Debt Fund Accounting Manager, Real Estate Investments – Boston, Massachusetts

Join a well-established real estate investment firm with a sophisticated credit and debt fund platform. This is a high-visibility accounting leadership opportunity that blends hands-on fund reporting with team leadership, with room to broaden scope over time.

If you've worked with real estate fund accounting and want to lean further into debt investments, securitizations, and investor reporting in a people-first culture, this role is built for you.

Key Details

• Location: Boston, MA 02110
• Work arrangement: Hybrid (2 days onsite, 3 days remote)
• Employment type: Direct hire
• Compensation: $120,000 to $145,000 base (targeted by level) plus 20% bonus target
• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental, Vision, 401(k)

Why This Job is Awesome / Your Impact

• Step into a leadership seat supporting a growing debt fund platform with complex, interesting accounting work
• Own end-to-end reporting for assigned portfolios and be the point person for accuracy, timelines, and continuous improvement
• Lead and develop a team, including coordinating deliverables with offshore resources
• Partner closely with portfolio management and other stakeholders on reporting, forecasts, and ad hoc needs

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close process for assigned debt fund portfolios and deliver accurate financial statements on deadline
• Oversee accounting for debt investments, including bonds, loans, warehouses, and securitizations
• Review reconciliations, support schedules, and financial statement tie-outs prepared by the team
• Drive external audit execution across planning, interim, and year-end, and manage audit requests throughout the year
• Strengthen internal controls, documentation, and processes supporting financial reporting and compliance
• Support investor reporting activities, including capital calls, distributions, and capital account statements as needed
• Collaborate with portfolio management to support internal reporting packages, forecasts, and special projects
• Coach, develop, and allocate work across the team while managing competing priorities

Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Fund accounting, close, and financial statement preparation experience
• Strong general ledger fundamentals, including reconciliations and consolidation concepts
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage deadlines across multiple stakeholders
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with both routine close work and ad hoc requests

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or CPA eligible
• Public accounting audit background at the Senior or Manager level
• Real estate fund accounting experience, ideally with debt investment exposure
• Exposure to securitizations, CLO structures, or debt instrument accounting
• Experience partnering with third parties such as custodians, trustees, administrators, or JV partners