Controller – AppFolio Expert

Job Description

Controller – AppFolio Expert
Remote or Plantation, FL (occasional travel to South Florida)

About the role
Job Title: Controller – AppFolio Expert
Location: Remote or Plantation, FL (occasional travel to South Florida)
Salary: $150K

Description:
Join a growing commercial real estate investment firm with a retail and industrial portfolio across the Southeast and Texas. This hands-on Controller role reports to the CFO and owns AppFolio Property Manager and Investment Manager end to end, along with the monthly close and investor distributions.

Responsibilities:
– Own AppFolio Property Manager setup, data integrity, reporting, and dashboards
– Build and maintain distribution waterfalls and calculate monthly LP distributions in AppFolio Investment Manager
– Run the monthly close across 12 assets and 20+ entities and manage the property accounting team
– Automate intercompany fees, tenant billing, receipt posting, and bank feeds
– Lead finance projects such as banking changes, new loan setups, and year-end K-1 and 1099 support
– Pilot AI tools and new approaches to streamline accounting and finance work

Qualifications:
– Deep, hands-on expertise in AppFolio Property Manager and Investment Manager required
– Controller or Assistant Controller experience in real estate accounting
– Strong command of investor distribution waterfalls, preferred returns, and promote structures
– Tech-savvy and AI-forward with a track record of automating manual accounting work; CPA preferred