Real Estate Financial Controller

REAL ESTATE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER — NORTH AMERICAN PORTFOLIO

Remote, Full-Time Contractor

We manage 675+ residential units across Montreal and the US. $250M in assets.

We need a Real Estate Financial Controller to own the entire accounting function for our North American real estate portfolio. Real estate experience is non-negotiable. This is not a corporate controller role. You will live inside rent rolls, NOI statements, owner reporting packages, and property accounting systems every day.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Month-end and year-end close for the full real estate portfolio
• Oversight of a remote accounting team of three based in the Philippines, plus external CPA contractors
• Monthly owner reporting to third-party real estate clients, investors, and ownership
• Multi-entity, multi-currency cash management (CAD/USD)
• Active Hopem-to-Kompas property accounting migration (Q2 2026), plus Yardi for US properties
• Rent roll accuracy, AR collection oversight, property-level P&L
• Internal controls, approval workflows, audit coordination
• Annual property budgets, rolling forecasts, variance analysis
• Tax filings coordination across Canada and the US

WORKING HOURS — IMPORTANT

You will work Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours to cover our Montreal and New York operations. This is non-negotiable. South Africa is 6-7 hours ahead of EST, which means your workday will run roughly 2pm to 10pm SA time. If that does not work for your life, do not apply.

NON-NEGOTIABLE

• Direct real estate or property management accounting experience — minimum 5 years in real estate specifically. Commercial, residential, or mixed-use. JSE-listed REIT, private property fund, or North American property management firm.
• 7+ years total progressive accounting experience
• Hands-on with property accounting systems: Yardi, AppFolio, Hopem, RealPage, Buildium, MRI, or similar
• 2+ years managing remote accounting teams across time zones
• Run a full month-end close as the senior person responsible
• US GAAP and Canadian ASPE/IFRS exposure
• CA(SA), CPA, ACCA, or equivalent
• Willing and able to work EST hours full-time

Strong plus: Big 4 NA real estate audit experience. Time lived or worked in the US or Canada. French. Property accounting system migration experience. Direct exposure to third-party owner reporting.

WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR

• A corporate controller with no real estate experience
• A senior accountant who wants a controller title
• Someone who has never managed a remote team
• Someone who cannot commit to EST working hours
• 9-to-5 thinking

COMPENSATION: Competitive, based on experience. 90-day review. Path to permanent senior leadership.

HOW TO APPLY

Send to [email] with subject line "MONEY MOVES - RE Financial Controller [Your Name]":

1. CV
2. 5-minute Loom video. Tell us about a real estate financial reporting or controls problem you inherited and fixed. What was broken. What you changed. How you knew it was fixed. Tell us why specifically you want to join Fox Real Estate.
3. Max 300 words on this prompt: "You are hired on Monday. By the end of week 4, what are the three things you will have already changed about how our real estate finance function operates - without asking the CEO for permission?"
4. Two references from prior CEOs, CFOs, or audit partners.

• If your application is Missing any of the four = not reviewed.