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Job Description:

The Real Estate Accounting Manager is a critical role within the Finance organization, responsible for the oversight of all accounting related to Dimensional Fund Advisor’s real estate operations. This position will be an individual contributor role, with core responsibilities ranging from assisting with real estate related budgets, creating, distributing and analyzing key reports for the Real Estate Operations team and  preparing month-end journal entries. The Real Estate Accounting Manager will be responsible for regular and ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis, identifying and mitigating risks, and building strong partnerships across Finance and the Real Estate Operations Team. In addition, this role will be responsible for streamlining manual activities throughout the real estate accounting process through process redesign and automation solutions to increase productivity, efficiency and cross-departmental collaboration.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Real Estate Accounting

• Oversight of accounting for real estate operations, including rental income, repairs, and maintenance, as well as capital expenditures, in accordance with Company policy.

• Partner with the Corporate Services property management team to ensure that expenditures are properly recorded and classified in the general ledger based on the nature of the work performed and lease accounting principles.

• Prepare all manual journal entries and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts related to our Real Estate Operations as part of month- end close.

• Work closely with the Accounts Payable team to provide guidance on the coding of invoices, as well as technical assessments to determine whether a transaction should be accounted for as an operating expense or a capital expenditure.

• Provide regular reporting to the Real Estate Team, including rent rolls, transaction details, climate reporting and other areas.

• Possess thorough knowledge of standard lease types, terms, and conditions as a landlord, as well as the ability to review, understand and operationalize lease agreements.

• Participate in the coordination and execution of an efficient and integrated financial planning process for our real estate holdings. Ensure alignment of transactions with FP&A and the Company’s’ strategic objectives.

• Assist with preparing real and personal property tax submissions for states in which Dimensional operates, as well as participation in insurance renewals and other ad hoc real estate activities. Provide support in the preparation of the annual budget, as well as reporting of budget-to-actual results for purposes of analysis by the Corporate Services and FP&A departments.

• Able to clearly communicate the financial and operational results of the Company’s real estate operations.

Process Improvement and Quality Management

• Establishes strategy and tactics. Develops and communicates standards.

• Develops and maintains cross- departmental partnerships, while presenting solutions to complex issues as they arise and recommending process/ system improvements.

• Develops, coordinates, and enforces systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.

• Leads the team through the design and adoption of standard operating procedures and best practices within the Real Estate domain. Drives to continuous business/process improvement and efficiency.

• Collaborates with the Finance Senior Management team to evolve the real estate accounting services to better meet the holistic needs of the business today and into the future, assists in trade-off decisions and team dynamics.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline. CPA preferred but not required in lieu of extensive real estate accounting experience.

• 8+ years of relevant finance/business/accounting experience. Knowledge of investment products strongly preferred.

• Analytical skills including the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to draw conclusions and assist on decision making.

• Advanced Microsoft skills with ability for analyzing purposes data, including complex excel functions, pivot tables and other excel tools.

• Demonstrable ability to understand technical aspects of lease agreements.

• Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to articulate a clear point of view on technical matters in clear, concise, and meaningful communications for various levels of the organization.

• Continuous learner and independent thinker.

• Ability to build key relationships within Finance and other professionals across the organization. Highly motivated, participative, and collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential, sensitive, and non-public information with discretion. 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience in the commercial real estate industry

• Familiarity with the application of lease accounting in Oracle, MRI, or Yardi, preferred but not required.

• Technical require to be able to review, understand and administer financial terms within lease agreements into the financial records of the Company.

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