Fund Accounting Manager

The Fund Accounting Manager is responsible for but not limited to the accounting, financial and performance reporting for Endeavor funds while managing the relationship and workflow coordination with an offshore accounting team based in India. This position requires an in-depth understanding of GAAP, fund accounting, financial analysis, and the real estate industry. The position is highly visible and will require you to be adept while maintaining your attention to detail to support the fund accounting team’s objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Act as primary liaison between onshore leadership and offshore accounting team.
• Monitor workload allocation, deliverable metrics, to drive timeliness and accountability of offshore accounting team.
• Provide guidance and training as required to offshore staff and ensure quality control across their deliverables.
• Establish processes, controls and accounting templates as needed across the funds.
• Review and approve detailed transactional entries and reconciliations in connection with month and quarter end closing procedures of third-party administrator and/or offshore accounting team.
• Review of 35 bank reconciliations prepared by the offshore team.
• Reviews all equity and construction draws prepared by construction and property teams and works with offshore team to prepare funding once approved for 15 projects across all funds.
• Collaborates with senior fund accountant on the review of all fund financials prepared by either third party administrator and/or offshore accounting team and ensures timely fund deliverables of debt and guarantor reporting, investor financial reporting, and any other ad hoc reporting requests.
• Final review of quarterly fund accounting calculations of NAV, management fees, capital calls, and distributions.
• Works closely with Investor Relations team to address all investor inquiries w/r/t capital calls, distributions, and audit confirmations.
• Collaborate with internal development teams on asset acquisitions and dispositions and supports senior fund accountant with documentation of same and/or significant transactions. 
• Coordinate with fund tax preparer and controller on quarterly tax estimates, preparation and review of K-1, plus Federal + State filings.
• In conjunction with controller, support annual audits of the funds, review of AFS and footnote disclosures, and secure its timely completion.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement, designs, and implements changes on the fund accounting team.
• Collaborate with both internal and external business partners in research of technical accounting guidance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related field from a four-year college or university.
• 5+ years’ experience of accounting. Public accounting experience highly desirable.
• Excellent knowledge base of GAAP with extensive understanding of income statements, balance sheets, general ledger, and consolidation.
• Ability to communicate and educate others on complex accounting principles.
• Embraces decision making and has the aptitude to act accordingly.
• Handles confidential information while using discretion in decision making.
• Must be highly organized and excellent at task and time management to achieve timely team deliverables.
• Communicates effectively (both oral & written) and builds positive and productive relationships within the organization.

The above-referenced position summary is a guideline designed to present an overview of job duties and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of responsibilities and requirements. 

Work with one of the most active real estate developers and service providers in central Texas.  Endeavor Real Estate Group is a growing company offering a professional, innovative, and collaborative work environment.  

Endeavor Real Estate Group - Greater focus, greater value.

At Endeavor, we’ve built our continued success on a simple formula. Approach every relationship with integrity and treat every project like it’s in our own backyard. With this formula, we’ve grown steadily since 1999, through some of history’s most turbulent market conditions. It’s the foundation for projects that are built to last, and for a company dedicated to the needs of property owners, investors, tenants, and the community. It’s doing the right thing, for the right reasons. It’s our Endeavor