Senior Manager- Global REIT

Join a sophisticated real estate investment platform in a broad accounting leadership role overseeing an open-ended REIT and its underlying credit investments. This position combines fund and loan accounting, technical accounting, financial reporting, investor reporting, tax oversight, and team leadership.

• REIT & Loan Accounting: Manage accounting across an open-ended REIT, including loan, debt, and joint venture activity.
• Technical Accounting: Research and apply complex accounting guidance related to loan accounting, consolidations, VIEs, impairments, and other investment-related matters.
• Financial Reporting: Partner with the fund administrator to oversee monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages and maintain accurate accounting ledgers.
• Portfolio & Loan Oversight: Maintain loan tapes, bank reconciliations, cash positions, accounts payable, and partner distributions.
• Credit Monitoring: Partner with Investment and Asset Management teams on watch list loans, impairment indicators, closings, payoffs, and other portfolio activity.
• Investor Reporting: Support investor reporting, distribution models, and other recurring and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Warehouse & Counter party Reporting: Prepare and review warehouse compliance reporting and related deliverables for financing counter parties.
• Audit Leadership: Manage the external audit process from planning through completion, including PBC requests, technical accounting memos, and the overall auditor relationship.
• Internal Controls & SOX: Partner with the Chief Accounting Officer to develop and enhance internal controls and support the buildout of a SOX-ready control environment.
• Tax & REIT Compliance: Support quarterly and annual REIT qualification testing and oversee tax reporting for the fund, JVs, and affiliated entities, including Forms 1099 and 1042.
• Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop accounting professionals while strengthening processes, controls, and overall execution across the finance function.

• Experience: Significant accounting experience within real estate credit, private credit, mortgage REITs, real estate investment management, or a related alternative investment platform.
• Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP with experience in loan accounting, consolidations, VIE analysis, and investment-related accounting.
• REIT Knowledge: Experience with REIT structures, qualification requirements, and related tax considerations strongly preferred.
• Credit
  
  Experience:
  
  Understanding of real estate debt investments, loan servicing, warehouse facilities, impairment analysis, and lender reporting.
• Audit & Controls: Demonstrated experience managing external audits and developing or maintaining internal control environments.
• Leadership: Proven ability to manage and mentor accounting professionals while working closely with investment, asset management, tax, and senior finance leadership.
• Attributes: Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive with strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple complex work streams.

Note:
Qualified candidates will be contacted within 2 business days of application. If an applicant does not meet the above criteria, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities and may contact you for further discussion.