Real Estate Investments Accountant

Throughout our history, Eaton Vance has operated with one purpose: to serve our clients’ investment needs. We seek to provide investors with consistent performance, top-quality service and value-added strategies across a range of investment disciplines. In managing client portfolios, we continuously adhere to established investment disciplines and balance the pursuit of return with the careful management of portfolio risk.

• Assist in maintaining overall accounting and internal and external reporting records for wholly-owned and co-owned subsidiaries and real estate joint ventures (currently in the following sectors: multi-family, office, industrial and mixed use).
• Assist with preparation for month-end report review.
• Participate in the detail review of financial accounting and reporting from outside property managers to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
• Prepare accounting instructions for outside custodian and outside property managers.
• Coordinate and assist in maintaining debt compliance requirements for real estate investment properties.
• Summarize financial information for internal reporting purposes.
• Monitor and process certain expenses and prepare related journal entries.
• Contribute to preparation of compliance requirements for several credit facilities, including weekly and monthly debt compliance.
• Participate in preparation of data for private offering documents of new funds and fund closings and perform related analysis.
• Assist with reviewing and maintaining real estate investment subsidiaries trial balances.
• Maintain excellent relations with outside service providers to include property managers, joint venture partners and audit professionals.
• Regularly interface with the outside custodian, who performs the accounting for the investment products, including instructing the custodian on accounting matters and assisting with reporting to/from the custodian.
• Maintain a strong adherence to internal control policies and procedures.
• Contribute to a team environment.
• Special projects as necessary.

• BS in Accounting or Business.
• 1-2+ years accounting or audit experience.
• Real estate accounting experience preferred.
• Demonstrate professionalism and strong ability to maintain working relationships with other departments and multiple outside service providers.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong aptitude for detail and high degree of reliability and accuracy.