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Posted June 12, 2026
Robert Half

Global Finance Lead

New Orleans, LA 70119, US Remote Full Time
Compensation: $150 to $200 Yearly

We are looking for a strategic finance leader to guide financial planning and operational oversight for a real estate portfolio in New Orleans, Louisiana. This role serves as a key advisor to senior client leadership while directing budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial controls across a complex property environment. The ideal candidate brings strong commercial judgment, deep real estate finance expertise, and the ability to lead high-performing teams in a fast-moving setting.

Responsibilities:
• Serve as the primary finance partner to senior client leadership, providing insight that supports business decisions and long-term planning.
• Direct the daily operations of the finance function, setting priorities for the team and ensuring accurate, timely delivery of accounting and reporting activities.
• Develop and oversee annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash flow projections, and financial models to support portfolio performance.
• Monitor financial results, evaluate variances, and highlight risks and opportunities that may affect budget or forecast outcomes.
• Maintain strong governance over ledgers, accounting workflows, and internal controls to support compliance and reliable financial reporting.
• Coordinate expense reporting, cash oversight, and disbursement activity while ensuring appropriate treatment of operating costs and related tax considerations.
• Prepare consolidated monthly profit and loss statements, balance sheet reporting, and other internal financial summaries for management review.
• Partner with regional accounting leadership to align financial practices with established service standards and client expectations.
• Lead communication across regional finance teams through regular meetings, sharing updates, resolving issues, and promoting consistent execution.
• Support team capability building by participating in training initiatives, sharing best practices, and driving ongoing process improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• More than 10 years of finance experience within the real estate sector, including substantial exposure to commercial property management.

• At least 5 years of experience leading or supervising finance staff.

• Strong knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, modeling, and analysis in a corporate or portfolio environment.

• Familiarity with SOC 1 compliance principles, internal controls, and audit coordination.

• Hands-on experience with real estate accounting platforms such as Yardi and exposure to internal and external audit processes.

• Proven ability to manage teams, build strong working relationships, and communicate effectively through presentations and written reports.

• Demonstrated capacity to handle multiple priorities, think commercially, and adapt quickly in a dynamic business setting.


For confidential consideration, please reach out to Emily Schneller, Robert Half Recruiting Manager, at 504-264-5922. Thank you for your interest in Robert Half.


Compensation

$150,000.00-$200,000.00 Yearly

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