Senior Consultant, Accounting & Financial Reporting Advisory – Real Estate Solutions, Corporate Finance

About the Role

We focus on our clients’ strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders.

FTI Real Estate Solutions has a singular focus on the real estate and finance industry and the capital markets that serve it. Our services are designed to create integrated financial, tax and real estate solutions for clients having underlying value in real estate operations and assets. We provide an unsurpassed range of real estate advisory services including merger and acquisitions, due diligence, valuation, lease consulting, forensic accounting, financial outsourcing, IPO preparation, real estate and REIT tax structuring and compliance, executive compensation, master planning and development services, cost segregation and private client services. We represent leading public and private real estate entities including equity and mortgage REITs, financial institutions, investment banks, opportunity funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, pension advisors and owners/developers.

What You’ll Do

We provide outsourced accounting services to both 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 and supervisors, develop and maintain financial reporting support work papers, prepare and post journal entries, and maintain and update client’s general ledgers and adjusted trial balances.  The position requires that you be an assertive self-starter and a proactive problem solver.  Responsiveness to client deadlines (for both financial statements and special projects) is essential.  The candidate will possess strong accounting skills including knowledge of US GAAP and demonstrate the ability to grow their technical expertise.

• Perform month end and/or quarter end close, including updates of monthly workbook and financial statement variance analysis, post journal entries and prepare bank and general ledger reconciliations
• Review clients’ books and records, reconcile account balances to supporting schedules, and ability to determine the correctness of accounts and propose/post correcting journal entries and supporting work papers and adjusted trial balance under US GAAP and income tax basis
• Assist in preparation of financial statements, footnotes and necessary support for public clients’ Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and quarterly earnings releases
• Assist in preparation of non-public company’s financial statements, footnotes and necessary support as well as management reports, as applicable
• Validate financial information maintained by third party service providers
• Ability to perform basic US GAAP research
• 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

How You’ll Grow

Direct access to leadership with defined long-term planning will ensure continued success and career trajectory with direct development. Having the opportunity to partner with our internal teams and diverse clients will help with continued growth in new and complex functional areas.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Minimum of 3+ years of relevant work experience. (real estate, mortgage/securities, or alternative investment) 
• Minimum of requisite education toward CPA certification, CPA strongly preferred
• Knowledge of property-level and portfolio accounting, including loan and securities accounting; understanding of consolidation and joint venture accounting is preferred
• Sound knowledge of GAAP and SEC reporting, a plus
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word and Power Point
• Ability to understand and communicate ideas clearly and effectively both verbally and in written communications
• Ability to take responsibility for various aspects of projects as well as the ability to suggest improvements and enhancements
• Self-directed and motivated, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable work style that can prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments independently or as part of a team and meet tight deadlines
• Accounting experience, preferably with public accounting experience; alternatively, the candidate can have a mix of public accounting (real estate/real estate finance focus) and industry experience at a public or private REIT, real estate or real estate finance company

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