Fund Administration Director, Assistant Vice President

US-NJ-Northern Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Accounting/Finance/Insurance Reference Code: RQ00063262 State Street Corporation State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading specialist in providing institutional investors with investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading services. As of December 31, 2007 State Street's assets under custody are $15.3 trillion and assets under management are $1.98 trillion. State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide and employs over 26,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's web site at www.statestreet.com Fund Administration Director, Assistant Vice President Job Responsibilities: Specific responsibilities include: - Management of the working relationships with all client contacts, including investment professionals, other client personnel, investors, auditors, bankers, etc. - Supervision of SSC staff accountants assigned to each client team - Management of internal workflow and client deadlines - Ensure compliance with investment fund legal documents, i.e. partnership agreement - Ensure compliance with joint venture partnership agreements, holding company agreements, and loan documents - Review of fair value real estate joint venture equity reconciliations - Review of quarterly and annual work paper packages, financial statements and review or preparation of financial statement footnotes in accordance with real estate fair value fund accounting - Review and/or preparation of annual tax work paper packages - Coordination and management of annual audit and tax return preparation with Big 4 accounting firms - Preparation and distribution of vari Employee Specifications: Candidates must have an accounting degree and at least 7 years of real estate fund accounting experience, including 3 to 4 years of supervisory experience. Financial reporting experience and specific experience in foreign real estate investment or REIT accounting is required. CPA is a plus, but not required.Click here to apply