Senior Accountant

A leading real estate investment and asset management firm is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its growing finance and accounting team in West Los Angeles. This is a newly created position within a lean, entrepreneurial organization that invests in and manages a diversified portfolio of real estate assets across the Western United States.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Accountant who enjoys working in a small, collaborative environment and wants meaningful exposure to both corporate accounting and real estate investment structures. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to take ownership of core accounting functions while helping build and improve processes as the organization continues to grow.

What You’ll Do

• Perform senior-level accounting activities for the management company and affiliated investment entities.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statements, and supporting schedules.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Assist with fund-level and investment-related accounting activities.
• Coordinate with third-party property and fund accounting providers to ensure accurate and timely financial information.
• Review financial information received from external service providers and assist with resolving discrepancies.
• Support accounts payable and related corporate accounting activities.
• Assist with treasury and cash management functions as needed.
• Partner with the Accounting Manager and SVP of Finance on accounting processes, reporting, and special projects.
• Help develop, document, and improve accounting procedures and internal processes as the platform continues to scale.
• Provide accounting support related to real estate investments, joint ventures, and other investment structures.
• Collaborate with internal teams including Asset Management, Development, Acquisitions, and Finance.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within real estate, private equity, investment management, or an investment-related environment.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting.
• Experience with both corporate/management company accounting and exposure to fund or investment accounting concepts.
• Hands-on Yardi experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and proficiency with accounting systems.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership in a lean, entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external service providers.
• CPA or active CPA-track experience is a plus.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Senior Accountant who is comfortable wearing multiple hats. You should enjoy working in an environment where processes are continually being refined and where your contributions can have a visible impact.

Experience within a real estate investment management, private equity, family office, or similar investment platform is highly valued. Candidates who have worked with outsourced property or fund accounting providers and understand how to coordinate and review third-party accounting work will be particularly well suited.

Why Join?

• Join a well-established and growing real estate investment platform with significant assets under management.
• Newly created role with an opportunity to help shape the accounting and finance function.
• Work directly with senior finance leadership and gain significant visibility across the organization.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and team-oriented culture.
• Opportunity to gain exposure to real estate investments, funds, and institutional capital structures.
• Strong long-term growth potential as the platform continues to expand.
• Hybrid schedule: 4 days in the office and 1 day working remotely.
• West Los Angeles location.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

· the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;

· licensure and certification requirements;

· office location and other geographic considerations; and

· other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).