Senior Associate - Fund Accounting

Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco, Washington DC and New York, the Firm has more than 280-employees and over $55 billion in assets under management. Clients of the Firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America.

The Firm is seeking to hire an Accounting Senior Associate to join their Portfolio Accounting & Reporting team, specifically on the Fund that invests in infrastructure.  

The ideal candidate will have at least four years of accounting experience and be successful working in a fast-paced team environment.  Specific duties will include:

• Perform detailed review of investor deliverables prepared by the fund administrator including Investor Account Statements, Capital Call Notices, Distribution Notices and Redemption Notices.
• Assist in the capital call and distribution process, working closely with the Portfolio Management team for Fund cash analyses and projections to determine cash needs or cash availability for distribution.
• Perform a detailed review of fund-level deliverables prepared by the third-party fund administrator, including but not limited to trial balances, accruals, schedule of investments, fair value adjustments, and waterfall models. 
• Effectively communicate with third-party fund administrator to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Compile AML KYC documents for the third-party fund administrator for acquisitions.
• Monitor fund-level bank accounts and review financial activity prepared and booked by the fund administrator.
• Prepare opening and closing entries for acquisitions and dispositions of investments.
• Provide financial information to the Tax team for tax compliance and provision calculations.
• Perform detailed review of investment-level financial information for reasonableness and communicate adjustments as necessary.
• Build an effective working relationship with existing joint venture partners and onboard new joint venture partners.
• Coordinate with joint venture partners/3rd party managers to obtain property-level financial information
• Prepare budget to actual variance analysis
• Work directly with independent auditors throughout the year to complete the fund-level year-end audits.
• Manage the property level audits with joint venture partners and independent auditors.
• Continuous improvement attitude. Ability to seek out and implement internal or external best practices.
• Strong analytical abilities and perseverance to solve problems with high attention to detail.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
• A minimum of 4+ years of accounting experience with public accounting experience preferred
• Real estate/Infrastructure or financial services experience preferred
• CPA license preferred 
• Great interpersonal and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles, standards, and regulations
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Detail-oriented with a passion for accuracy
• Good problem-solving and time management skills
• Highly organized
• Continuous improvement mentality
• Works well in a team environment