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A senior preparer role responsible for delivering end-to-end real estate fund accounting services across complex property portfolios and fund structures. This position handles varying levels of complexity with minimal supervision, focusing on property- and fund-level accounting, reporting, and client deliverables.
The role requires strong technical expertise in real estate investment structures, SPVs, and fund reporting, with the ability to lead the preparation of financial statements, NAV reporting, and investor deliverables while maintaining high quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- You will prepare and manage daily, monthly, and ad-hoc reconciliations, including cash, bank, intercompany, property-level balances, and investment schedules, across multiple SPVs and fund entities.
- You will support NAV preparation and fund reporting cycles, ensuring accurate consolidation of property-level financials into the overall fund structure.
- You will manage property and fund accruals, including income recognition (rental revenue), expense accruals, and fair value adjustments where applicable.
- You will resolve reconciliation breaks and variances, support audit requirements, and ensure alignment between property books, fund records, and investor reports.
- You will process and account for real estate-specific transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, lease activity, and capital expenditures across portfolios.
Qualifications
ABOUT YOU:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, or any related field
- Minimum of 3–5 years relevant experience in Property Accounting, preferably within the real estate or private equity fund accounting industry
- Strong understanding of property-level accounting, including leases, rental income, CAM reconciliations, and property expenses
- Proven experience in fund accounting activities, such as financial statement preparation, capital calls, distributions, and fund reporting
- Knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS or GAAP) and regulatory requirements relevant to real estate funds
Preferred Skills & Competencies
- Experience working with real estate fund structures, SPVs, and multi-entity portfolios
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to review and validate financial reports and complex transactions
- High attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, compliance, and quality assurance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting systems (e.g., Yardi, MRI, Investran – if you want to highlight tools)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to support internal and external clients
Additional information
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.
There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.
Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.
We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.
Company description
ABOUT IQ-EQ:
We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide. We employ a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms.
Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.
Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.
We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.
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