Portfolio Accounting Senior Analyst

The Portfolio Accountant role offers a highly sought-after career opportunity to work in both a finance and operations capacity. Working alongside the portfolio management team, internal legal counsel and external service providers, the successful candidate will play an integral role within the management and reporting of strategically-important separate account clients' indirect real estate portfolios. The role will focus on client reporting, investment valuation, performance analysis and managing the relationship with the clients' custodians. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and will provide support on transactions, including financial due diligence on operating partners and will work closely with investment management teams across the US, Asia Pacific region and Europe.,

• Manage client cash to meet capital calls for underlying fund investments, arranging FX trades where required
• Being the fund champion for a number of underlying funds, preparing monthly pricing of each fund in accordance with the valuation policy
• Prepare monthly and quarterly investor reporting, coordinating with the portfolio manager
• Reconcile cash, accruals, unit holdings and undrawn commitments each month
• Follow all applicable financial controls and client-specific requirements
• Responsible for the performance measurement of the portfolios' investments
• Assist the investment team on deal support, including operational due diligence.
• Assist the client services team with the preparation of information to respond to investor queries
• Opportunity to be involved in a variety of products
  
  ACA/ACCA - recently qualified
• Audit/transactions services experience or previous relevant experience working in real estate or financial services
• Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with good commercial acumen
• Team player - able to work effectively and collaboratively within a small, dedicated team but also a large local platform
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate tasks efficiently ensuring all deadlines are met
• Ability to relate well to other people at all levels, internally and externally
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Demonstrate high standards with excellent attention to detail and superb organisational skills
• Continuous improvement mindset
  
  CBRE is the world's leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. We have over 70,000 employees worldwide, with almost 2,000 of those in the UK alone. The company's core services include property sales, leasing and management, facilities and project management, investment management and, research and consulting. In Central London, CBRE advises on more commercial property than any other adviser and across the United Kingdom with offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Southampton.
CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)