Lead Investment Accountant

TIAA•Frisco, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Investment Accountant job provides expertise and leads the review of accounting policies and procedures, ensuring they are correctly applied to financial transactions. This job works directly with asset management, portfolio management and acquisition/disposition teams. In addition, this job guides a team to prepare month end closing reports and subsidiary quarterly financial analytics, and reports to senior management ensuring accurate asset evaluations.

Requirements

5+ Years of Real Estate and/or Property Accounting Required
Accountability
Accounting Standards
Business Acumen
Client Relationship Management
Collaboration
Communication
Compliance
Data-Driven Business Intelligence
Due Diligence
Executive Presence
Financial Acumen
Financial Modeling
Financial Risk Management
Financial Statements
Fund Accounting
Market/Industry Dynamics
Stakeholder Engagement
Story Telling

Nice To Haves

7+ Years of Real Estate and/ or Property Accounting Preferred

Responsibilities

Reviews Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) work papers and supporting schedules to satisfy all investment accounting requirements for internal and external audits.
Identifies key financial takeaways and information for joint ventures to ensure compliance with investment accounting policies and procedures (sales, acquisitions, debt refinancing, real estate investment trust (REI) restructuring and financial performance).
Reviews frequent and ad hoc financial inquiries into the monthly and quarterly reports, adding value by providing management insight into the activities of the underlying properties.
Analyzes calculated unlevered and levered, gross and net portfolio performance returns and property internal rates of return.
Provides expertise and advice on modified cash basis accounting information provided by third party management firms to accrual basis to facilitate preparation of fair value GAAP basis financial statements.
Manages large processes in reporting and investment accounts, along with guiding and mentoring lower level professionals.