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Asana Partners is a retail real estate investment firm creating value in vibrant neighborhoods by leveraging vertically integrated capabilities and retail expertise. With more than $8 billion of neighborhood assets under management, the firm is active in growth markets throughout the United States and is driven to make a positive impact within communities. Our distinctive company culture is the key to our success. We recruit high-performing, ambitious individuals who are entrepreneurial and eager to maximize their potential in a team environment. We value relationship building – both internally and externally – and view it as the foundation for creating value for our neighborhoods and generating strong results for our investors. Asana Partners is known for our proven, strategic approach; our sophisticated, collaborative team; and our high-quality portfolio. With offices in Charlotte, Atlanta, Boston, Columbia, Denver, Los Angeles, and New York, we were founded to be a firm that would provide career-long opportunities for our people and a long-term partner for our investors. For additional information, visit www.asanapartners.com or follow @asanapartners. The Associate is an important position on the Asana Partners team that reports to the Investment Accounting leadership team and works closely with the Chief Financial Officer, Asset Management, Treasury, and Corporate Accounting. This position is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate accounting for a portfolio of investments and performing related financial analysis. This will include the preparation of accounting support records, preparing financial statements, communicating financial information to various departments, and participating in the overall monthly, quarterly, and annual close process and related internal and external reporting. This position also includes participating in the budgeting, reforecasting, and business intelligence processes of the company. This position will play an important role in helping to ensure the overall financial integrity of Asana Partners, including assisting with the annual audit of the financial statements and other important accounting controls.
Job Responsibility
Ensure timely and accurate accounting for a portfolio of investments and perform related financial analysis, including recurring journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance reports and internal/external financial reporting
Ensure timely and accurate monthly close of the property general ledgers and creation of property level financial statements
Review budget to actual explanations by line item for all properties and determine the key drivers of budget to actual property Net Operating Income variances
Partner with the Investment Accounting leadership team and Asset Management team members on the budgeting and reforecasting process for all properties
Partner with the Asset Management team to review accounts receivable detail along with the operations teams to determine the required bad debt reserves and to ensure all income is billed in accordance with lease terms, including review of monthly accruals and annual reconciliations of recovery items
Participate in departmental projects that deploy updated processes and technology to create efficiencies and automate manual tasks
Assist with special projects or tasks to support the overall Company's goals
Assist with the development of procedures around financial reporting and internal controls
Requirements
Strong technical accounting skills with an understanding of GAAP (fair value accounting preferred)
Experience in commercial real estate including retail or mixed-use properties is highly preferred
Excellence in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Working knowledge of Yardi and Argus Enterprise is preferred
Strong work ethic, self-motivated, and capable of effective independent judgment
Acute attention to detail and passion for quality
Strong organizational and process skills to manage multiple competing priorities
Ability to meet and manage critical deadlines and to work independently
Interested in process improvement and documentation