Fund Controller

Posted 8 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
125K-135K Annually
Senior level
Real Estate
The Role
The Fund Controller oversees financial operations of joint ventures in real estate, including budgeting, cash management, investor reporting, and compliance with GAAP and JV agreements.
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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled accounting and finance professional to oversee joint venture (JV) financial operations for a large-scale real estate investment platform. This role will manage JV-level budgeting, forecasting, cash management, capital accounts, debt compliance, investor reporting, and acquisition/disposition accounting. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in real estate accounting, strong technical GAAP knowledge, and experience managing complex JV structures. A CPA designation is highly preferred.

This role is hybrid, with one day per week remote, following an interim period.

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting (JV-Level)

  • Prepare Annual Business Plan, Operating Budget, and Capital Budget for investor review and approval.
  • Consolidate property-level budgets into JV-level budgets and perform variance analysis and reforecasting.

Cash Management, Treasury & Capital Calls

  • Prepare capital call calculations and issue notices per JV agreement.
  • Manage JV, HoldCo, and SPE bank accounts, cash flow forecasting, and liquidity planning.
  • Participate in distribution waterfall calculations and promote mechanics.

Property-Level Oversight

  • Review property-level accounting prepared by third-party managers for GAAP and investor compliance.
  • Coordinate on cash forecasting, budget adherence, TI/LC accounting, and reimbursement processes.

Capital Accounts & JV Economics

  • Maintain capital accounts per GAAP, tax rules, and JV agreement.
  • Track investment tranches, capital balances, preferred returns, and promote tiers.

Debt Compliance & Lender Reporting

  • Participate in covenant testing, lender reporting, and draw requests.
  • Monitor escrow accounts and ensure compliance with financing agreements.

Investor Reporting & Performance Metrics

  • Prepare quarterly investor reporting packages, including financial statements, variance analysis, capital account statements, and JV performance metrics (IRR, MOIC, equity multiples).

Acquisition & Disposition Accounting

  • Support financial integration of new acquisitions, including opening balance sheets and bank setups.
  • Manage final accounting at disposition, including sale allocations, reserve releases, and promote crystallization.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA highly preferred.
  • 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 3 years in real estate or private equity JV structures.
  • Strong technical knowledge of GAAP and JV accounting principles.
  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
  • Proficiency in Yardi, MRI, Kardin, or similar real estate systems.
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills

  • Familiarity with REIT compliance and regulatory requirements.
  • Experience with debt covenant monitoring and lender reporting.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
  • Exposure to investor reporting and performance metrics (IRR, MOIC, equity multiples).
  • Strong understanding of JV agreements and promote structures.

Pay Range
$125,000$135,000 USD

About Lincoln Property Company

Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”) is one of the largest private real estate firms in the United States. Offering a fully integrated platform of real estate services and innovative solutions to owners, investors, lenders and occupiers, Lincoln supports the entire real estate lifecycle across asset types, including office, life science, retail, industrial, data center, production studio, healthcare, government, universities, and mixed-used properties, throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Lincoln’s combined management and leasing portfolio on behalf of institutional clients includes more than 562 million square feet of commercial space. In addition to providing third-party real estate services, Lincoln has completed over 164 million square feet of development since its inception in 1965 and has another $19.5 billion currently under construction or in the pipeline. For more information, visit: www.lpc.com.

All job offers are contingent on completion of a background check and proof of eligibility to work in the United States.


By submitting your information or resume in response to this opportunity, you acknowledge that your personal information will be handled in accordance with the companies privacy policy.


Lincoln Property Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by Lincoln Property Company to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that Lincoln Property Company will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity. At this time, we are not working with any agencies.


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The Company
Dallas, Texas
2,159 Employees
Year Founded: 1965

What We Do

Lincoln Property Company is an international real estate firm offering a comprehensive suite of value-added services for our clients. With our substantial local presence in each of the markets we serve, we ideally situate our offices to clientele: tenants, investors, lenders, and owners of real estate. Our people and philosophy are the key ingredients for Lincoln’s solid track record of success.

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