Associate/Assistant Controller
Irving, Texas
Associate (Assistant Controller), Investment Accounting• Manage accounting of real estate partnerships including entity and bank account set-up, acquisition entry, and monthly close• Extensive hands on experience and GAAP knowledge in the areas of general ledger, fixed assets, SOX compliance, and lease accounting• Review partnership-level consolidated financial statements, journal entries and account reconciliations for hotel portfolios prepared by Accountants• Analyze tenant leases and mortgage, partnership, and cash management agreements to determine proper accounting• Provide timely, accurate and high quality financial reporting information on a GAAP basis to lenders, investors and internal management• Facilitator of quarterly meeting with managers of legal, tax, and environmental departments to resolve outstanding issues in order to dissolve entities in a timely manner • Train new and existing employees• Assisted with the Goldman Sachs integration testing• Accounting systems support backupSenior Accountant, Investment Accounting• Performed daily investment level accounting for multiple-property hotel, commercial, and multi-family partnerships, including the payment, recording and management of real estate property taxes, debt, depreciation, equity pickups and consolidations• Preparation of monthly financial statements and year-end audit reports including footnote schedules such as intangible asset amortization, future minimum rent and fixed asset detail• Responsible for recording of complex acquisitions and dispositions• Compiled balance sheet reconciliations and supplemental schedules including straight line rent, loan amortization, and debt service coverage ratio• Projected monthly capital calls or distributions to joint venture partners• Performed specials projects as assigned by manager