Senior Associate, Real Estate Fund Accounting

Connect Search, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Downtown Chicago office

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC is seeking a Fund Accountant to advance from audit into running a fund in downtown Chicago. You will prepare and review quarterly and annual fund financial statements, ledgers, and schedules while coordinating with auditors and the fund administrator.

You bring 2–4 years of accounting or audit experience, real estate fund knowledge, strong US GAAP skills and advanced Excel. CPA or progress toward it is a plus; 4 days per week in office.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of accounting or audit, ideally two busy seasons.
• Real estate audit or fund accounting experience.
• Strong US GAAP and financial statement skills.
• Advanced Excel.
• Bachelor's in accounting or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review quarterly and annual fund financial statements, ledgers and support schedules.
• Run the year-end audit with outside auditors and the fund administrator.
• Review partnership tax work and K-1s.
• Support cash management, wires, capital calls and distributions.
• Gather and review financials from joint venture partners.
• Work with asset management, acquisitions and investor relations.

Skills

US GAAP expertise

Advanced Excel

Fund accounting experience

Education

Bachelor's in accounting

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Chicago, IL (downtown) | $90K-$110K base + 20% target bonus

Move from audit to running a fund.

This firm is growing fast, launching new funds and new strategies in industrial and new-build housing. It keeps the team lean on purpose, so the work you own matters and gets seen, and you'll work side by side with leadership. You'll report to the Director of Accounting, who made the same move out of Big 4 and knows what that first step takes. As the firm grows, your role grows with it.

What you'll own

• Prepare and review quarterly and annual fund financial statements, ledgers and support schedules
• Run the year-end audit with outside auditors and the fund administrator
• Review partnership tax work and K-1s
• Support cash management, wires, capital calls and distributions
• Gather and review financials from joint venture partners
• Work with asset management, acquisitions and investor relations

What you bring

• 2 to 4 years of accounting or audit, ideally two busy seasons
• Real estate audit or fund accounting experience
• Strong US GAAP and financial statement skills
• Advanced Excel
• Bachelor's in accounting or a related field

Nice to have

• CPA, or on the way to it
• Power BI
• Big 4, large public accounting, or fund admin background

Details

• 4 days a week in office, downtown Chicago