Senior Consultant, Financial Reporting & Accounting | IA&R Real Estate Solutions

About the role

We provide outsourced accounting services to public and private companies, including REITs, mortgage finance companies, real estate private equity funds, developers, and operators. The senior consultant will interact directly with clients, including their management as well as supervisors. The senior consultant will be responsible for developing and maintaining financial reporting support work papers, preparing and posting journal entries, and maintaining and updating the client’s general ledgers and adjusted trial balances.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial reporting support work papers
• Prepare and post journal entries
• Review clients' books and records, prepare bank and other account reconciliations
• Determine the accuracy of accounts and propose/post adjusting journal entries and prepare supporting work papers and adjusted trial balance under US GAAP and income tax basis
• Prepare financial statements, footnotes and necessary support as well as management reports, as applicable. Including public client's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and quarterly earnings releases
• Aid in the preparation of Partner Capital Statements and notices
• Validate financial information maintained by third party service providers
• Potential exposure or assistance to ad hoc or special accounting projects such as implementation of accounting software, IPO projects, transaction or business process review, forensic investigations, and other financial reporting and asset management reporting assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting
• 3+ years of relevant accounting and financial reporting work experience
• Understanding of US GAAP and SEC reporting
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Proficiency in month/quarter/annual closings for US GAAP financial statements and preparation of related working papers or analyses
• Strong proficiency in Excel and Word
• Effective communication to internal and external stakeholders