AVP Accounting

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Revantage a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company is a global provider of corporate services.

With a corporate purpose of In Pursuit of Better Revantage delivers value-added services and world-class talent for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies spanning diverse asset classes including residential logistics office hospitality and retail footprint extends across North America EuropeandAsia Pacific.

Creating a culture that inspires impact and momentum requires the right team. We know what it takes to lead an industry and are looking for leaders who seek constant growth want to excel and continuously improve upon themselves and the industry.

In addition to supporting Revantage we alsorecruit forBlackstone Real Estate portfolio companies giving you the unique opportunity to work within a network of best-in-classprofessionals across a broad real estate platform.

India

With offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram our teams in India deliver expertise innovation and operational excellence that support thousands of assets across logistics data centers residential commercial and hospitality.

Whether youre building new capabilities driving critical initiatives or strengthening partnerships youll have the opportunity to trulyBuild What Matters.

Role Summary:

• The AVP GCC is a hands-on technically fluent leader responsible for the performance quality and continuous evolution of April Housings India-based finance and accounting team. Reporting to the Director of Accounting the Senior Manager owns the end-to-end management of the India teams workload including task execution prioritization capacity planning andtimelyaccuratecompletion of all deliverables across Accounting Partnership Accounting Tax IT Transaction Management and FP&A.

• This role will supervise a team of 15 accounting professionals and support special projects for the CAO and other senior leaders.

• This leader must deeply understand the work performed by the team from bank reconciliations and the month-end close to LIHTC partnership waterfalls and tax engagement administration and be capable of stepping into the detail whenrequiredto coach unblock and assure quality. Equally the Senior Manager willoperateas a strategic partner to onshore leadership communicating proactively and directly on deliverables due dates risks and expectations and serving as the single point of accountability for the GCCs output.

• Critically this is a forward-looking mandate. The Senior Manager is expected to accelerate process automation explore and implement AI-enabled workflows and build a culture of continuous improvement scalability and modernization positioning the GCC not as a back-office function but as a center of innovation for the global organization.

What you will do:

Operational Ownership & Delivery

• Own the India teams complete workload intake prioritization assignment execution and on-time high-quality completion of all deliverables across Corporate Accounting Partnership Accounting Tax IT Transaction Management and FP&A.
• Manage the cadence of recurring deliverables including the month-end and year-end close bank and cash reconciliations trial balance interfaces from third-party property management companies (PMCOs) SOX control procedures partnership cash disbursements and tax engagement administration.
• Establish andmonitorservice levels turnaround times and quality metrics;identifycapacity constraints early and reallocate resources to protect critical deadlines.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for the India team resolving issues promptly tomaintainworkflow continuity and prevent downstream impact to onshore stakeholders.

Project Management & Resource Planning

• Apply rigorous project-management discipline to plan sequence and track multi-workstream initiatives balancing recurring production work against transformation projects and ad hoc requests from the CAO Controller and functional leaders.
• Build andmaintainforward-looking resource and capacity plans aligned to the close calendar audit cycles transaction volumes and seasonal tax and FP&A demands.
• Define andmaintainstandard operating procedures (SOPs) for all key processes ensuring institutional knowledge is documented current and transferable.

Quality Accuracy & Controls

• Uphold standards of quality accuracy timeliness and accountability across every output produced by the team.
• Ensure GAAP compliance data integrity and adherence to internal controls accounting policies and regulatory requirements including SOX procedures performed in coordination with PMCOs.
• Implement multi-tier review and quality-assurance frameworks so that errors are detected and corrected before deliverables reach the onshore team or external auditors.

Talent Development & Training

• Recruit develop andretaina high-performing future-ready team; build a robust talent pipeline and succession plan acrossanalystsenior and manager levels in both Gurgaon and Bangalore.
• Invest in staff development through structured coaching technical and functional training and clear performance feedback raising the capability of the team across accounting technology and analytics.
• Cultivate cross-training across Accounting Partnership Tax IT Transaction Management and FP&A so the team can flex todemandand individuals can grow beyond a single function.

Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Accelerate process automation and re-engineer manual repetitive workflows to improve speed accuracy and scalability.
• Explore pilot and implement AI-enabled workflows that augment the teams productivity and elevate the value of its output.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement modernization and innovation treating the India team as a proving ground for new tools and ways of working.

What you should have:

The successful candidate must possess the drive and energy to execute the above-mentioned responsibilities.

• Must be flexible and willing to work and travel in two locations between Gurgaon and Bangalore as required
• Bachelors degree in accounting Finance or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 1013 years of progressive accounting and finance experience including significant leadership of teams in ashared-services global capability center environment.
• Demonstrated success managing offshore or distributed teams that deliver for onshore stakeholders with a proven record ofstrong teamand business outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP including consolidations; experience with the full accounting cycle and month-end close.
• Provenproject-managementresource-planning andprocess-improvementcapabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage directly and effectively with senior onshore leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment whilemaintainingcomposure and quality.
• Chartered Accountant (CA) CMA MBA or equivalent advancedcredential.
• Experience in real estate investment or fund accounting and multi-tiered partnership structures.
• Cross-functional fluency spanning Corporate Accounting Partnership Accounting Tax Transaction Management and FP&A is a plus.
• Track recordof leading automation digital-transformation or AI-adoption initiatives within a finance function.
• Hands-on experience with ERP and real-estate accounting platforms such as Yardi and FAStreasuryand payments systems such asGTreasury and AP automation tools such as AVID.
• Strong command of financial reporting reconciliations consolidations and controls in high-volume environments.

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