About The Role:
CBRE's Investment Accounting & Reporting Solutions group is seeking an Assistant Fund Accounting Controller to join a collaborative team focused supporting a portfolio of clients. This role is responsible for aspects of financial accounting, reporting, and analysis of fund operations.
What You'll Do:
• Prepare, analyze, and review periodic NAV calculations.
• Input daily trading, general ledger activity, and pricing of funds to ensure accuracy of daily NAV calculation.
• Produce fund financial statements and other required financial information including investor commitments, asset accrual methodology, and output.
• Perform detailed review of monthly property level reports.
• Assist the treasury, cash management, and accounting function of the fund. Post journal entries and money-movement transactions.
• Prepare investment and position reconciliations and daily reconciliation of cash balances.
• Prepare investor capital call and distribution notices.
• Troubleshoot issues to ensure internal and external requests are handled timely, accurately, and with a focus on customer service.
• Coordinate work with other team members within single point-of-contact (SPOC) guidelines.
• Coach junior staff on an informal basis.
• Support internal and external audits, providing required documentation and explanations.
• Ensure adherence to CBRE's IA&R standards, SOX compliance (if applicable), and client-specific policies.
• Oversee workload planning, review work product, and provide ongoing training to ensure high performance and technical accuracy.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, process standardization, and operational efficiency.
• Drive improvements in accounting procedures, reporting automation, and workflow efficiencies.
• Support onboarding of new clients and transition of new scopes of work.
What You'll Need:
To perform this job successfully, an individual will need to perform each crucial duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience with fund (NAV) accounting required, with real estate industry exposure preferred.
• Experience with accounting software systems such as Yardi preferred.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) regulations including knowledge of financial terms and principles to include accounting methods (cash, accrual, and full GAAP).
• Technical financial skills and knowledge of GAAP, FASB, REIS, IFRS, and in-region/in-country standards where applicable.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and related tools.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Strong quantitative skills, with the ability to perform moderately complex financial calculations such as percentages, fractions, and related numerical analyses.
