Senior Vice President, Corporate Accounting

Description

Department: Accounting

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Location: Chicago

This role will be performed onsite in the Chicago office.

Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners ("AJCP") is seeking a Senior Vice President, Corporate Accounting to lead the firm’s Corporate Accounting function and support its rapid growth across various investment platforms focused on the hospitality, mixed‑use, and single‑family rental sectors.

Adventurous Journeys ("AJCP") Capital Partners is a vertically integrated real estate investment manager founded in 2008. The firm repositions real estate to build timeless, scalable businesses and brand platforms. We deliver returns on transformative real estate by applying placemaking, inspired design, and hospitality principles to spaces overlooked or undervalued by traditional investment firms. The firm’s current portfolio includes $5.3 billion of assets across 100+ properties and 50+ geographic markets.

With a mission to humanize hospitality through handcrafted projects made by people for people, AJCP delivers spaces that evoke emotional connections and become backdrops for enriching life experiences. Our headquarters are in Nashville, with offices in Chicago, London, and Miami. For more information on AJCP, please visit

The SVP, Corporate Accounting will serve as a strategic and operational leader overseeing AJCP’s corporate accounting function. This role will ensure financial integrity, operational excellence, and scalability across AJCP’s corporate entities, while connecting the dots between the firm’s property, fund, and corporate accounting activities to ensure a cohesive financial view of the business. This position requires a leader who can seamlessly balance strategic vision with hands‑on management of the organization’s day‑to‑day financial operations.

The SVP will also partner closely with the Finance team to analyze and communicate the financial story behind the numbers, particularly understanding forecast versus actuals and how fees earned (including development fees, management fees, leasing commissions, etc.) and corporate overheads impact AJCP’s overall financial health.

• Lead AJCP’s corporate accounting function, overseeing all aspects of financial reporting, monthly and quarterly close processes, and accounting operations for 40+ corporate entities.
• Partner closely with the CFO to shape and execute AJCP’s accounting strategy, ensuring processes, reporting, and team capabilities scale with the firm’s growth.

• Direct the preparation of consolidated corporate financial statements, management reports, and analytical summaries that highlight performance drivers and trends.
• Oversee corporate cash management and liquidity planning to ensure operational continuity and fiscal efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and internal control standards, maintaining the highest levels of accuracy and integrity.

• Oversee key day‑to‑day functions including payroll/401k, accounts payable, intercompany allocations, and shared services cost distribution and dive into details as needed.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to drive key projects.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on technical accounting matters and lead continuous improvement initiatives within the Corporate Accounting function.

• Oversee the annual audit and tax reporting processes, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and proactively identifying potential risks, gaps, or improvements in financial controls.
• Develop and implement best‑in‑class accounting policies, procedures, and controls for a vertically integrated real estate investment platform.
• Manage the banking relationships, including controls around access and signers.

• Serve as a senior financial leader and trusted partner to executive leadership.
• Mentor and develop a high‑performing team of four accounting and finance professionals, including a team of outsourced accountants, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.