Real Estate Finance, Associate - Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC)

About the role

Blackstone is seeking an Associate to join the BXDC Finance team. The role supports accounting, financial reporting, controls, close processes, and internal reporting for BXDC, a newly launched, NYSE-listed data center investment REIT.

Responsibilities

• Aid in monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including preparation and review of financial schedules, reconciliations, supporting analyses, and reporting packages.
• Support preparation of quarterly and annual financial reporting deliverables, including Form 10-Q/K support, earnings materials, board materials, and internal management reporting.
• Assist with the review and validation of investment-level results, acquisition activity, valuation activity, debt activity, capitalization activity, and corporate-level activity.
• Collaborate with portfolio companies, operating partners, fund administrators, auditors, and internal Blackstone teams to obtain, review, and summarize financial information.
• Prepare schedules and analyses supporting BXDC accounting policies, reporting processes, SOX controls, and public company operating requirements.
• Support documentation and testing of internal controls, including maintaining process narratives, control support, and audit-ready documentation.
• Compile materials and analyses for senior management, auditors, board reporting, investor-facing materials, and other stakeholder deliverables.
• Track and analyze investment closings, capital raising activity, debt balances, subscriptions, redemptions, and other activity impacting BXDC reporting.
• Contribute to technical accounting research and documentation for areas such as acquisitions, consolidations, and new accounting policies, under the supervision of senior team members.
• Partner with Blackstone finance, tax, operations, legal, investor relations, and investment teams on recurring reporting and ad hoc requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, templates, reconciliations, and workflow efficiency.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 3+ years of public and/or private accounting experience.
• Experience with real estate, REITs, asset management, financial services, public companies, or SEC reporting preferred.
• Strong accounting foundation and familiarity with GAAP.
• Familiarity with financial statements, reconciliations, close processes, internal controls, and management reporting.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and proactive.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and execute in a fast-paced, dynamic culture.
• Strong work ethic, sound judgment, and desire to learn and grow as a professional.