Senior Accountant

Job Overview

The Senior Investment Accountant ensures that investment accounting policies and procedures are correctly applied to financial transactions. Under minimal supervision, this role works directly with asset management, portfolio management and acquisition/disposition teams. The position leads a team to prepare month‑end closing reports and subsidiary quarterly financial analytics, reporting to senior management to ensure accurate asset evaluations.

• Prepares timely and accurate GAAP work papers and supporting schedules to satisfy all investment accounting requirements for internal and external audits.
• Reviews financial information for joint ventures to ensure compliance with investment accounting policies and procedures (sales, acquisitions, debt refinancing, REIT restructuring, and financial performance).
• Incorporates frequent ad hoc financial inquiries into the monthly and quarterly reports, adding value by providing management insight into the activities of the underlying properties.
• Calculates unlevered and levered, gross and net portfolio performance returns and property internal rates of return.
• Converts modified cash basis accounting information provided by third party management firms to accrual basis to facilitate preparation of fair value GAAP basis financial statements.
• Provides guidance to junior Investment Accountants regarding issues that require more advanced knowledge and experience.

University Degree Preferred

3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred

• 3+ years of accounting experience in public accounting, fund accounting, real estate accounting and/or financial statement preparation.

• 5+ years of accounting experience in public accounting, fund accounting, real estate accounting and/or financial statement preparation.
• CPA license.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office:
  Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience using Yardi and Workiva.

• Oversee the Fund Admin team to ensure all reporting deadlines are met timely and accurately.
• Reviews all legal agreements to ensure accounting structures are set up appropriately.
• Reviews all REIT compliance and tax compliance schedules.
• Reviews all Investor agreements to ensure commitments and side letter reporting are set up and accurate.
• From time-to‑time review and research complex transactions.
• Review all debt agreements and ensure debt covenants adhered to.

Base Pay Range: $76,300/yr - $101,000/yr

Posting End Date:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. TIAA does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.