Accounting Associate

Location

Brookfield Place New York - 225 Liberty Street, Suite 3501

Business - Public Securities

Brookfield's Public Securities Group serves institutions and individuals seeking the investment advantages of real assets through actively managed listed equity and debt strategies. The Public Securities Group leverages Brookfield's core real asset expertise across real estate, infrastructure, real asset debt, real asset solutions and opportunistic strategies through a variety of flexible and scalable investment mandates, including separate accounts, registered funds and private funds. Clients include financial institutions, public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors. The Public Securities Group has been investing in public securities for over 30 years and has over $19 billion of assets under management. For more information, visit https://publicsecurities.brookfield.com.

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Vice Presidents of Finance and Accounting to prepare the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes for three operating groups in the US, as well as entities domiciled in CA and UK
• Prepare, design, analyze and improve close reconciliations
• Review Accounts Payable transactions to ensure correct coding
• Assist the team in preparing audit schedules and support for annual audit
• Enhance existing processes based on the needs of the business
• Review and enter bank account activity
• Work on special projects for the Director and Vice President of Finance and Accounting as assigned

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or other Business discipline
• 1-3 years of professional accounting work, with Public Accounting experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability of and genuine interest in leveraging information technology to achieve business objectives
• Strong financial background, ideally with a background in the financial services industry
• Ability to make linkages between tasks and the broader function and organization
• Strong attention to detail
• Aptitude and desire to assist Vice Presidents of Finance and Accounting with efficiency and technological initiatives
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to deal effectively at all levels within the organization
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Able to establish priorities, meet deadlines and work in fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with team members disbursed between Chicago and New York

Travel:

• Up to 10%

Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000

Our compensation structure is comprised of a base salary and a short-term incentive program (cash bonus). Cash compensation tends to vary based on geography to account for local market conditions and is set to be market competitive. Compensation decisions are based on a number of factors including relative experience, overall years of experience, industry experience, education and designations.

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.