Director of Finance (Private Equity / Real Estate)

The Team

Duke Capital Ventures (DCV) is a real estate company that provides investors with institutional-grade investments including multi-tenant industrial, residential, and mixed-use projects. The DCV Accounting Team oversees a growing portfolio. To date, DCV and its affiliates have acquired over 100 buildings across 30+ different projects. The portfolio totals nearly 3,000,000 square feet in addition to 26 acres of industrial and mixed-use residential land. Learn more at www.dukecv.com.

The Opportunity

The Director of Finance will report directly to the Managing Principal to oversee fund operations, financial reporting, tax compliance and efficiency, and portfolio analytics. This role offers a unique chance to drive cross-functional impact with a high-performing, growth-oriented team.

Responsibilities include

• Own the monthly close and financial statements across all properties and legal entities, including reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and internal controls
• Design and implement tax strategies that minimize risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and maximize process efficiency for the company and its entities
• Coordinate the Managing Principal’s personal and business tax planning in partnership with outside tax advisors, and serve as a primary internal resource to the principal on tax, accounting, and financial matters
• Structure and time capital contributions, distributions, acquisitions, and dispositions for tax efficiency
• Manage tax treatment of equity investment income alongside real estate holdings
• Deliver quarterly tax projections and proactive planning recommendations
• Prepare lender reporting, monitor loan covenants, and manage reserve draw requests
• Administer distributions, waterfalls, capital accounts, and K-1s for investors and partners
• Prepare property budgets, CAM reconciliations, and variance reporting
• Support acquisitions, dispositions, and refinancings with diligence and closing accounting

What We're Looking For

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 7+ years of progressive accounting, tax, or finance experience, including real estate or fund accounting
• CPA license or actively pursuing a CPA
• Deep familiarity with pass-through entity taxation (LLCs, partnerships, S-corps) and multi-entity tax coordination
• Experience with real estate tax planning strategies and investment income tax planning
• Experience with partnership/fund accounting, distribution waterfalls, and lender reporting
• Proficiency with Yardi Voyager/8, Excel, and QuickBooks
• Strong knowledge of GAAP (including ASC 842 lease accounting), financial reporting, general ledger management, reconciliations, budgeting, and forecasting
• Resourceful, articulate, and solution-oriented. Comfortable working independently and as part of a team, and continuously looking for ways to improve tax and financial processes to drive operational efficiencies.
• Able to interface confidently with strategic business partners, including legal and tax professionals, investors, banks, lenders, and other third parties

Encouraged

• Experience working directly for a real estate investment or asset management firm (rather than only public accounting)
• Master's degree in Taxation or Accounting
• Concentration in tax accounting
• Advanced Yardi expertise
• Real estate fund audit experience
• Experience with industrial / multifamily asset management

Additional Information

This is an office-based position for Mountain View, CA (not remote). Salary is commensurate with experience and ranges from USD $110,000.00 – USD $150,000.00 per year. The role is eligible for discretionary bonus(es). DCV operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy, and your total compensation may vary based on individual performance and prior experience.

*Duke Capital Ventures is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act. Applicants who need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact us at [email protected]*

Pay: $110,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person