Reports to: Chief Accounting Officer

Location: Chicago, IL

Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (“AJCP”) is seeking a Corporate Controller to manage, oversee, and optimize execution in the firm’s corporate accounting, reporting, and finance functions and support AJCP’s rapid growth across multiple investment platforms, including Graduate Hotels®.

ABOUT AJCP

AJ is a vertically integrated real estate investment manager focused on developing and operating transformative real estate assets in spaces often overlooked or undervalued by traditional investment firms. AJ delivers spaces that evoke emotional connections and become backdrops for enriching life experiences. The firm’s one-of-a-kind portfolio of timeless assets and lifestyle-driven investments are anchored on a progressive, creative approach to development and the application of deeply rooted hospitality expertise across several real estate categories, including mixed-use, hotel, office, multifamily, and retail. AJ is headquartered in Nashville, TN, with additional office locations in Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Miami. The firm oversees more than 130 dedicated employees from varying backgrounds, including investment management, asset management, real estate development, construction management, marketing, design, strategy, and operations. For more information on AJ, please visit www.ajcpt.com.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Corporate Controller will provide leadership to a team of 3+ outsourced professionals in the U.S. and India, and act as a change agent to improve corporate accounting and finance functions to support AJCP’s rapid growth. The Corporate Controller will lead the accounting functions for AJCP’s management and brand companies on a day-to-day basis, including general ledger accounting, financial reporting and consolidations. This role will also manage AJCP’s financial operations and corporate treasury functions, including working capital management, payroll reconciliation, and accounts payable activities.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Provide financial, business, and technical accounting expertise to facilitate the timely generation, synthesis, and distribution of accurate financial reports for management and lenders
• Identify and implement standardized best practices, technologies, and internal controls to help AJCP scale efficiently and mitigate risks
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting closes
• Oversee and support outsourced accounting teams in the monthly and quarterly reporting
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and reporting packages for management and lender reporting
• Manage the corporate audit
• Manage and optimize banking relationships to improve operating efficiencies and reduce fees
• Review current and establish new accounting controls in connection with the Chief Accounting Officer
• Perform any additional responsibilities that may be required to support AJCP’s rapid growth

WHO YOU ARE

AJCP is seeking a highly-motivated individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, but disciplined, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate will have experience leading accounting and finance functions for a private equity firm or investment advisor and will know how to drive organization-wide decision making by providing teams with clear, useful, and timely financial reporting. This role also requires the following capabilities:

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with senior executives, investors, lenders, and other external stakeholders
• Critical thinker who loves solving complex problems outside of their comfort zone
• Meticulous attention to detail and the highest standards for accuracy, timeliness, and precision
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others and lead cross-functional project teams
• Ability to deal effectively with ambiguities and manage multiple projects through completion, often under tight deadlines, with competing priorities
• A technology-forward approach to problem solving

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience
• A bachelors' degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or another business-related field
• Licensed CPA

Preferred

• Big 4 public accounting experience, combined with experience in partnership accounting, investment company accounting, construction accounting, and/or real estate accounting
• An advanced degree, such as a Masters of Accountancy / MAC or a Masters of Business Administration / MBA

Equal Employment Opportunity:

AJCP is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical, medical or mental disability or condition (including, without limitation, HIV and AIDS), developmental disability, handicap, denial of family and medical care leave, denial of pregnancy leave, domestic partner status, status as a victim of sexual or domestic violence (or familial relationship to such victim), veteran

status, marital status, sexual orientation, arrest records, citizenship status, criminal history that has been expunged, unfavorable discharge from the military, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.