Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Headquartered in Chicago and London with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia, the Firm has more than 280-employees and nearly $56 billion in assets under management. Clients of the Firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America.
The Firm is seeking to hire an Accounting Associate to join their Portfolio Accounting & Reporting team. The ideal candidate will have at least two years accounting experience and be successful working in a fast-paced team environment. Specific duties will include:
Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with joint venture partners/third party managers to obtain property-level financial information
• Review property-level financial information for reasonableness and record adjustments as necessary on a fair value basis of accounting
• Perform a detailed review of property-level financial statements and monthly reporting packages received from third party managers and follow up as necessary
• Monitor fund-level bank accounts and record fund-level financial activity to the general ledger.
• Manage cash activity for all fund-level bank accounts, reconcile and record all cash activity to the Fund's general ledger
• Prepare opening and closing entries for acquisitions and dispositions of properties
• Consolidate property and fund level financial activity, including consolidated fund financial statements, footnotes, and supplemental financial reporting
• Responsible for maintaining Yardi general ledger for all property and fund related entities
• Record investor level activity in Yardi and generate investor deliverables (Investor Account Statements, Capital Call Notices, and Distribution Notices)
• Prepare draft response for on-going investor/consultant requests relative to investor reporting
• Assist the Accounting and Portfolio Management teams with Fund cash analyses and projections to determine cash needs or cash availability for distribution
• Assist in requests from other departments in the firm related to fund-level or property-level accounting information
• Work directly with independent auditors to complete year end Fund audits and tax filings
• Continuous improvement mindset and the ability to seek out and implement internal or external best practices
• Strong analytical abilities and perseverance to solve problems with high attention to detail.
• Other duties as assigned.

Background Required/Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required
• 2 years of accounting experience with real estate or financial services experience required
• CPA preferred
• Yardi general ledger experience preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Organized and self-directed individual eager to learn

Harrison Street is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.
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