Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager ~ Real Estate, Commercial, Public, REIT

New York, NY

$150,000 Base + Bonus + Benefits

Our client is an internationally recognized Owner/Operator with in excess of $65B AUM across the world. They have a diverse portfolio consisting primarily of commercial, retail, data center, logistics, and industrial assets, and are actively and continually investing and acquiring additional properties.

The role:

• Reporting to Financial Controller
• Oversee US portfolio and team of Finance Managers
• Reviewing budgets, including staffing, work plans, and fee structures.
• Providing project managers and clients with timely financial reports and budgets, as well as project forecasts.
• Preparing pre-billing reports for project managers to review.
• Preparing actual costs, working capital, and tax reports.
• Review accounts prepared by the property managers/operators/outsourced agents before completing the entity level closing
• Ensuring a steady cash flow by generating, auditing, and sending invoices in a timely manner.
• Updating contracts according to client requirements and reporting associated budget amendments.

In order to be considered for this role, you must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, as well as Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• 10+ years of Finance Management experience ideally in the real estate industry. Public and/or REIT experience is HIGHLY preferred, as well as AUDITING
• Lead teams of direct reports and personally oversee more Junior finance associates
• Proficiency in electronic accounting systems, i.e.: MRI, Yardi
• Advanced proficiency in managing general ledgers, journal entries, variance analysis, consolidation and account reconciliations.
• In-depth knowledge of best practices in corporate level property accounting.

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