Real Estate Finance Supervisor – FaaS & Client Advisory

RSM US LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Flexible schedule

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

RSM US LLP's Real Estate FaaS practice in New York is seeking a Supervisor to lead accounting and financial reporting for private middle-market clients with real estate assets. This hands-on role requires close collaboration with client executives, managing month-end closes, budgets, forecasts, and performance analysis while leveraging Yardi and MRI among other cloud-based tools.

A Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance is required; CPA preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance is required.
• Experience performing and reviewing property-level accounting and finance functions required.
• Experience working with property managers to resolve accounting issues, address concerns, and explain variances required.
• Expertise in Real Estate technology systems is required (i.e., Yardi, MRI, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills across all level of an organization and functional areas (i.e., property managers, accounting staff, management, investors, etc.).
• Ability to balance multiple responsibilities simultaneously plus excellent analytical and decision making skills.
• Progressive experience in accounting and financial management in a real estate accounting environment, in roles such as accounting supervisor, assistant controller, controller, director of finance, or CFO.
• Experience in real estate development projects and construction accounting processes and best practices, including job costing and draw package submissions.
• Strong technical financial accounting (GAAP, NCREIF, FMV, etc.) knowledge.
• Strong management accounting and operational finance knowledge.
• Experience in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, etc.).
• Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Strong time-management and organizational skills with sensitivity to timeframes, budgets, and outcomes across multiple clients/projects.
• Ability to work independently in a growing, dynamic, fast-paced environment with extensive multi-tasking demands
• Experience with automated accounting systems (i.e., Yardi, MRI, Blackline, FloQast, Basis)
• CPA is preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Key point of contact for our clients Purchase to Pay, Order to Cash and Month End Close cycles.
• Lead, manage and coach client services representatives, associates and senior associates.
• Support the client's month end close process including reviewing journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Prepare/Review client's monthly financial statements including month-over-month variance analysis and budget-vs-actual analysis.
• Analyze and interpret financial information for client management and provide actionable insight and decision support.
• Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients' monthly operations and make suggestions for process improvements.
• Understand our technology stack and identify additional add-on processes, systems, modules and integrations that can drive month end close efficiencies.
• Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates for future projects.
• Establish engagement budgets and take accountability over engagement economics.
• Direct initial assessments, implementations and onboarding of new FaaS clients.
• Participate in meetings with new client prospects and in the proposal process.
• Oversee and manage the billings and collections of client services invoices.

Skills

Real estate accounting

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Excel

FP&A

Automation tools

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Yardi

MRI

Blackline

FloQast

Basis

Job description

RSM US LLP's Real Estate FaaS practice in New York is seeking a Supervisor to lead accounting and financial reporting for private middle-market clients with real estate assets. This hands-on role requires close collaboration with client executives, managing month-end closes, budgets, forecasts, and performance analysis while leveraging Yardi and MRI among other cloud-based tools.

A Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance is required; CPA preferred but not required.