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Director of Fund Accounting & Financial Reporting Opportunity
Partnering with a growing, vertically integrated real estate private equity platform to hire a Fund Accounting Manager / Director-level professional to support its Controller and senior leadership.
The firm is continuing to scale its fund platform and is looking for a hands-on accounting leader to support the Controller and senior leadership across fund accounting, financial reporting and investor accounting. The role will cover investment funds, joint ventures, property-level entities, development projects and corporate operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage monthly, quarterly and annual close processes
- Prepare and review fund and entity-level financial statements
- Own general ledger accounting, reconciliations, consolidations and intercompany activity
- Maintain investor capital accounts, contributions, distributions and allocations
- Support accounting for acquisitions, dispositions, development and financing transactions
- Review preferred returns, promote calculations and waterfall structures
- Coordinate with auditors, tax advisors and fund administrators
- Support investor, lender and management reporting
- Maintain and improve accounting controls, processes and reporting infrastructure
- Work with Yardi Voyager and related real estate accounting systems
Ideal Background
- 5 years of progressive accounting experience
- Background in real estate private equity, investment management, institutional real estate, development or public accounting
- Strong fund, partnership or investment accounting experience
- Ability to independently manage monthly and quarterly close
- Experience with capital accounts, contributions, distributions and complex entity structures
- Strong Excel skills
- CPA strongly preferred
- Yardi Voyager strongly preferred, although comparable institutional real estate accounting systems will be considered
Location: Fully remote, with a hybrid option in Birmingham, Alabama.
Work Authorization: Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. Visa sponsorship is not available.
This is a strong opportunity to join a growing real estate investment platform and take meaningful ownership across its fund accounting and financial reporting function.