Real Assets Accounting, Senior Associate
Posted Sep 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
The posting says the team wants to institutionalize existing practices. Tell me about a process you documented or improved at a past job.
What they are checking: Whether they can turn tribal knowledge into repeatable steps, which a fast-growing fund needs badly.
Tell me about a time you found an error in someone else's work. How did you raise it?
What they are checking: Whether they can flag problems clearly and respectfully without creating friction on a small collaborative team.
How do you keep track of many recurring monthly tasks so nothing slips when the company is growing quickly?
What they are checking: Whether they use checklists and close calendars rather than memory when volume keeps rising.
What would you do
The fund administrator sends you support that doesn't tie to the general ledger two days before the deadline. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can push an outside party for answers while keeping the close on schedule and flagging risk early.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd support month-end close for a non-traded REIT when a fund administrator does most of the bookkeeping.
What they are checking: Whether they understand the oversight role with an outside administrator rather than doing every journal entry themselves.
When you do a first-level review of a cash workbook, what are you actually checking for?
What they are checking: Whether their reviews go beyond tick marks to reconciling balances and spotting entries that don't make sense.
How would you review the debt financing schedule for a real estate portfolio? What would make you stop and ask questions?
What they are checking: Whether they understand loan balances, interest accruals and covenants well enough to catch errors in a schedule.
Explain how equity activity like subscriptions, redemptions and distributions flows through a non-traded REIT's books.
What they are checking: Whether they grasp the investor capital side that makes a non-traded REIT different from a typical operating company.
How comfortable are you with real estate accounting topics like straight-line rent, capitalized costs and purchase price allocation?
What they are checking: Whether their background covers the real estate specific accounting this REIT will expect them to review.
How strong are your Excel skills? Tell me about the most complex workbook you've built or reviewed.
What they are checking: Whether they can work comfortably in the large supporting workbooks that drive the monthly reporting package.
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