Fund Accountant

Firm Profile

Rockpoint is a real estate private equity firm that employs a fundamental value approach to investing, targeting select product types and markets throughout the United States. The firm applies a consistent and disciplined investment approach across its investment programs, which span distinct return profiles. Rockpoint continually assesses market opportunities and evaluates potential investments relative to intrinsic value, replacement cost, and cash flow, targeting investments that Rockpoint believes are inefficiently priced or misunderstood by the broader market. Rockpoint proactively pursues opportunities that exhibit strong value potential that can be realized through impactful asset management. Since 1994, the firm’s co-founders with others have sponsored 19 investment vehicles and related co-investment vehicles through Rockpoint and a predecessor firm and have invested or committed to invest in 503 transactions with a total peak capitalization of approximately $80 billion. To learn more, visit .

Position Overview

Rockpoint is searching for a Fund Accountant to provide support to the Fund Accounting team with a focus on day-to-day accounting of cash transactions across Rockpoint’s portfolio of real estate funds. The successful candidate will report to the Assistant Fund Controllers while compiling quarterly, and annual, reporting packages for select Rockpoint Funds.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of quarterly financial statements and capital statements for a select group of Rockpoint Funds


• Maintain lead schedules and other support necessary to assist external auditors on year-end audits and quarterly reviews


• Record daily cash activity into general ledger and reconcile to daily treasury report for all Funds and underlying REIT entities


• Organize support received from cash management and other sources for use in recording daily cash


• Assist with tracking investor capital calls and distributions


• Assist with transaction processing related to credit facility, including calculating interest payments and quarterly fees


• Record routine general ledger quarterly closing entries such as valuation adjustments, amortization, and accruals


• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations


• Generate daily reports from general ledger for feed to finance department


• Assist Assistant Controllers with other ad hoc reporting and special projects


• Prepare bi-monthly report summarizing fund activity for Managing Members


• Complete investor audit confirmations


• Compile quarterly investor relations packages and assist investor relations personnel in assembling financial data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and CPA or CPA candidate required


• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience, preferably with big four audit background and private equity client experience


• Experience in accounting for flow-through entities (e.g., multi-tiered limited partnerships) a plus


• Outstanding productivity and proven organizational, time management, and prioritization skills


• Exceptional quantitative, written, and oral communication skills, with acute attention to detail


• Team-player, with an ability to solve problems while collaborating with various interdepartmental personnel


• Intelligence, integrity, drive, and flexibility

Location

This position is primarily based in Rockpoint's Dallas office.

Rockpoint Group, L.L.C is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions and personnel actions at Rockpoint are administered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, military service, or any other category or class protected by federal, state, or local laws. Rockpoint is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.