- Location: Orange County, CA
- Type: Direct Hire
- Job #27548
Our client, a real estate private equity firm, is seeking a FP&A Manager to join their finance group. The successful FP&A Manager will ensure accurate financial planning and analysis, effective investor communication, and compliance with industry standards.
Responsibilities:
- Calculate fund or investment-level performance metrics for both internal and external reporting, adhering to GIPS and/or NCREIF standards.
- Maintain and update ongoing Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) capital forecasts to ensure accurate financial planning.
- Develop fund performance models and forecasts for both evergreen and closed-end investment strategies, providing insights into future financial outcomes.
- Prepare internal investment waterfall calculations for individual joint venture investments and overall fund performance to determine profit distributions.
- Assist in the preparation of quarterly investor reports, coordinating with Asset Management and Accounting departments to ensure comprehensive and accurate information.
- Compile and prepare data for quarterly investor account statements, ensuring clarity and precision.
- Prepare quarterly and annual fair value support in collaboration with Investment Analysts to ensure accurate asset valuations.
- Support investment and asset management activities by providing financial analysis and insights.
- Compile real estate and private equity industry and competitor benchmarking analyses to inform strategic decisions.
- Coordinate with Investor Relations to maintain quality control of data across Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and investor portals.
- Gather supporting data for third-party appraisals of various assets and coordinate with external valuation experts to ensure accurate assessments.
- Maintain support for quarterly and annual fund performance track record calculations to monitor investment success.
- Work with external auditors as needed to facilitate audits and ensure compliance.
- Prepare responses to inquiries from investors, wealth managers, and auditors, ensuring timely and accurate information exchange.
- Assist Investor Relations with operational due diligence requests to support investor onboarding and retention.
- Perform investment return calculations to assess profitability and inform decision-making.
- Contribute to the development of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting to measure and track organizational performance.
- Undertake additional projects as needed to support the FP&A team and broader organizational goals.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 7 years’ experience in financial reporting within real estate, private equity, REITs, or related investment structures.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- CPA, CFA, or an advanced degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Experience in public accounting or with REITs and joint venture structures.
- Familiarity with institutional investor reporting standards (e.g., GIPS, NACRIEF).
- Working knowledge of Yardi and experience creating investment distribution waterfall models.
- Strong experience with GAAP financial statement preparation and reporting.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
*The above represents the lowest to highest expected salary range for this job opening. Our client ultimately may pay more or less than the posted salary range, and the salary range may be modified in the future. Our client will consider job-related factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs when determining pay.