Associate Vice President - Fund Accounting - Real Estate

Senior member of team focused on Real Estate Fund Accounting,

- Perform monthly and quarterly close processes, including review work of external administrators, along with producing original workpapers and analyses.

- Work on compilation and standardization of property level financial statements, cash forecast, deal flows, along with producing original workpapers and analysis.

- Review and/or reperform quarterly and annual GAAP financial statements and footnote disclosures for multiple funds as well as capital account summaries for limited partners.

- Review and/or reperform calculation of management fees and complex waterfall carry/ promote calculations.

- Produce cash flow projections and analyse daily cash management, including activity on credit lines, expected settlement timing of purchases and sales, and timing of capital calls and capital distributions.

- Monitor compliance with the Fund's Limited Partnership Agreements and credit facilities, including the preparation or review of compliance reporting.

- Prepare and assist with ad-hoc limited partner reporting, analyst and front-office requests, working in conjunction with colleagues in Los Angeles to ensure timely response to our investors

- Assist with preparation of the information provided to tax team for quarterly tax estimates and annual returns.

- Review and approval of expense activity

- Support the investment property financial performance and analysis

- Ensure process and procedures created for property level financials are adequate to meet quality standards and are consistently applied and regularly reviewed.

- Work with and liaise with internal resources (primarily colleagues in the U.S.) and external property JV partners.

- Review deal models to make sure forecasted/budgeted distributions are in line with actual distributions.

- Work with JV partners to make such cash flow distributions to respective funds.

- Analyse daily cash management, including activity around expected settlement timing of purchases and sales, and timing of capital calls and capital distributions.

- Prepare and assist with ad-hoc limited partner reporting, analyst and front-office requests, working in conjunction with colleagues in Los Angeles to ensure timely response to our investors

- Actively work on continuous improvement as we work to build out our new India office.

General Requirements:

- Big-4 public accounting experience strongly preferred

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment; excited about working in a start-up environment with the backing and infrastructure of a well-established industry leader

- Strong communication skills will be important; ability to analyse and summarize complex information both verbally and in writing with colleagues in the United States

- Ability to assist in managing several third-party relationships (outside administrators, custodians)

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines

- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; attention to detail and timelines required

- Knowledge of private equity structures, fixed income securities, debt instruments, alternative investments, securitization, or other investment products preferred

- Experience with certain systems (Advent Geneva; Investran; Black Mountain) experience a plus; requires day to day use of Excel (with advanced skills in Excel being a plus)