SVP of Accounting, Real Estate Background

 

Conventus Mission and Vision

Conventus is an asset-based business purpose lender and asset management company based in San Francisco, CA.  We are a small but growing team of experienced mortgage professionals creating a highly responsive, fast, and no hassle lending platform for property developers and real estate professionals to obtain loans for their projects quickly and seamlessly.  Our mission is to delight every customer and ensure quality and trust in every interaction in which we engage.  Diversity of experiences, perspectives, skills, and cultures is core to our mission and team. 

 

PositionFull-Time, Salaried, Performance-Based Bonus *Non-remote

Conventus is a multi-faceted finance company that utilizes a number of financing sources to bring low-cost and attractively structured bridge loan products to its customers.  As a Conventus Finance member, you will be at the center of our company’s daily lending activity as well as effort to optimally build the corporate capital structure.  

 

We are searching for an ethical and highly detail-oriented, organized finance professional with the desire to go the “extra mile” who shares our values and vision. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key member of our team.

 

Management

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Oversee the accounting operations for both the Holding Company and the Operating Company, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures
• Assist in executing strategies to optimize the corporate capital structure
• Lead and manage a direct report support staff (1-2)
• Oversee the 3^rdparty loan servicing effort
• Collaboration with Debt fund business effort

 

Transactions

• Ensure the timely and accurate recordation of the financial transactions with the Operating Company (each Mortgage Loan) and complete the posting process.
• A/P & A/R Review (Expense Controls)
• Prepare Budgeting & Forecasting for the Operating Company
• Assist in management of OpCo liquidity & reporting
• Manage investor communications (Qtr Equity Updates)
• Manage Tax strategies
• Manage preparation of tax returns, including coordination with our third- party CPA firm 
• Collaboration and management of various private equity Fund financials
• Fund Member Relationship management
• KPIs / Scorecard Owner
• Financials Systems management Reconcile 3rd party loan servicing statements 
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions

 

Reporting

• Oversee the issuance of timely and complete financial statements
• Weekly projections
• Monthly completed financials
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Construct and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Provide for a system of management cost reports
• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

 

Compliance

• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with applicable debt covenants
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

 

Qualifications

·      Solid experience with QuickBooks

·      Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel 

·      5+ years of experience working within the accounting/reporting function of a financial services organization and/or as an auditor with a public accounting firm. 

·      5+ years of experience working within the Mortgage and/or Hedge Funds accounting sectors

 

Mindset

·      Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

·      Take ownership of developing our core accounting effort

·      Be driven to get results and not let anything get in your way

·      Be proactive and handle issues before they blow up 

·      Demonstrate curiosity and pride of ownership 

 

Character

• Ethical
• Team player
• Dependable
• Personable
• Flexibility and responsiveness to adapt quickly to changing customer requirements
• High level of passion and motivation for learning new skills