Controllers-Dallas-Associate, Financial Accounting-9241602

Goldman Sachs • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Perform entity level accounting, including asset level data uploads, review of asset level activity and financial statements, journal entry preparation and input, monthly close procedures, and financial statement preparation, utilizing Yardi and related Investment Accounting systems. Address ad hoc requests for entity financial data with extensive use of Excel and Yardi applications. Prepare entity data to support the monthly entity level financial statement disclosures, the annual financial statement audit process and the quarterly and annual requests from tax accounting. Review the monthly close and financial statements prepared by analyst-level employees. Provide ad hoc training and support on accounting treatment to analysts and new hires. Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements. Interface orally and in writing with other support areas, including tax, financial reporting, asset management, and operations. Complete asset acquisition/disposition processes as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related financial analysis field
• Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role.
• Three (3) years of experience with granular, journal entry-based accounting, including experience preparing and/or reviewing journal entries to record business transactions.
• Training and overseeing analysts doing the same.
• Identifying and preparing required disclosures for standalone financial statements and preparing entity information that flows into disclosures for a public company financial statements.
• Deriving requirements in reporting and accounting expectations in deal documents, such as entity agreements, loan documents, and leases, to support financial reporting requirements including, but not limited to, investors, lenders, and regulators.
• Identifying and resolving reporting variances and writing effective explanations that describe the root cause of variances.
• Two (2) years of experience with GAAP and applying GAAP research provided during the course of collaborative research efforts related to financial reporting for investments, such as revenue recognition, loan and interest accounting, or other relevant areas of accounting.
• One (1) year of experience completing and/or supervising monthly close procedures, preparing and reviewing financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• One (1) year of experience working with MS Office and Adobe suites, including Word for preparing and reviewing audit reports, Outlook for managing emails, meetings, and tasks, PowerPoint for creating training materials and presentations, OneNote for team collaboration on projects and portfolios, and Excel for organizing and analyzing large data sets using advanced formulas and functions.

Responsibilities

• Perform entity level accounting, including asset level data uploads, review of asset level activity and financial statements, journal entry preparation and input, monthly close procedures, and financial statement preparation, utilizing Yardi and related Investment Accounting systems.
• Address ad hoc requests for entity financial data with extensive use of Excel and Yardi applications.
• Prepare entity data to support the monthly entity level financial statement disclosures, the annual financial statement audit process and the quarterly and annual requests from tax accounting.
• Review the monthly close and financial statements prepared by analyst-level employees.
• Provide ad hoc training and support on accounting treatment to analysts and new hires.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements.
• Interface orally and in writing with other support areas, including tax, financial reporting, asset management, and operations.
• Complete asset acquisition/disposition processes as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level