Owner Representative Accounting Specialist

Capital Group•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$125,909 - $201,454•Hybrid

About The Position

The Owner Representative Accounting Specialist serves as the owner-side financial steward for Capital Group’s flagship real estate asset at 333 South Hope Street. In this role, you help uphold the quality, integrity, and discipline of property-level financial oversight by maintaining a strong financial review framework, ensuring alignment with budgets and governing agreements, identifying risks and discrepancies, and supporting informed operational and investment decision-making in partnership with Owner’s Representation. In this role, you will review, validate, and analyze property-level financial reporting and translate it into clear, actionable insight for Owner’s Representation and Capital Group leadership. Key responsibilities include reviewing monthly financial packages; analyzing variances against budget, forecast, and prior-year results; validating general ledger activity and balance sheet accounts; monitoring cash flow, receivables, payables, reserves, and capital activity; and helping ensure compliance with budgets, management agreements, and internal controls. You will also support document management functions including filing and organizing executed leases, contracts and other real estate documentation; meeting and workflow coordination including scheduling and preparing meeting materials and recording key decisions and follow-ups to ensure maintenance of accurate and complete administrative records.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field or equivalent certifications.
5+ years of progressive real estate or property accounting experience, preferably in owner, REIT, institutional investor, or private equity real estate.
Strong knowledge of accrual accounting, GAAP, GL, and balance-sheet support.
Experience partnering with third-party property managers, accounting teams, and internal stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and improve reporting quality.
Solid understanding of internal controls, financial compliance, audit support, and the importance of timely, accurate reporting.
Excellent communication skills and can translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights for business partners and decision-makers.

Responsibilities

Review, validate, and analyze property-level financial reporting and translate it into clear, actionable insight for Owner’s Representation and Capital Group leadership.
Review monthly financial packages.
Analyze variances against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
Validate general ledger activity and balance sheet accounts.
Monitor cash flow, receivables, payables, reserves, and capital activity.
Ensure compliance with budgets, management agreements, and internal controls.
Support document management functions including filing and organizing executed leases, contracts and other real estate documentation.
Coordinate meetings and workflows, including scheduling and preparing meeting materials.
Record key decisions and follow-ups to ensure maintenance of accurate and complete administrative records.