Corporate Controller

POSITION OVERVIEW Title: Corporate Controller Company: Wellpointe Inc. (“Wellpointe”) Reports to: Chief Executive Officer Location: In-Office | Chicago, IL (Travel expected one week every two months for the first six months, then one week per quarter thereafter) ABOUT WELLPOINTE Operating at the intersection of healthcare and real estate, Wellpointe is a leading provider of affordable, boutique-style residential assisted living services that specializes in offering a coordinated and integrated system of care to high-acuity older adults with multiple chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s and other dementia. Wellpointe differentiates itself by providing complex care and medical services coordination in a home-like environment, communicating effectively, and making resident and family satisfaction its top priority. Wellpointe currently operates the Fresno Guest Homes, Cottages at The Colony, Irvine Cottages, and Granny’s Place residential assisted living brands in Fresno, Los Angeles, and the central & south Orange County areas of California. POSITION SUMMARY The Corporate Controller will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting needs of Wellpointe Inc. and its subsidiaries, including all financial and external reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and cash management activities. Reporting to the CEO, the Corporate Controller is a highly visible position and critical to supporting the company's overall operations and growth. The ideal candidate will have solid experience and exposure to multi-location and multi-entity senior housing/healthcare real estate operations and investments, including development. This position will contribute to the company’s accounting, finance, and tax strategies while planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial and accounting activities, including managing external service providers in tax reporting and auditing. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES - Oversee day-to-day accounting and financial operations, including general ledger, A/R and A/P, fixed assets, reconciliations, intercompany eliminations, budgeting, costing, accruals and allocations, financial analysis, and tax. - Responsible for the oversight and execution of the end-to-end process for monthly/quarterly/annual closing. - Direct all financial, project-based, departmental, subsidiary-level, and inter-company accounting. - Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual, and interim financial statements on a consolidated and consolidating basis. - Develop a financial reporting package and KPI dashboard for executive leadership; manage external reporting requirements with capital sources; perform covenant and financial ratio testing. - Provide support to the CEO during the underwriting process for capital market transactions. - Support due diligence and lead financial integration of M&A targets and de novo operations. - Develop detailed financial plans and multi-year forecasts, including analyzing, identifying, promoting, and implementing plans to increase company performance, manage and accelerate working capital, conserve and maximize the impact of capital expenditures, and other opportunities to grow equity value. - Analyze operating results and clearly explain causes or drivers of significant variances between actual and forecasts. - Monitor regulatory changes, industry developments, and trends. Proactively diagnose problems and present solutions and other improvement initiatives. - Oversee accounting for any company performance incentive plans, equity co-investments, and joint ventures, as applicable, including corresponding financial statements and waterfall calculations; Manage reporting for internal and outside stakeholders, as applicable. - Manage the company’s corporate financial models supporting multi-year forecasting, including cash flow management and scenario planning. - Develop, refine, and implement accounting policies and procedures to ensure efficient operations; Implemen…