Vice President Finance

Vice President of Finance
Remote!
💰 $195,000 – $235,000 Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Carried Interest
About the Opportunity
A rapidly growing self-storage investment and operating platform is seeking a Vice President of Finance to lead and scale the company’s finance and accounting operations. This highly visible executive leadership position will report directly to senior leadership and partner closely with the company’s asset management, acquisitions, capital markets, investor relations, development, and operations teams.
The ideal candidate combines senior-level finance leadership with prior real estate asset management experience and a strong understanding of self-storage operations. This individual must be both strategic and hands-on—capable of overseeing complex accounting and finance functions while evaluating asset-level performance and building the systems, processes, reporting infrastructure, and teams needed to support continued growth.
This opportunity offers significant exposure to executive decision-making, portfolio strategy, capital markets activity, investor reporting, and long-term wealth creation through profit sharing and carried interest participation.
Position Overview
The Vice President of Finance will oversee corporate, property, construction, and investment-related finance and accounting functions across a growing self-storage portfolio.
This individual will be responsible for financial reporting, FP&A, treasury management, budgeting, forecasting, tax coordination, audit oversight, investor reporting, and asset-level financial analysis. The Vice President will work closely with asset management and operations to evaluate property performance, monitor operating KPIs, oversee business plans, and identify opportunities to improve revenue, profitability, and investment returns.
The successful candidate will serve as a key business partner to senior leadership while ensuring financial accuracy, scalable reporting, and operational excellence throughout the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership
Lead accounting and finance functions across corporate, property, investment, and construction operations
Oversee treasury, cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and internal controls
Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
Develop and maintain scalable financial processes and reporting infrastructure
Provide senior leadership with clear visibility into company, portfolio, and property-level financial performance
Asset Management & Portfolio Performance
Partner with asset management and operations teams to monitor the performance of the self-storage portfolio
Review property-level financial statements, operating results, budgets, forecasts, and business plans
Track key self-storage performance indicators, including occupancy, rental rates, revenue growth, discounts, bad debt, operating expenses, NOI, and property-level margins
Evaluate performance against underwriting, budgets, and investment objectives
Identify opportunities to improve revenue, operational efficiency, NOI, and overall asset value
Support annual property strategy, capital expenditure planning, and hold/sell/refinance analysis
Help translate operating data into actionable recommendations for executive leadership
FP&A & Strategic Finance
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning initiatives
Develop portfolio- and property-level financial models and scenario analyses
Partner with leadership on strategic planning, investment decisions, and portfolio growth initiatives
Analyze business performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency
Develop financial health metrics, dashboards, and KPI reporting for executive leadership
Support the integration and financial oversight of newly acquired or developed assets
Investor & Capital Markets Reporting
Oversee investor-level reporting and financial communications
Partner with acquisitions, asset management, and capital markets teams to support investment strategies
Assist with debt reporting, lender compliance, refinancing, and capital planning activities
Ensure accurate reporting across multiple investment vehicles and operating entities
Support return analysis, including asset-level and portfolio-level investment performance
Provide financial analysis for acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and financing decisions
Tax, Audit & Compliance
Coordinate annual audits and tax filings with external accounting firms
Manage entity structures, depreciation schedules, and tax allocations
Ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements and applicable accounting standards
Maintain strong internal controls across corporate and property-level operations
Systems & Process Improvement
Maintain data integrity across ERP, property management, and financial reporting systems
Drive process improvement, automation, and reporting standardization initiatives
Partner with technology and operations teams to improve reporting capabilities and data management
Develop scalable reporting that connects financial results with self-storage operating performance
Team Leadership
Hire, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing finance and accounting professionals
Establish accountability, organizational structure, and career development opportunities
Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across finance, accounting, asset management, and operations
Build a finance function capable of supporting continued portfolio and platform growth
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate, or a related field
10+ years of progressive finance, accounting, or real estate investment experience
Prior self-storage industry experience required
Prior real estate asset management experience required
Strong understanding of property-level operations, financial performance, budgeting, forecasting, and business-plan execution
Experience evaluating property and portfolio performance against underwriting and investment objectives
Experience working within a real estate investment platform, private equity firm, owner/operator, REIT, or fund
Experience managing multi-entity accounting and investment structures
Strong FP&A, cash flow management, financial modeling, and strategic planning capabilities
Experience overseeing investor reporting and financial statement preparation
Demonstrated leadership experience managing finance and accounting teams
Strong understanding of debt structures, capital planning, and real estate financial operations
Experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP platform
Excellent analytical, organizational, leadership, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
CPA designation
Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate, or a related discipline
Experience with a self-storage owner/operator, investment manager, developer, or REIT
Fund accounting or real estate private equity experience
Experience overseeing a geographically diverse portfolio of operating assets
Capital markets and debt-financing experience
Construction or development accounting experience
Experience with Power BI, InvestNext, self-storage property management systems, or similar reporting platforms
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive base salary
Profit-sharing participation
Carried interest opportunity
401(k) with company match
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Unlimited PTO
Professional development and coaching resources
Phone, transportation, and entertainment reimbursement programs

Work arrangement
Yes