Finance and Accounting Manager

Finance and Accounting Manager | Single Family Office & Foundation

Work Arrangement:
In-office Monday through Friday (5 days/week)

City Hall Capital (CHC) is a single-family office based in NYC’s Financial District with public and private investments in a wide range of sectors, asset classes, and geographies. We also operate King Rook Capital (KRC), our commercial real estate arm, and the Issroff Family Foundation (IFF), a 501(c)(3) with active grantmaking operations across East and Southern Africa.

We’re seeking a Finance and Accounting Manager, reporting directly to the CEO and principals, to become the financial backbone of all three entities — serving as finance and investment professional at KRC, steward of IFF’s finances and finance policies, and trusted partner to our outside accountants.

We have a need today for concrete bookkeeping skills and general financial fluency, but we envision the role evolving as the successful Manager today may become a senior executive for one or several of the CHC, KRC, and IFF entities in the future. Our office has runway for your career to grow according to the development of your skills and your interests and passion.

Own the books and serve as a true in-house accounting partner for CHC, KRC, and IFF by:

• Full-Cycle Bookkeeping:
  Maintain accurate books across all three entities in Quick Books and other industry-standard tools
• Tax
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with our outside accountants; source, download, and organize all K‑1s and other relevant documents in advance of filing deadlines
• Document Management:
  Maintain a well-organized repository of financial records and tax documents
• Accountant Oversight:
  Review and sanity-check accountant output including partnership tax returns and IFF Form 990s — you should have enough expertise to identify errors, inconsistencies, or items requiring clarification before sign-off

Be the financial engine of the Issroff Family Foundation’s finance operations by:

• Budget Management:
  Craft, refine, and maintain IFF’s annual budget; build and update actuals‑vs‑budget tracking on an ongoing basis; iterate on budget projections as grantmaking plans and the investment portfolio evolve
• Grant Disbursements:
  Execute wires for grants, reimbursements, and stipends to grantee organizations across East and Southern Africa
• Working with Fiscal Sponsors:
  Source, engage, and manage fiscal sponsors to ensure beneficiaries have maximal opportunities for funding; track inflows and outflows related to external funding
• Compliance & Verification:
  Perform KYC verification and wire recipient verification for all new grantees and payees; maintain documentation standards required under IFF grant agreements and donor restrictions
• 990 Review:
  Review and sanity-check the annual Form 990 prepared by our accountants to ensure accuracy and completeness

Serve as the financial point person for KRC’s real estate portfolio:

• Property-Level Reporting:
  Read, interpret, and track weekly/monthly property management reports (including occupancy summaries, leasing trend data, rent rolls, and market rent benchmarks) for all KRC properties; maintain organized tracking dashboards
• Financial Analysis:
  Build and maintain property-level P&L models; track NOI, vacancy loss, effective rent, and other key metrics; identify trends and flag variances to principals
• Vendor & Expense Management:
  Track property-level expenses, review invoices, and ensure contracted work is actually done to principals’ satisfaction
• Lender & Partner Reporting:
  Assist in preparing periodic financial packages for lenders or JV partners as needed
• Strategic Support:
  Proactively come up with financial insights that can help stabilize and improve property-level economics; act as a true thought partner to the principals, including assessing future growth in the property portfolio

Keep the day-to-day financial operations of CHC and KRC running efficiently by:

• Expense Reimbursement:
  Create and administer a formal expense reimbursement process for CHC and KRC employees;…