Senior Accountant

Bellwether Asset Management, Inc. (“BWAM”) is a privately held firm located in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in the management, analysis and reporting of over $21 billion of AUM across a wide range of real-estate related assets and corporate platforms in the United States, Europe and Asia.

About the Job

As a Senior Account at BWAM, you will help manage high-level accounting operations for our client’s real estate portfolios. This includes evaluating existing procedures and processes and innovating new and improved methods of reconciliations, reports, analyses, and budgeting. Your experience has prepared you to perform initial reviews of relevant investment agreements, understanding what information must be included in investor records. This role is an exiting opportunity to lead transition meetings for each new asset or financing, liaising between the accounting and deal teams.

Ideal candidates will have strong technical knowledge in accounting, specifically within financial services and commercial real estate. This includes experience with REIT compliance, 10-K/Q reporting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Successful candidates also regularly build relationships both internally and externally. They hold themselves and others to high standards of success.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze budgets, prepare periodic reports that compare budget to actual
• Update and maintain investor records for the entire portfolio of investments
• Prepare and review capital activity for capital calls and distributions
• Establish and maintain strong internal controls to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Make informed recommendations to improve the efficiency and accuracy of accounting processes
• Lead transition meetings between deal teams and accounting to effectively onboard each new asset or financing
• Conduct technical accounting research ensuring all internal accounting standards are current
• Maintain strong relationships with external auditors and internal partners

Qualifications

BWAM seeks to hire entrepreneurial individuals who are highly motivated, mature and intelligent, with demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The successful candidate should have:

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience; Big 4 public accounting experience preferred
• Investment accounting experience is highly desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; client facing experience preferred
• Highly proficient in business related software: Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.
• Experience in MRI, Netsuite, or similar accounting system
• Ability to read and analyze investment and lease agreements
• Strong analytical skills and detailed oriented
• Proven ability to initiate ideas and implement new processes
• Bachelor’s degree required

Who We Are

BWAM is comprised of diverse, forward-thinking individuals who recognize the value of holding each other to the highest standards. Our people are our most valuable asset. We believe in investing in their development, providing ample opportunities to grow skills, connecting with industry leaders and stretching beyond the day-to-day work environment. BWAM has been built on the founding principles of persistence, team, innovation, diligence, community and integrity.

The BWAM portfolio includes direct property investments, corporate investments, residential land, and residential and commercial loan pools. Since its founding in 2013, BWAM has continued to expand its services to a variety of investment firms, family offices and start-ups.

BWAM’s platform helps provide greater efficiency and functionality through the following areas:

• Asset-level analytics: Providing quantitative and qualitative investment- and portfolio-level performance reports by consolidating and analyzing monthly operating reports produced by operating partners to track and monitor performance against initial underwriting;
• Active Asset Management Support: The team works closely with Acquisition Teams to help monitor all strategic and joint-venture operating partners on a day-to-day basis. Responsibilities include weekly leasing calls, monthly operations reviews, annual budget and business plan reviews and financial analysis; and
• Investment- and Fund-level Reforecasting: BWAM is responsible for creating proprietary investment-level valuation models for the portfolio to enhance our ability to reforecast investment-and fund-level performance on a routine basis.

BWAM and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other classification prohibited by applicable law.

For additional information on BWAM, please visit www.BellwetherAM.com