Michelle Salas joined Headwall as the Controller, bringing over 35 years of experience in accounting and finance, including more than 25 years in real estate accounting. She has extensive experience in both property accounting (covering both operating and development properties) and fund accounting, with expertise in fund of funds, open-end funds, and closed-end funds for institutional and high-net-worth investors.
Prior to joining Headwall, Michelle served as Managing Director at SS&C Technologies, where she oversaw a team supporting fund administration for a large client with approximately $26 billion in AUM. Before that, she worked at USAA Real Estate Company, where she held various roles, including leading multiple property and fund accounting teams and spearheading the implementation of the Yardi Investment Management module. She also created and led the Process Accounting team, which focused on implementing process improvements and providing training and ongoing support for those improvements.
Michelle’s career at USAA also included ten years in Corporate Finance, where she served in various capacities, including Director of the Enterprise G&A team. Michelle is a CPA and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.