ABOUT GREYSTAR

​Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $315 billion of real estate in 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $78 billion of assets under management, including over $36 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The role will be based in the London / Netherlands office within the growing European Fund Finance Team. Whilst supporting the Fund Controller and Finance Director, the role has a broad range of responsibilities working on our growing funds platform, taking ownership of investment and fund accounting responsibilities, review of financial reporting information, co-ordination of teams, investor reporting, cash & liquidity management and transactional support and entails working with various head office teams, external advisors, as well as partnering with key stakeholders across the business.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Review and oversight of financial reporting information produced by internal finance teams and external service providers
• Coordination of the quarterly consolidation process including gathering of financial data from the finance teams throughout Europe and the relevant service providers / administrators
• Supporting/advising internal finance teams in application of accounting standards and onboarding of financial information
• Review of month-end and quarter-end reporting packs and year-end reporting activities for entities within the fund structures, including reports and supporting schedules for all balance sheet line items and commentary on profit and loss line items.
• Review of quarterly consolidations across the portfolios
• Input on transactional workstreams and preparation of deal closing files as a result of new acquisitions
• Cash & liquidity management, including monitoring of i) cash held across the structure ii) sources and uses on deals and iii) of pursuit budgets
• Preparation and management of quarterly or ad hoc intra-group distribution and capital call waterfalls
• Oversight / review of the preparation of investor capital calls and distributions, liaising with Portfolio Management, Investor Relations, Operational and Corporate Accounting and Administrators as required
• Assistance on quarterly lender reporting including cash waterfalls, compliance certificates and covenant calculations
• Assisting with the investor reporting process, preparing investor reporting templates, providing financial tables and charts and consolidated budget variance analysis commentary
• Management of investor reporting timelines and deliverables, coordinating information from administrators, internal finance teams and asset management teams
• Review of consolidated audited financial statements within investor and lender reporting deadlines
• Review of subsidiary audited and unaudited financial statements and supporting schedules
• VAT returns support preparation and coordination of teams to make required filings
• Assist administrators with information required for the preparation of annual statutory accounts
• Co-ordinating deliverables for year-end audit process & management of the audit timeline and progress, liaising with the auditors to manage queries & requests.
• Oversight of the preparation of annual tax filings, coordinating the information to be provided by the fund administrator
• Assistance with the preparation of accounting memos on all technical accounting changes
• Knowledge of structure agreements, including lender requirements, investor requirements and external reporting requirements
• Review of investment level management fees
• Review of INREV reporting
• Assist with annual budgeting and re-forecasting for investment entities

Organisational Responsibilities:

• Follows established policies and procedures by monitoring and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, organisational standards, and operational processes related to area(s) of responsibility and reporting violations or infractions to appropriate individual(s).
• Demonstrates appropriate safe behaviours in accordance with Company, property, and departmental policies, procedures, and standards by immediately reporting any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, employee/visitor/resident injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to appropriate individual(s).
• Identifies areas for improvement, offers suggestions to improve efficiency and productivity, and implements ideas that achieve operational excellence.
• Keeps abreast of current changes in technology, processes, and standards within the industry and area(s) of responsibility by attending internal and external training classes.

Role Scope:

• Assist the Fund Controller with the management of investment accounting across the entities of the Fund.
• Role will be based the London office

Key Relationships:

• Fund Controller
• Financial Director, Funds
• Centralised Asset and Development Finance teams
• Asset Management and Portfolio Management teams
• European tax team
• Fund Portfolio management team
• External advisors (auditors, due diligence advisors, corporate administrators, etc.)
• Portfolio investors and lenders

About You

Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Excellent written and numerical skills.
• ACA qualified accountant (or equivalent) with at least 2-4 years post qualified industry experience.
• Thorough understanding of accounting policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Yardi (preferred).

Experience & Skills: 

• Sound knowledge of Accounting GAAPs, IFRS and Audit
• Debt compliance and investor reporting experience
• Good communicator with the ability to interpret and explain complex financial data
• Positive “can do” attitude with desire to learn, train and develop in the role
• Excellent attention to detail, methodical and takes pride in work
• Self-starter who takes initiative to grow within the role
• Strong time management skills to organize a multitude of concurrent tasks
• Experience working within the Real Estate sector
• Experience working with off-shore real estate structures
• Experience in acquisition accounting, including financial due diligence

Behaviours & Values:

• Integrity - We will stay true to the highest ethical standards and principles, and be honest, trustworthy, and humble in all of our words and actions.
• Equality - We celebrate individual difference, encourage diversity of thought, provide of equality of opportunity, and cultivate an environment where all individuals are seen, treated, and valued equally.
• Accountability - We will take responsibility and accept ownership for our words, actions, tasks, and results, and respectfully hold others to the same standard.
• Professionalism - We will proudly present a positive, dignified, and business-like image at all times through our appearance, behaviour, and interactions with others.
• Teamwork - We will work together to accomplish goals, solve problems, and enrich our work environment.
• Service - We will make service our top priority by giving our time, knowledge, and experience to serve the needs of our customers, community, and team members.