Real Estate Finance, Assistant Vice President - Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC)
Blackstone · Berkeley Heights, NJ · 2 mo ago
Information Technology$150k–$200k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Assistant Vice President will be a key member of the BXDC Finance team and will support the finance, accounting, reporting, and operating infrastructure of BXDC. This individual will work closely with BXDC Finance leadership and partner with teams across Blackstone Real Estate, including acquisitions, capital markets, asset management, portfolio management, investor relations, legal, tax, and operations.
Responsibilities
- Support the execution and ongoing enhancement of BXDC’s accounting policies, accounting processes, SOX control framework, and financial reporting processes.
- Manage key workstreams related to monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
- Review and analyze investment-level and corporate-level financial results to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency for management and external reporting.
- Support preparation and review of recurring public company reporting deliverables, including earnings materials, board materials, Form 10-Q/K filings, and other internal and external reporting packages.
- Partner with internal and external teams to review and validate investment activity, acquisition activity, valuation activity, debt activity, capitalization matters, and corporate-level activity.
- Aid in accounting conclusions for judgmental areas, including investment acquisitions, consolidations, new accounting policies, and other technical accounting matters.
- Coordinate with Blackstone finance, tax, operations, legal, investor relations, capital markets, acquisitions, asset management, and portfolio management teams on matters impacting BXDC.
- Support Finance leadership with investment closings, capital raising activity, external shareholder communications, and other strategic initiatives.
- Help manage relationships with external service providers, including auditors, administrators, consultants, and other third-party support resources.
- Supervise, develop, and mentor junior team members, including reviewing work product and providing day-to-day guidance.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, controls, reporting workflows, and operating scalability.
Qualifications
- BS or above in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA required.
- 6+ years of public and/or private accounting experience, preferably with a mix of public accounting and industry experience.
- Experience with public company reporting, accounting, and/or auditing required.
- Real estate, REIT, asset management, and/or financial services experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, SEC reporting, internal controls, and SOX requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior stakeholders, auditors, and cross-functional teams.
- Hightly organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to drive projects to completion.
- Strong relationship management, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience managing and mentoring junior professionals preferred.