Senior Finance Associate

Company: Heitman

Founded in 1966, Heitman LLC is a global real estate investment management firm with over $36 billion in assets under management. Heitman’s real estate investment strategies include direct investments in the equity or debt capitalization of a property or in the securities of listed and publicly traded real estate companies. Heitman serves a global client base with clients from North American, European, Middle Eastern and Asia-Pacific institutions, pension plans, foundations and corporations and individual investors. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Melbourne, Heitman’s over 300 employees offer specialized expertise – from a specific discipline to local insight.

Our Luxembourg office is seeking a Senior Finance Associate in Investor Accounting.
The responsibilities of a Senior Finance Associate include, but are not limited to:

• Develop leadership skills by demonstrating a willingness to lead projects and offer input

• Prepare and review quarterly property and debt valuations

• Respond to auditor queries

• Communicate and interact with Asset Manager(s), Property Manager(s) and JV Partner(s)

• Manage and oversee external accounting service providers, and ensure timelines and quality of deliverables

• Prepare/review monthly, quarterly and annual reports for investors, consultants and other stakeholders including financial information, performance returns, property operations and variance analysis

• Calculate and review various performance returns and provide comparisons to benchmarks

• Review and analyze property budgets and help prepare the fund/account’s annual budget and strategic plan

• Determine appropriate cash distributions considering property objectives and fund/account strategic plans

• Projects include due diligence review, leasehold analysis, and consultant/client questionnaires or other projects to assist Portfolio Management in maximizing investor value and best-in-class client service

• Prepare, review, analyze and interpret accounting records, financial statements, footnotes or other financial report to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards for audit reports

• Review documents to ensure compliance with IM agreement(s), JV agreement(s), and PM
  checklist(s)

We are seeking individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Fluent in English and German (required)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience
  
• 2 years of real estate accounting and analysis experience
  
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  
• Proficiency in Excel
  
• Excellent communication and organization skills
  
• Deadline driven
  
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced team environment
  
• Experience in Yardi software is a plus
  
• Understanding of Luxembourg investment fund industry is a plus

Interested professionals should apply via our website at www.heitman.com. Please make sure to select “careers” under the About tab to submit your cover letter and resume. If you are a Heitman employee, please make sure to apply using your Heitman email address.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Equal Employment Opportunity: Heitman is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical, medical or mental disability or condition (including, without limitation, HIV and AIDS), developmental disability, handicap, denial of family and medical care leave, denial of pregnancy leave, domestic partner status, status as a victim of sexual or domestic violence (or familial relationship to such victim), veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, arrest records, citizenship status, criminal history that has been expunged, unfavorable discharge from the military, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.