This is not a traditional CFO opportunity.

If your greatest strength is technical accounting, this is likely not the right opportunity.

If your greatest strength is building finance organizations that enable companies to scale, then apply to this role and lets talk!!

Title: VP of Finance / CFO

Location: Freehold NJ - Onsite 4 days per week

Compensation: A range between $250--300k + bonus

This is not a traditional CFO opportunity.

We are seeking an operational finance executive to rebuild and lead the finance organization of a growing multifamily real estate company. The right person is equally comfortable improving financial operations, building teams, implementing processes, and serving as a strategic business partner to ownership.

This is a hands-on leadership role. If you prefer simply reviewing financial statements and managing accounting from a distance, this position is probably not the right fit.

What You'll Do

Lead and rebuild the finance and accounting organization.
Create scalable processes, SOPs, internal controls, and accountability throughout the department.
Develop and mentor an accounting team while establishing a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Improve financial reporting, forecasting, cash management, lender reporting, and investor reporting.
Partner directly with ownership on acquisitions, financing activities, due diligence, and strategic growth initiatives.
Evaluate existing processes, identify inefficiencies, and build a finance organization capable of supporting significant future growth.
Serve as a trusted advisor to ownership while executing independently with minimal direction.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess most or all of the following:

10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership experience.
Significant experience within multifamily real estate, property management, or real estate ownership organizations.
Experience leading accounting and finance teams through operational improvement or organizational transformation.
Demonstrated success building processes, implementing SOPs, improving controls, and creating scalable financial infrastructure.
Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash management, lender reporting, investor reporting, and multiple legal entities.
Experience supporting acquisitions, refinancing, and due diligence.
Proven ability to develop people, create accountability, and lead high-performing teams.

What Will Separate You

We're looking for a leader, not simply an accountant.

The ideal candidate has previously entered an organization that lacked structure, built strong financial processes, improved team performance, earned executive trust, and left the company significantly stronger than they found it.

You should be known as someone who:

Leads with accountability and professionalism.
Anticipates issues before they become problems.
Builds strong teams and develops people.
Executes with urgency.
Communicates clearly with owners, lenders, investors, and employees.
Thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments where expectations are high.

If your greatest strength is technical accounting, this is likely not the right opportunity.

If your greatest strength is building finance organizations that enable companies to scale, then apply to this role and lets talk!!

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