Ángel E. Morales Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Oversaw fund operations of two regional open-end core diversified real estate funds investing in Europe and Asia.Accomplishments:• Managed the transition of fund administration and transfer agent services for a €1B+ Luxembourg real estate fund from a US-based team to a local team• Enhanced reporting quality and efficiency for the European fund by creating new processes and templates with the newly established team, ensuring consistency and alignment of timely reporting across the regional core open-end funds• Led the initial inclusion of the European fund in the INREV ODCE (Open-end Diversified Core Equity Index), a key performance benchmark composed of the fund’s peer open-end diversified European real estate fundsFund Operations Routines:• Managed third-party fund administrators and service providers• Supervised routine reporting across the assets held by the funds, serving as main point of contact on portfolio-related inquiries from asset managers and investment controllers• Coordinated with acquisition teams and third-party fund controllers to monitor/update acquisition pipeline and assisted in preparation of Investment Committee materials• Prepared and presented quarterly fund performance updates on Senior Management and Board meeting presentations• Oversaw the risk reporting process of the Fund, worked with asset management during the annual budget process, evaluated property risk questionnaires, produced detailed risk assessment and presentations• Communicated with internal legal, tax, risk, compliance, and other control functions on investor related inquiries• Coordinated the quarterly valuation process and prepared Valuation Committee materials• Mentored and led junior team members on various areas of responsibility and initiativesDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) involvement:• Served as a Morgan Stanley Investment Management division diversity champion contributing to initiatives focusing on inclusion of Latinx and LGBTQ+ communities

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Led the accounting and finance functions of real estate investments in Latin America and Europe, with a focus on the following:• Treasury oversight and cash management, in particular reviewing annual operational budgets, quarterly forecasts and financial modeling of cash flows of real estate investments and development projects• Oversight of accounting and reporting under US GAAP, IFRS or local GAAP, foreign currency translations, consolidation of subsidiaries, VAT and other local indirect tax recordkeeping and filing compliance, corporate income tax return preparation and filing, and local statutory reporting compliance• Spearheading alignment of accounting and reporting processes of outsourced property managers and local third-party accountants to Jamestown's policies and procedures• Leading the international accounting and finance team members including hiring, training and coaching new team members • Managing the engagement and deliverables of international audit firms, third-party accounting consultants and tax advisors • Providing accounting and tax guidance to other departments such as Acquisitions, Asset Management, Risk Management, Compliance, Tax and Legal on ongoing operational and structuring mattersDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):• Developed strategies for increasing third-party vendor diversity and LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Boston, Ma / Dallas, Tx

Asset Management:• Managed new JV partner on-boarding to Jamestown's platform reporting requirements.• Reviewed and approved financial statements of the Fund’s real estate JV investments in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina prepared by foreign joint venture partners in IFRS or Local GAAP.• Supervised consultants in determining appropriate transfer pricing of contracts between international related/affiliated entities, withholding taxes on distributions from foreign JVs and other tax matters.Fund Management:• Led preparation of quarterly and annual US GAAP financial statements for the Latin America Fund on fair value following investment company guidance and NCREIF reporting standards, including translation of investments and transactions held in foreign currency to USD.• Managed the annual financial statement audit of the Fund and lead relationship with the Fund’s auditors.• Managed annual tax compliance for the Fund and its entities in collaboration with our tax department and outsourced tax consultants.• Oversaw the calculation of investor capital calls and/or distributions, including calculation of asset management fees, and maintain investor capital accounts.Latin America Division – Corporate Accounting:• Reviewed and reconciled General Ledger activity of all Latin America corporate subsidiaries in the US and Colombia; record consolidated activity in MRI.• Oversaw preparation of the Latin America Department budgets, reforecasts and related variance analyses.• Supervised administration staff and outsourced accounting firms on accounting, tax, payroll processing and other financial/statutory reporting compliance of our regional office in Bogotá, Colombia.Europe Start-up:• Led oversight of entity administration, reporting, accounting and tax matters of initial real estate investments in Europe and start-up of asset management operations in Amsterdam.

Atlanta, Ga / Boston, Ma

Latin America Fund Routines:• Prepared the Fund’s US GAAP financial statements on fair value following investment company guidance and NCREIF reporting standards, including translation of FX transactions to USD.• Reviewed the quarterly/annual financial statements of the Fund’s real estate investments in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina prepared by foreign joint venture partners in IFRS.• Prepared quarterly asset management fee calculations.• Monitored cash activity and calculated partner capital calls based on the Fund’s operating or investment needs.• Managed approvals and oversight of all Latin America Fund expenses.• Maintained all partners’ capital account balances.• Managed the relationship with the Fund's auditors.• Assisted the Legal and Tax departments as well as third-party consultants, in the US and abroad, in structuring decisions and in ensuring the Fund's compliance with tax and legal requirements. Other Fund Accounting Routines:• Assisted other Jamestown-managed real estate Funds in complying with lender reporting requirements and reviewing monthly financial reporting packages and operating cash flows prepared by property accountants for several US commercial office and mixed-use properties.Corporate Accounting Routines:• Reviewed and reconciled General Ledger activity of all Latin America corporate entities in the US and Colombia.• Oversaw the accounting of our regional office in Colombia kept by local third-party accountants; record quarterly consolidating entries of the foreign activity in MRI including the conversion to USD.• Managed oversight of all Latin America corporate subsidiaries’ expenses, including expense reports from all Latin America team members.• Prepared annual operating budgets and quarterly reforecasts of the Latin America division.• Assisted the Corporate Accounting Team on firm-wide process improvement initiatives.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Led a team of 2 audit managers, a senior associate and 4 audit associates on multiple US GAAP financial statement audits of private real estate entities and accounting due diligence projects on large industrial, office, residential and mixed-use property acquisitions.• Real estate entities under audit generated revenues up to $250MM and held investments of up to $5B• Managed scheduling and timing of audit work to be performed by team • Managed communication and relationships between client's management and audit team. • Assisted clients with technical accounting recommendations and guidance.• Reported team’s progress, findings, issues, and budgets to Audit Director and Partners.• Trained team members, reviewed their audit work papers and managed team performance. • Provided routine feedback to audit staff on performance.• Actively participated in the recruitment of new team members.• Participated in business networking activities related to real estate• Real estate expertise includes knowledge of complex real estate accounting issues surrounding lessor’s operating leases, complex DOE/CAM calculations, investments in joint ventures, business combinations, consolidations, foreign currency matters, among others.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Led financial statement audits and reviews of private entities in multiple industries, primarily in commercial real estate. • Led accounting due diligence projects and property audits under Rule 3-14 of Reg. S-X of $30MM-700MM industrial, office, residential and mixed-use property acquisitions. Some of the procedures include: NOI actual-to-actual and budget-to-actual variance analysis, review of cash flow projections, lease testing, recalculation of DOE/CAM expense recoveries, A/R and prepaid rent analysis, recalculation of closing prorations based on executed closing agreements, among others. • Managed client relationships and audit team through growth of a portfolio of real estate audits from two audits in 2010 ($20MM in assets) to 12 audits in 2012 ($300MM in assets).• Reviewed component audits from PwC in the US and Luxembourg while acting as the group auditor of a private $5B real estate fund with Domestic & European investments.• Supervised audit staff for successive busy seasons. • Trained new audit team members, reviewed audit work papers, and managed team performance. • Reported team's progress, findings and issues to Senior Manager, Director and Partners.• Developed expertise in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations (former FAS 141), ASC Topic 810, Consolidations, ASC Topic 840, Leases (former FAS 13), among others.

Tampa, Florida

• Performed operational and compliance audit procedures over the media credit rating process; addressed potential audit issues with senior/management and evaluated potential noncompliance issues with MRC (Media Rating Council) Minimum Standards.• Prepared time budgets, and reported any audit hour deviations as well as client delays to senior/management on a periodic basis.• Developed strong communication skills both written and oral based on experience in reporting of results and direct and constant communication with client’s personnel.• Experience includes auditing domestic companies as well as companies in México and Puerto Rico.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Performed financial statement audit procedures typically in the Financial Services Industry.• Executed walkthrough procedures and test of controls to ascertain compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Prepared Federal, State and Local individual income tax returns, as well as Puerto Rican state income tax returns during busy season. • Assisted with the audit of one of Puerto Rico's largest financial institutions during a five-year restatement. Experience included the performance of internal control walkthroughs and testing to ascertain compliance with SOX.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Assisted in the bookkeeping of accounts receivable, performed reconciliations of cash and daily sales reports.