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Senior Accountant | Real Estate Investment & Development
Your technical accounting foundation could take you somewhere exciting.
A Bay Area real estate investment and development company is entering a significant new chapter, and its finance team is growing alongside it. With an active investment platform, significant transaction activity, and continued institutional investment growth, the organization is expanding its finance team to support its next phase.
We're looking for accounting professionals who bring strong technical and analytical capabilities, ideally developed in public accounting or a combination of public and private industry experience, with exposure to real estate.
This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional accounting responsibilities, work closely with senior leadership, and position yourself for meaningful career growth as the organization evolves.
The Opportunity You'll join a collaborative finance team supporting a real estate investment portfolio with a growing institutional investor base. While property accounting is an important component of the role, the opportunity extends into financial analysis, reporting, transactions, and helping strengthen the processes that support a growing investment platform.
For someone with the technical foundation, intellectual curiosity, and ambition to grow, there is significant long-term potential.
What You'll Do
- Manage accounting and financial reporting for real estate investments and related entities.
- Prepare and review financial statements, general ledger activity, reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Apply strong technical accounting knowledge to complex transactions and financial reporting matters.
- Support financial analysis, investment activity, and transaction-related accounting.
- Partner with senior finance leadership on reporting, analysis, and special projects.
- Assist with investor reporting as the organization expands its institutional relationships.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen accounting processes, controls, and reporting infrastructure.
- Collaborate across the organization to provide meaningful financial information that supports business decisions.
- Take on evolving responsibilities as the investment platform and finance organization grow.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
- Approximately 4+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Public accounting experience or a combination of public accounting and private industry experience strongly preferred.
- Real estate industry experience, including exposure to real estate investment, development, or property accounting.
- Strong technical accounting foundation, including GAAP, financial reporting, and general ledger accounting.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to understand complex transactions and their financial implications.
- Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
- Intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and a genuine interest in understanding the business behind the numbers.
- CPA or progress toward CPA designation is a plus.
- Experience with Intuit accounting systems or Juniper Square is helpful but not required.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
A company in transformation. A multi-generational real estate investment business is entering its next chapter, transitioning from a historically private investor base toward an expanding institutional platform.
An active investment environment. Significant investment and transaction activity creates opportunities to work across accounting, reporting, analysis, and evolving business needs.
A meaningful career runway. Leadership is focused on developing its next generation of finance professionals, with the potential to take on substantial responsibility over time.
Access to leadership. Work directly with a hands-on Director of Finance and an approachable leadership team that values collaboration, initiative, and thoughtful problem-solving.
Financial strength with entrepreneurial energy. Join a company with decades of investment experience and a strong financial foundation while helping shape the next phase of its growth.
Location
The team is currently based primarily in Walnut Creek, with interaction across San Francisco and flexibility as the company's Bay Area footprint continues to evolve. Candidates should be comfortable working across both locations as business needs develop.
Compensation
$115,000–$135,000 base salary, plus bonus potential. This compensation range is a good faith estimate of the expected wage range you can expect to be paid upon hire.