CFO + Controller, Real Estate

Hybrid

Elysium is pioneering the future of human living through a new category: experiential real estate communities. These are buildouts that leverage scale, density, supply-chain optimization, and innovative construction technology in order to engineer asymmetric experience-to-cost environments.

Think: living system where housing, food, energy, mobility, and a city OS meet.

We’re hiring the person who makes the numbers true, the reporting clean, the draws painless, and the whole machine audit-ready while we build.

If you’ve ever wanted an apex role, where your work is critical for city launches, then this is it.

What you will own

You are the Head of Finance starting with the pilot village. You own the financial operating system from day one through close, build, lease-up, and scale.

Core ownership

Build and run audit-ready books: GL, close process, policies, controls, and documentation.
Own construction draws end-to-end: requisitions, pay apps, lien waivers, approvals, funding requests, and tie-outs.
Own lender reporting: compliance, covenant tracking, variance analysis, schedule-of-values integrity, and “no surprises.”
Build the monthly financial cadence: actuals vs budget, burn, commitments, forecasts, cash planning.
Create the cost-control spine: commitments log, change order tracking, contingency governance, procurement tie-ins.
Partner with VP Capital Markets + Ops/Construction leadership to keep reality aligned: scope / schedule / cost.

The output we care about

A finance function that feels like this:

fast close
clean audit trail
explainable variance
controlled change orders
lender confidence
zero chaos

What success looks like (first 6–12 months)

Draws are smooth. Funding happens on time. Documentation is bulletproof.
You can explain every variance in one page without hand-waving.
Books are clean enough that an audit feels boring (the dream).
You’ve built a repeatable finance template for site #2, #3… without reinventing everything.

The profile (bar-raiser only)

We’re not hiring for “accounting skill.” We’re hiring for financial rigor under construction reality.

Required signal

10–15+ years in real estate finance / development accounting / construction accounting
Personally owned construction draw processes and lender reporting (not just supervised from afar)
Strong command of:
- job cost accounting
- schedule of values
- retainage, pay apps, lien waivers
- commitments + change orders + contingency tracking
- budget vs actual variance logic
Can build audit-ready books with real internal controls (even in a fast-moving startup)

Strongly preferred

Experience supporting construction lending, covenant reporting, and lender/third-party audits
Multifamily / mixed-use / hospitality / master-planned experience
Able to stand up systems quickly (ERP/accounting stack, dashboards, workflows) without overbuilding
Comfortable working cross-functionally with construction, procurement, legal, and tech teams

Personal operating style

You don’t “keep books.” You build truth.
You catch problems early, quietly, and decisively.
High agency. Low ego. No drama.
You can say: “This will break in 30 days unless we change X,” and be right.

How to apply

Submit your resume using the “Apply” button below
Provide a short “deal sheet” (can be anonymized): size, asset type, your role, outcome
One sample artifact you’re proud of (choose one):
1. draw package checklist / workflow
2. monthly lender report outline
3. close checklist (month-end)
4. variance report template
A 1-minute video recording (one take, unscripted — without reading; script reading won’t be entertained)

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