Senior Associate, Corporate Accounting

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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
Financial Services
The Role
Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Headquartered in Chicago and London with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia, the Firm has more than 280-employees and nearly $56 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 Senior Associate serves as a key team member on the Harrison Street Corporate Accounting team, reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Accounting.  The ideal candidate will have three to four years of accounting experience, including some in a public accounting firm, and be successful working in a fast-paced team environment. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for serving as a key team member in the monthly and quarterly financial statement close for the consolidated global company, which includes subsidiary activity from the UK, Canada, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, and the UAE, for reporting to the publicly owned parent company
  • Prepare journal entries that will be reviewed and approved by the Assistant Vice President and Vice President of Corporate Accounting
  • Prepare corporate bank reconciliations
  • Prepare certain monthly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Prepare and assist in the fund chargeback process; work closely with the fund accounting and the portfolio management teams to ensure proper approvals are obtained and timely collection from the funds
  • Review and approve travel & expense reports
  • Adhere to controls in place over financial reporting in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, including revenue recognition, payroll, financial statement close, accounts payable, etc
  • Assist in identifying new risks in the key processes listed above as it relates to the Sarbanes-Oxley environment
  • Work closely with the Tax group to ensure timely submission of periodic corporate tax filings
  • Work directly with independent auditors to complete preliminary and year-end substantive and control testing as part of the overall audit of the publicly owned parent company.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting and/or Finance
  • Active CPA license preferred
  • 3+ years of work experience in a big four accounting firm
  • Ability to work well in a team environment
  • Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP
  • Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley preferred but not required
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products, accounting research, and data analytic tools
  • Approaches problems with an open mind
  • Great attention to detail and sense of ownership
  • Self-starter with strong interpersonal, teamwork, and partnering skills
  • Effective writing, presentation, and communication skills

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
372 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Harrison Street is one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Since inception in 2005, the firm has created a series of differentiated investment solutions focused on demographic-driven, needs-based assets. The firm has invested across senior housing, student housing, build-to-rent, healthcare delivery, life sciences and storage real estate as well as social, utility and digital infrastructure. Headquartered in Chicago and London, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia, the firm has more than 290-employees and approximately $55 billion in assets under management. Clients of the firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Harrison Street was awarded Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments for ten years (2014-2020, 2022-2024) and since 2019 has won 15 awards from PERE, including three for the 2023 Awards: Alternatives Investor of the Year – Global, Data Centers Investor of the Year – North America, and ESG Firm of the Year - North America. Harrison Street did not pay any compensation in exchange for the aforementioned awards. For more information, please visit www.harrisonst.com. Assets under management ("AUM") reflects AUM for the Firm’s investment advisory and asset management clients.

The information contained on this site is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice or as a recommendation of any particular strategy or investment product. This profile should not be considered as a solicitation for services

*As used in this website, unless the context otherwise requires, "Harrison Street," “HSRE”, “HS” or the "Firm" refers collectively to Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, its subsidiaries, including Harrison Street Advisors.

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