Director, Valuation & Investigation Services

Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything.  Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe.  By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.

Aprio is seeking a Director to lead and grow the Real Estate Valuation Services practice within the Valuation & Investigation Services group. In this role, you will set practice strategy, originate and expand client relationships, sign complex appraisal assignments, and develop a high-performing team of valuation professionals.

You will collaborate across Aprio's Tax, Audit/Assurance, Wealth Management, and Aprio Legal service lines to bring real estate valuation into broader client engagements.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity at the intersection of professional services, real estate, and financial advisory — with the autonomy to build a market-leading practice and the firm support to do it.

What You'll Gain/ Impact

• Opportunity to build and shape Aprio's Real Estate Valuation Services practice at a nationally recognized, high-growth firm
• Platform to originate and close work through built-in referral relationships across Tax, Audit/Assurance, Wealth Management, and Aprio Legal
• Exposure to complex, high-value assignments spanning commercial real estate, financial reporting, litigation support, and tax advisory
• Ability to mentor and develop the next generation of real estate valuation professionals — from Associate to Senior Manager
• Visibility as a market-facing leader through speaking engagements, publications, and professional organization involvement

Key Responsibilities

Practice Leadership and Growth

• Set practice strategy, service offerings, annual budget, and growth targets in partnership with Valuation & Investigation Services leadership
• Originate and expand client relationships with lenders, real estate funds, private equity sponsors, family offices, developers, attorneys, and Aprio's Real Estate industry team
• Partner with Tax, Audit/Assurance, and Wealth Management teams on cost segregation, estate and gift planning, purchase price allocations, and transaction-related valuation work
• Build market presence through speaking engagements, publications, and professional organization involvement
• Manage practice financials, including pricing, utilization, realization, and collections

Quality, Risk, and Compliance

• Serve as signing appraiser on complex assignments and final reviewer of the practice's work product
• Own the quality control program, including USPAP compliance, report review, workfile retention, and template standards
• Lead engagement acceptance, conflict checks, and independence reviews with Risk Management and Audit/Assurance teams, including AICPA independence rules for valuation services provided to attest clients
• Maintain appraiser credentials across states, including reciprocal credentials and temporary practice permits
• Track and apply changes to USPAP, AQB criteria, Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines, and related accounting and tax guidance

Engagement Delivery

• Lead assignments across office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, self-storage, seniors housing, land, and special-purpose property types
• Oversee valuations for lending, financial reporting (ASC 805, ASC 820, ASC 842, and ASC 360), estate, gift, and charitable contribution purposes, and fund and portfolio reporting
• Provide testimony and consulting support in litigation, arbitration, eminent domain, property tax appeals, bankruptcy, and marital dissolution matters

People Leadership

• Recruit, develop, and retain team members from Associate through Senior Manager
• Serve as supervisory appraiser and guide team members on the path to Certified General licensure and the MAI designation
• Set performance goals, deliver ongoing coaching, and lead formal performance reviews

Candidate Qualifications

Experience

• At least 15 years of commercial real estate valuation experience, including at least five years leading a team or practice
• Proven record of originating client work and building long-term client relationships, with an established professional network
• Broad signing appraiser experience across commercial property types and intended uses
• Preferred: Prior testimony experience in depositions, trial, or arbitration
• Preferred: Experience with real estate valuation for financial reporting and tax purposes
• Preferred: Background in an accounting firm, national valuation firm, or professional services environment

Licensing and Credentials — Required

• Active Certified General Real Property Appraiser license, in good standing, with the ability to obtain reciprocal credentials or temporary practice permits in additional states as engagements require
• MAI designation (Member of the Appraisal Institute)
• Meets AQB and applicable state requirements to supervise trainee appraisers
• Clean disciplinary history with no action affecting eligibility to practice

Licensing and Credentials — Preferred

• Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), AI-GRS (General Review Specialist), or ASA designation
• Experience with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (Yellow Book)
• CPA, CFA, or ABV credential for financial reporting and tax overlap

Education

• Bachelor's degree required; real estate, finance, economics, or accounting preferred
• Master's degree (MBA or M.S. in Real Estate) preferred

Additional Skills

• Executive presence with clear, plain-language communication with clients, counsel, and courts
• Strong commercial judgment on scoping, pricing, and engagement risk
• Advanced knowledge of income capitalization, discounted cash flow (DCF), and market analysis
• Working knowledge of Argus Enterprise, CoStar, MSCI Real Capital Analytics, or comparable platforms