Controller

Controller

CRM Rental Management, Inc. 117 W Liberty St #6, Rome, NY 13440

About CRM Rental Management

For more than 50 years, CRM Rental Management, Inc. has been a cornerstone of affordable housing across Upstate New York and Massachusetts, with over 5,500 apartment units managed across LIHTC, HUD, USDA Rural Development, and Section 8 programs.

Our mission is to deliver quality housing with unwavering high standards, creating communities where security, stability, and positive experiences are shared. Everything we do is grounded in our core values: Reliability, Integrity, Pride, Teamwork, and Trust.

We’re looking for a hands-on accounting leader who knows affordable housing compliance inside and out, ready to build and lead a team that upholds our vision of setting the standard in property management and development.

Location: Corporate Office | Full-Time, On-Site

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Oversight & Chief Operating Officer (COO[JM1] )

Portfolio: 5,500+ units | Multi-entity | NY & MA

Programs: LIHTC | HUD (Section 8 & 236) | USDA RD

What You'll Do

As Controller, you'll be at the center of CRM's financial operations partnering with executive management while staying hands-on with your team and the work. Key responsibilities include:

Accounting & Compliance

• Oversee all accounting functions across a complex, multi-entity portfolio: GL, AP/AR, payroll allocations, and bank reconciliations
• Lead month-end and year-end close; prepare financial statements for owners, investors, and stakeholders
• Own HUD financial submissions, USDA MINC, and LIHTC investor reporting, staying current on regulatory changes including HOTMA
• Design, implement, and monitor internal controls; standardize policies across the portfolio

Team Leadership & Strategy

• Lead, mentor, and develop your accounting and bookkeeping team: set expectations, close skill gaps, and build accountability
• Monitor property-level cash flow, restricted funds, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Coordinate annual audits and serve as primary liaison with external auditors, CPA firms, and regulatory agencies

What We're Looking For

Required

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with significant affordable housing background
• Demonstrated LIHTC compliance expertise and hands-on HUD and/or USDA RD financial experience
• Demonstrated experience managing, developing, and holding accountable an accounting team, with a track record of building structure and closing skill gaps
• Strong multi-entity accounting and GAAP knowledge; B.S. in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Preferred

• CPA designation; experience with RealPage, Yardi, or MRI; syndicator/investor relationships

Who You Are

• This isn’t a manage-from-a-distance role. You’re in it with your team, setting the pace and holding the bar.
• Affordable housing compliance isn’t background noise to you. You know the regulations, you know what’s at stake, and you don’t cut corners.
• You can walk a property manager through a variance and turn around and present to the CFO without skipping a beat .
• You’ve built teams before and have the patience and structure to do it again. Developing people isn’t something you fit in around the “real” work.

Why Join CRM?

• Purpose: Meaningful work: 5,500+ families and individuals call our communities home
• Stability: 50+ years of growth and community impact across Upstate New York
• Growth: Shape the accounting function as CRM continues to expand
• Team: A collaborative team that cares
• Benefits: Competitive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage If you’ve built your career around affordable housing finance and want to put that experience to work at real scale, we’d love to talk.

How to Apply

This search is being conducted exclusively by Consult HR Partners ("CHRP") on behalf of CRM Rental Management, Inc. Submit your resume and a brief note on your affordable housing experience to:

[email protected] or [email protected]

CRM Rental Management, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay: $115,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Do you have any LIHTC compliance, hands-on HUD, or USDA RD financial experience? Please explain.
• Which property management and/or accounting systems have you used in affordable housing (e.g., Yardi, RealPage, MRI)? Please explain.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• accounting: 7 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person