Staff Accountant, Partnership

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 Accountant, Partnership Accounting is responsible for accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of operator partnerships, with emphasis on monthly intercompany consolidation, journal entries, reconciliations, and billbacks under US GAAP, SOX, and Company policy. The role serves as a day-to-day accounting contact for Welltower's operating partners, works across RIDEA and non-RIDEA structures, and partners with internal accounting teams to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial data.

The successful candidate is detail-oriented, asks good questions, builds strong relationships, and is motivated to develop deep technical command of Welltower accounting fundamentals.

• Serve as the day-to-day accounting contact for assigned operators, responding to inquiries, leading routine operator meetings, escalating matters to management as appropriate, and building trusted working relationships.
• Maintain accurate books and records for assigned partnership entities, including preparation of journal entries to support a complete and accurate monthly close.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations for assigned accounts, maintaining complete working papers that support all balances and driving timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Review monthly operator financial submissions and perform analytical review of financial and operating results, investigating variances, anomalies, and incomplete data prior to close.
• Perform monthly consolidation and intercompany elimination procedures, identifying the source of consolidation issues, resolving them with management, and ensuring activity is recorded in the correct period.
• Apply the appropriate accounting treatment across RIDEA and non-RIDEA structures.
• Perform key internal controls for partnership accounting, prepare documentation supporting SOX requirements, and assist with internal audit requests.
• Support the accounting for acquisitions, dispositions, and other transaction activity affecting operator-accounted properties.
• Document processes and procedures and contribute process improvement ideas.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and other duties as required.

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.

Minimal travel is expected for this position.

• Experience: 1-3 years of public or corporate accounting experience is preferred.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required. Knowledge of accounting theory, including GAAP and IFRS, is preferred.

• CPA preferred or strong desire to pursue.
• Experience with Yardi, One Stream, Blackline, or similar accounting and reporting systems is a…