Manager/Senior Manager Finance & Accounting

Overview

A growing real estate private equity investment platform is seeking a Manager or Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting to take a lead role across property, portfolio, and joint venture accounting and finance. This is a highly visible, hands-on position offering the opportunity to help build and scale the finance and accounting infrastructure of a rapidly expanding real estate investment platform.

The role will work closely with senior finance leadership, investment professionals, asset management, third-party property managers, and outsourced accounting providers across financial reporting, portfolio finance, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, and transaction activity.

Title: Manager / Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting
Industry: Real Estate Private Equity / Investment Management
Location: West Los Angeles
Schedule: In-office, 5 days per week

Responsibilities

• Own accounting and financial reporting across property, portfolio, and joint venture entities.
• Lead monthly and quarterly close processes, including review of general ledgers, reconciliations, accruals, receivables, and financial reporting packages.
• Review and approve property and JV-level financials prepared by third-party property managers and outsourced accounting providers.
• Oversee banking, cash management, liquidity planning, cash forecasting, and funding requirements across the portfolio.
• Manage debt-related reporting, including lender packages, covenant monitoring, reserve accounts, and loan draws.
• Oversee capital expenditure and fixed asset accounting, including capitalization policies, improvement tracking, and depreciation.
• Coordinate property tax matters, tax reporting support, and entity-level compliance.
• Prepare JV-level financial reporting, distribution analyses, and related schedules.
• Develop property, portfolio, and JV-level budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and cash flow projections.
• Prepare budget-to-actual, variance, liquidity, and other portfolio performance analyses.
• Partner with investment and asset management teams on portfolio performance, business plans, financing needs, and capital allocation.
• Support acquisitions, financings, and dispositions from diligence through closing and post-closing integration.
• Review financial models, closing statements, purchase price allocations, acquisition accounting, and funding mechanics.
• Help develop and implement scalable accounting controls, reporting processes, and systems as the investment platform grows.

Qualifications

Must-Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, Business, or a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in public accounting, real estate private equity, principal investing, or a combination thereof.
• Strong hands-on real estate accounting experience across property, joint venture, and multi-entity structures.
• Experience supporting real estate acquisitions and integrating newly acquired assets into accounting and reporting processes.
• Experience overseeing third-party property managers and outsourced accounting providers.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills with a solid understanding of real estate investment economics.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a lean, entrepreneurial, fast-growing environment.

Nice-to-Have:

• CPA certification and/or public accounting background.
• Experience with Yardi Breeze, Voyager, or a similar real estate accounting platform.
• Experience with industrial real estate, net lease, or similar property types.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and liquidity management experience.