Staff Accountant, Compliance

Staff Accountant, Compliance

At Welltower, we're transforming how the world thinks about senior living and wellness-focused real estate. As a global leader in residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure, we create vibrant, purpose-driven communities where housing, healthcare, and hospitality converge. Our culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and endlessly ambitious—guided by our mantra:
The only easy day was yesterday.

We're looking for bold, independent thinkers who thrive on challenge, embrace complexity, and are driven to deliver long-term value. Every team member is empowered to think like an owner, innovate fearlessly, and lead from where they stand. If you're passionate about outcomes and inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare infrastructure, we want you on our best-in-class team.

The Staff, Compliance plays a crucial role in supporting the organization's SOX compliance efforts. This role will be responsible for conducting reviews of financial SOX controls completed by our operating partners and accounting teams, ensuring audit readiness and facilitating effective communication between control owners and the audit teams. This role will work closely with various stakeholders to uphold and maintain compliance standards, educate our operating partners on best practices for documenting SOX and other audit requirements, and provide actionable feedback to improve documentation and processes prior to being formally audited.

This position will regularly work directly with various operating partners and functional accounting teams, internal audit, and our external auditors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting financial and operational reviews to validate that controls would be deemed effective by auditors. Identify areas for improvement and work with teams to implement corrective actions as needed.
• Performing analytical review of operational and financial data and interpreting management explanations against expected results.
• Assisting in the preparation and completion of documentation of controls if necessary, including Information Produced by Entity (IPE) documentation requirements.
• Validating feedback provided to control owners has been implemented satisfactorily and on a timely basis.
• Serving as a liaison between control owners and auditors, facilitating clear, efficient and effective communication in both directions.
• Supporting manager in coordination with internal and external audit teams to address questions, provide documentation and resolve issues promptly.
• Participating in the planning, design, implementation and review of new processes and controls as the organizations' financial processes evolve or new operators are onboarded. Ensuring control framework is scalable and efficient as the organization grows.
• Assisting in the preparation of reports and presentations on control compliance for management.
• Being a self-starter that can work independently with little supervision, yet also be highly effective in a team environment.
• Effectively resolving conflicts in a professional manner when differences of opinion arise.
• Having a professional demeanor with auditee, peers, and superiors.
• Contributing/developing ideas to identify potential project or process improvement opportunities.
• Developing relationships with people at all levels within the organization.
• Other responsibilities as required by supervisor.

Other duties may include:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of this employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competencies include:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software systems
• Interpersonal communication
• Strong written communication skills
• Analytical
• A positive and professional attitude
• Strong attention to detail

Travel is expected to be minimal. Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.

Minimum requirements include:

• Experience:
  
  Work experience can range from one to three years. Prior work experience in public accounting or internal audit is…