What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Associate, JV / Fund Accounting position at Digital Realty?
Job Description
Position Title: Senior Accountant, Fund Accounting and Reporting
Location: Dallas, TX
Your role
This role provides the opportunity to expand your skills as a Senior Accountant in a specialized and fast‑growing industry. You will work independently and take ownership of assigned properties from an accounting perspective, supporting fund and joint venture accounting, reporting, and analysis. Under general supervision, you will be responsible for variance analysis, general ledger reconciliations, and presenting financial results to Asset and Corporate Management with insights that support informed decision‑making. This role offers strong collaboration, support from leadership, and opportunities for growth within a dynamic and evolving organization.
What You’ll Do
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.
To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
A Bit About Our Team – Finance
Our Finance team works in one of the world’s fastest growing and most exciting business sectors. We use our financial expertise and commercial awareness to support and develop an international, publicly‑listed organization. From managing budgets to financial planning, we deliver a full range of finance and accounting services to help our business stay on track and meet our goals. We also have other specialist areas of expertise including Portfolio Management and Lease Administration.
What We Can Offer You
Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a passionate and collaborative team that works together to support our global customers. You’ll join a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work, collaborate across teams, challenge the status quo, and grow your career with ongoing development opportunities.
Position Title: Senior Accountant, Fund Accounting and Reporting
Location: Dallas, TX
Your role
This role provides the opportunity to expand your skills as a Senior Accountant in a specialized and fast‑growing industry. You will work independently and take ownership of assigned properties from an accounting perspective, supporting fund and joint venture accounting, reporting, and analysis. Under general supervision, you will be responsible for variance analysis, general ledger reconciliations, and presenting financial results to Asset and Corporate Management with insights that support informed decision‑making. This role offers strong collaboration, support from leadership, and opportunities for growth within a dynamic and evolving organization.
What You’ll Do
- Assist the Senior Manager with oversight of Fund and Joint Venture accounting, month‑end close, and reporting activities
- Prepare routine and non‑routine journal entries including interest, management fees, capital contributions, and distributions
- Prepare account reconciliations and perform detailed analysis to identify issues and recommend or post resolving entries
- Prepare and analyze month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end income statement variance analysis for assigned portfolios
- Prepare and review Joint Venture and Fund financial statements to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for assigned portfolios
- Provide ongoing support to internal stakeholders including Asset Management, Operations, Sales, FP&A, and Legal teams
- Coordinate with external auditors to support timely and accurate year‑end close and reporting
- Support ad hoc projects and special initiatives as needed
- 5 years of progressive accounting experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting and reporting; Joint Venture and Fund Accounting experience preferred
- Experience with international real estate investments and currency translation a plus
- Demonstrated proficiency in journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, and financial analysis
- Experience with ERP systems; Yardi experience preferred
- Advanced Excel skills with the ability to work in complex spreadsheets
- Strong understanding of authoritative accounting literature related to real estate and corporate accounting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to work independently in a fast‑paced environment
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.
To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
A Bit About Our Team – Finance
Our Finance team works in one of the world’s fastest growing and most exciting business sectors. We use our financial expertise and commercial awareness to support and develop an international, publicly‑listed organization. From managing budgets to financial planning, we deliver a full range of finance and accounting services to help our business stay on track and meet our goals. We also have other specialist areas of expertise including Portfolio Management and Lease Administration.
What We Can Offer You
Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a passionate and collaborative team that works together to support our global customers. You’ll join a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work, collaborate across teams, challenge the status quo, and grow your career with ongoing development opportunities.