive Facebook community for more updates and remote opportunities specifically for LATAM candidates: 🔗 Join our Facebook Group here!

Requirements

• 🗣️ C1 ENGLISH LEVEL IS REQUIRED.
• Advanced modeling capabilities in Excel or Google Sheets (operating models, fund rollups, budgets, cash flow forecasts).
• AI proficiency (hands-on experience using tools like Claude/ChatGPT to build/audit models, automate reporting, or accelerate closes).
• Proven experience managing a bookkeeper or small accounting team. 🌟 Nice-to-Haves: CPA certification (or progress toward it).
• Hospitality accounting experience (hotels, resorts, glamping, RV parks); familiarity with USALI is a plus.
• Construction accounting expertise (draws, capex tracking, construction loans).
• Experience creating lender packages and managing bank refinances. 🧠 Ideal Candidate Mindset: Owner Mentality: You don't wait for someone to point out errors.
• You spot them, fix them, and communicate what changed.
• When you say it's handled, it's handled.
• High velocity without sacrificing rigor—you understand the appropriate depth required for every task.
• Able to explain financial principles in plain English to operators, lenders, and investors.
• Reliable forecasts with zero unseen cash surprises.
• Lender and investor requests turned around in ≤ 2 business days.

Benefits

• "How much of this can AI do?" Trustworthy: Extremely meticulous with capital protection and fiduciary responsibility.
• Standard real estate & corporate accounting platforms, payroll systems, expense management, and investor portals (InvestNext, Quickbooks, Ramp). 🏆 Success Metrics 🚀 First 90 Days: Take over existing property and fund models, know them cold, and ship your first round of improvements.

AI-First Mindset

Daily user of AI tools to build, audit, and automate.