Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary :

The Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for the accounting and reporting around Starwood Property Trust's Commercial Lending segment, which is made up of large originated and acquired loans, plus some investments that behave as loans as well as foreclosed properties. Responsibilities include the update of level-yield models, ensuring borrower billings are accurate, preparing monthly journal entries, reconciliations of rollforward reports to activity, Actual to Prior Month variance analysis, and quarter and year-end financial schedules and related footnotes. This position will have an active role in the month-end close and Flash process. Strict attention to detail is critical as is meeting department deadlines.

Job Duties and Responsibilities :

• Prepare all accounting entries related to assigned areas, including debt, derivatives, RMBS, CMBS, and Commercial loans and ensure the accuracy of accounts and balances
• Prepare monthly debt service entries and ensure all loan collections are accounted for and repo debt payments are paid monthly
• Collaborate and review Servicing draw entries and Treasury repo debt entries based on supporting documentation from each department
• Prepare journal entries from external property manager files for the foreclosed properties; review activity and work with external property managers to update accounting entries as necessary
• Prepare monthly variance explanations for significant fluctuations of Actual to Plan and Prior Period, as used in our Flash meetings
• Prepare quarterly and year-end financial schedules and related footnotes with strict adherence to departmental deadlines, as well as quarterly board slides
• Make recommendations to improve existing processes and assist in the implementation
• Prepare IRR calculations for paid in full loans
• Prepare audit requests for the Company's external auditors
• Assist with special projects / requests as necessary

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