Senior Associate, Assurance Services, Real Estate

Join Aprio's Assurance team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Associate to join their dynamic team.

In this role, you will serve commercial real estate clients that are private owners, operators, developers, and asset and fund managers with a focus on multi-family, office, industrial, retail, and student housing with assets under management up to $750 million. Engagements include U.S. GAAP and income tax basis audits and fund audits.

Responsibilities:

• Performing audits, reviews, and compilations for commercial real estate entities and funds across asset types such as multi-family, office, industrial, retail, and student housing.
• Preparing and supervising audit work papers and adjusting trial balances.
• Testing audit areas such as rent rolls, tenant leases, and revenue recognition, along with capitalized project costs, debt and covenant compliance, and property acquisitions and dispositions.
• Reviewing partnership and operating agreements to support the audit of equity roll-forwards, preferred returns, and waterfall allocations.
• Owning your engagements from planning through issuance of the audit report.
• Reviewing workpapers prepared by associates and offshore team members, and coaching them through the engagement
• Utilizing time management to plan and schedule client engagements.
• Assembling trial balances and compiling financial statements into a written report to be presented.
• Effectively communicating the accuracy of financial statements and other financial information to clients and co-workers.
• Continuously fostering relationships with coworkers and clients.
• Traveling to Aprio’s local office and client offices.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of audit experience at a public accounting firm, including time as a senior associate.
• Experience in commercial real estate entities or funds, with familiarity across asset types such as multi-family, office, industrial, retail, and student housing.
• 4-year bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Energetically managing, coaching, and developing staff accountants.
• Analytical skills in relation to financial statements and other financial information.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with clients and co-workers.
• Demonstrating initiative and willingness to lead, make decisions, and work independently.
• Comfort using audit automation and data analytics tools.