Real Estate Fund Finance Manager

Role Overview

• Oversee the Review of property-level financial statements for real estate assets across Europe.
• Preparation / review of financial statements for Luxembourg entities
• Participation in preparation / review of consolidated financial statements, including eliminations and consolidations
• Conversion from Luxembourg GAAP to US GAAP
• Liaising with the various corporate secretarial / legal teams, with auditors’ pre and during the course of the audit and also with asset management from several countries
• Cash management of holding entities including payment submission and review on a day to day basis, control activities on European entities’ cash flow and coordination with AP team
• Support for asset acquisitions and dispositions
• Review and monitor leases/capital commitments and cash flows with property management.
• Support for tax filings, Debt compliance and any other compliance reporting as required
• Recommend appropriate accounting methods and set-ups for new or unusual transactions and assists in analysis of the impact of more complex transactions and strategies related to new investments and business opportunities.
• Implement new procedural or system changes.
• Analyse controls and processes, recommending improvements where necessary
• Gather required financial info to complete financial statements and reports
• Identify, analyses and resolve variances generated by reconciliation process.
• Prepare monthly journal entries and account reconciliations, where applicable
• Provide supporting documentation for SOX and other (internal) Audit purposes.
• Potentially supervising / supporting junior colleagues on day-to-day matters

Requirements

• Relevant experience of 6 to 8 years; ideally from an in-house role with a Real Estate/PE firm or with a service provider/Big4 audit firm
• Degree or equivalent in either Accounting or Finance
• Working knowledge of LUX GAAP and Local Tax regulations
• Knowledge of Yardi system is advantageous
• Fluency in English is a must, any other European language would be a plus
• Ideally conversion experience from Luxembourg GAAP to US GAAP
• Strong accounting controls experience including: financial statement reviews, cash flow controls, cash repatriation, acquisition/disposition, lease/capital commitment review, tax and audit.
• Appetite for working in a multilingual environment
• Detailed knowledge of excel, power query, and motivation of using any technology (such as AI) to create efficiency is advantageous

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Hybrid work arrangements