Fund Accountant

AccruePartners; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to cross‑fund operations

Hands-on involvement with capitalCalls

Collaboration with external auditors/t

Job summary

AccruePartners seeks a Fund Accountant to support a sophisticated real estate investment platform. You will work in a Collaborative Fund Finance team handling funds, joint ventures, and SPEs across investor reporting and valuation processes.

You will partner with finance leadership and investment teams, auditors, tax advisors, and external partners. The role emphasizes strong technical accounting, attention to detail, ownership, and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Real estate fund accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Public accounting experience in financial services/investment clients is highly relevant.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• CPA or progress toward CPA accreditation is preferred.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS financial statements.
• Strong general ledger and account reconciliation experience.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Yardi is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements.
• Attention to detail with ability to prepare and review work.

Responsibilities

• Review wire transfers, journal entries, and transaction activity.
• Prepare allocations, supporting docs, and journal entries for funds.
• Support expense payments, investment funding, and distributions.
• Prepare investor capital calls, distributions, and management fee calculations.
• Coordinate and track intercompany transactions.
• Reconcile fund, middle-tier, JV, and SPE accounts.
• Maintain cash tracking schedules and forecasts.
• Coordinate reimbursements with JV partners.
• Assist with the quarterly valuation process.
• Support fund setup and deal structuring.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly workpapers for fund activity.
• Assist with quarterly financial statements under U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Prepare investor statements and respond to investor inquiries.
• Support external audits and provide required documentation.
• Coordinate information for external tax consultants.

Skills

U.S. GAAP

Excel

Yardi

Financial statements

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Growing investment organization with a sophisticated real estate investment platform
• Collaborative Fund Finance team supporting investment activity across funds, joint ventures, and special purpose entities
• Opportunity to work closely with finance leadership, investment teams, external partners, auditors, tax advisors, and investors
• Environment that values strong technical accounting, attention to detail, ownership, and continuous process improvement
• Highly visible role with exposure across fund operations, reporting, investment activity, and investor-related processes
• Reports directly to the Director of Fund Finance

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

• Growing investment organization with a sophisticated real estate investment platform
• Collaborative Fund Finance team supporting investment activity across funds, joint ventures, and special purpose entities
• Opportunity to work closely with finance leadership, investment teams, external partners, auditors, tax advisors, and investors
• Environment that values strong technical accounting, attention to detail, ownership, and continuous process improvement
• Highly visible role with exposure across fund operations, reporting, investment activity, and investor-related processes
• Reports directly to the Director of Fund Finance

What They Offer You

• Opportunity to join a growing investment platform and develop deeper expertise within real estate fund accounting
• Broad exposure across fund operations, financial reporting, investor activity, valuations, and investment structures
• Ability to work across multiple entities including funds, joint ventures, middle-tier entities, and SPEs
• Hands‑on involvement in capital calls, distributions, management fees, investment funding, and cash activity
• Exposure to quarterly valuation processes and fund/deal setup and structuring
• Opportunity to partner with both internal stakeholders and external auditors, tax consultants, investors, and JV partners
• Strong platform for an accountant seeking to build long‑term expertise in fund finance and investment accounting

What You Will Do

• Review wire transfers, related journal entries, and transaction activity
• Prepare and review allocations, supporting documentation, and journal entries across investment funds
• Support expense payments, investment funding, and distributions
• Prepare investor capital calls, distributions, and management fee calculations, along with related notices and wires
• Coordinate and track intercompany transactions
• Reconcile fund, middle‑tier, joint venture, and SPE investment and equity accounts
• Maintain historical and forecasted cash tracking schedules
• Coordinate expense reimbursements with joint venture partners
• Assist with the quarterly valuation process
• Participate in fund and deal setup and structuring
• Prepare monthly and quarterly workpapers supporting fund activity
• Assist with quarterly financial statement preparation, including footnotes, under U.S. GAAP and Investment Company accounting
• Prepare quarterly investor statements and respond to investor‑related requests
• Support external audit inquiries and provide documentation as required
• Coordinate information for external tax consultants and review relevant tax reporting
• Support internal analysis and ad hoc requests across the organization

BACKGROUND PROFILE

• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
• Real estate fund accounting experience is strongly preferred
• Public accounting experience supporting financial services or investment‑related clients is also highly relevant
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
• CPA or progress toward CPA accreditation is preferred
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and financial statement preparation
• Experience preparing or supporting financial statements under U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS
• Strong general ledger and account reconciliation experience
• Advanced Excel skills and overall proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Experience with Yardi is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to both prepare work and critically review completed work product
• Ability to manage competing priorities while collaborating effectively across a team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills