Controller (CPA)

Cima Senior Living • Dallas, TX

3d

About The Position

Cima Senior Living is a senior housing operator focused on delivering exceptional care, operational excellence, and data-driven performance across assisted living, memory care, and independent living communities. With a rapidly growing portfolio across multiple states, Cima combines strong clinical and hospitality standards with disciplined financial oversight to ensure stability, transparency, and long-term success. We operate with the agility of an entrepreneurial company, supported by structured systems, scalable processes, and a commitment to elevating senior living operations through innovation, technology, and disciplined financial management.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in senior living, healthcare, hospitality, or multi-site operating environments (required)
• CPA license (required)
• Proven ability to deliver audit-ready financials and manage external audits.

Nice To Haves

• Strong proficiency with accounting system Sage Intacct (preferred)
• Public accounting experience strongly preferred, with auditing experience.
• Experience managing outsourced accounting teams (strongly preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle, multi-entity accounting and reporting, including GL, AP/AR, payroll allocations, accruals, monthly close, consolidated financials, and GAAP/regulatory compliance—for leadership and ownership.
• Act as the primary liaison to outsourced accounting partners: overseeing AP, reconciliations, and financial processing by reviewing deliverables for accuracy, ensuring month-end close quality and timeliness, coordinating workflows across internal teams, and directing audit-readiness activities.
• Oversee annual audit preparation and coordination with auditors, lenders, tax and regulatory partners, while implementing and maintaining internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting, Medicaid billing integrity, cash management, and purchasing oversight.
• Serve as the organization’s Sage Intacct expert, standardizing COA/dimensions, workflows, and reporting templates while automating reporting and streamlining AP, procurement, and payroll integrations across corporate and community functions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Regional Directors on annual budgets and forecasts, analyze labor, occupancy, revenue, and KPI trends with variance reporting, and support financial integration during acquisitions, management transitions, and new community onboarding.
• Partner with Executive Directors, Regional Operations, HR/Payroll, and the investment team to ensure financial accuracy and transparency; oversee in-house accounting staff; train community administrative teams on financial processes and controls; and build scalable workflows to support rapid growth.

Benefits

• High-impact financial leadership role across all Cima Senior Living communities.
• Opportunity to build scalable accounting infrastructure for a multi-state operator.
• Direct collaboration with senior leadership and community teams.
• Competitive compensation and long-term growth opportunities.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, & Hospital Indemnity Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed