Senior Manager Finance Accounting

Pacific Executive Search; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Executive Search LLC is seeking a Manager/Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting to lead accounting and financial reporting across property, portfolio, and joint venture entities in a fast-growing real estate private equity platform.

You will oversee close processes, debt and liquidity management, capex accounting, and collaboration with investment and asset management teams to support acquisitions and financings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, real estate, business, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in real estate PE, public accounting, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with property, JV, and multi-entity accounting.
• Experience supporting acquisitions and integrating assets into accounting.
• Experience overseeing third-party property managers and outsourced accounting.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling with real estate economics.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a lean, fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own accounting and financial reporting across property, portfolio, and JV entities.
• Lead monthly and quarterly close processes with GL reviews, reconciliations, and reporting packages.
• Review and approve property and JV-level financials prepared by third-party managers.
• Oversee banking, cash management, liquidity, and funding across the portfolio.
• Manage debt reporting, lender packages, covenants, reserves, and draws.
• Oversee capex and fixed asset accounting, depreciation, and capitalization policies.
• Coordinate property tax matters and tax reporting support.
• Prepare JV-level financial reporting, distributions analyses, and schedules.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and cash flow projections.
• Prepare budget-to-actual and liquidity analyses; support portfolio performance reviews.
• Partner with investments and asset management on performance, financing needs, and capital allocation.
• Support acquisitions, financings, and dispositions from diligence to post-closing integration.
• Review models, closing statements, and acquisition accounting; refine funding mechanics.
• Help implement scalable accounting controls, reporting processes, and systems.

Skills

Real estate accounting

GAAP knowledge

Financial modeling

Excel skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Close processes

Budgeting & forecasting

Debt reporting

Multi-entity accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Real Estate

Tools

Yardi Breeze

Yardi Voyager

Job description

A growing real estate private equity investment platform is seeking a Manager or Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting to take a lead role across property, portfolio, and joint venture accounting and finance. This is a highly visible, hands-on position offering the opportunity to help build and scale the finance and accounting infrastructure of a rapidly expanding real estate investment platform.

The role will work closely with senior finance leadership, investment professionals, asset management, third-party property managers, and outsourced accounting providers across financial reporting, portfolio finance, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, and transaction activity.

Title:

Manager / Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting

Industry:

Real Estate Private Equity / Investment Management

Responsibilities:

• Own accounting and financial reporting across property, portfolio, and joint venture entities.
• Lead monthly and quarterly close processes, including review of general ledgers, reconciliations, accruals, receivables, and financial reporting packages.
• Review and approve property and JV-level financials prepared by third-party property managers and outsourced accounting providers.
• Oversee banking, cash management, liquidity planning, cash forecasting, and funding requirements across the portfolio.
• Manage debt-related reporting, including lender packages, covenant monitoring, reserve accounts, and loan draws.
• Oversee capital expenditure and fixed asset accounting, including capitalization policies, improvement tracking, and depreciation.
• Coordinate property tax matters, tax reporting support, and entity-level compliance.
• Prepare JV-level financial reporting, distribution analyses, and related schedules.
• Develop property, portfolio, and JV-level budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and cash flow projections.
• Prepare budget-to-actual, variance, liquidity, and other portfolio performance analyses.
• Partner with investment and asset management teams on portfolio performance, business plans, financing needs, and capital allocation.
• Support acquisitions, financings, and dispositions from diligence through closing and post-closing integration.
• Review financial models, closing statements, purchase price allocations, acquisition accounting, and funding mechanics.
• Help develop and implement scalable accounting controls, reporting processes, and systems as the investment platform grows.

Qualifications:

Must-Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, Business, or a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in public accounting, real estate private equity, principal investing, or a combination thereof.
• Strong hands-on real estate accounting experience across property, joint venture, and multi-entity structures.
• Experience supporting real estate acquisitions and integrating newly acquired assets into accounting and reporting processes.
• Experience overseeing third-party property managers and outsourced accounting providers.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills with a solid understanding of real estate investment economics.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a lean, entrepreneurial, fast-growing environment.

Nice-to-Have:

• CPA certification and/or public accounting background.
• Experience with Yardi Breeze, Voyager, or a similar real estate accounting platform.
• Experience with industrial real estate, net lease, or similar property types.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and liquidity management experience