Real Estate Accounting Analyst

Job Description

Analyst, Real Estate Accounting | The Wonderful Company

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at The Wonderful Company, located in West Los Angeles, CA, offering a hybrid work schedule. The Wonderful Company is a $6 billion global enterprise known for iconic healthy food and beverage brands, alongside its significant real estate development and management operations. This Analyst position is crucial within the Real Estate Accounting team, ensuring accurate financial reporting and operational efficiency for the company’s diverse property portfolio. The role contributes directly to the financial integrity and strategic growth of the Real Estate division, navigating a complex environment and driving continuous process improvements.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid Los Angeles, CA
• Pay: $38.46 hourly
• Team: Real Estate Accounting team
• Mission: This person ensures accurate financial reporting and compliance for the company’s real estate portfolio, contributing to efficient accounting operations.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel, Yardi Voyager

What You’ll Actually Do
• Month-End Close: Lead essential month-end close activities by preparing and posting accurate journal entries, conducting account reconciliations, and analyzing financial variances to draw actionable conclusions.
• Financial Reporting: Contribute to robust financial reporting by assisting with the validation and consolidation of monthly and quarterly financial data, preparing cash flow forecasts, and reconciling bank data to general ledger balances.
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Serve as a key liaison across departments like Property Management, Real Estate Development, and Corporate Accounting, providing critical financial insights and supporting annual tax package preparation and timely property tax payments.
• Compliance & Improvement: Ensure compliance with ASC 842 by validating lease data completeness and accuracy, while actively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives to enhance departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; Early-Career level.
• Experience: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Skills: Demonstrated sound judgment, strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities, a collaborative mindset, and excellent communication skills to convey financial insights.
• Bonus: CPA eligible, proficiency in Yardi Voyager, and financial modeling and analysis experience.