Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) - Financial Reporting, Associate

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $315 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, data centers, residential, office and hospitality. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT). Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).  

Job Title: BXMT Financial Reporting, Associate

In this role, the Associate will be an integral member of the BXMT Finance team, with a focus on financial reporting and accounting for BXMT. The focus of the team is to produce reporting of BXMT’s financial results for stockholders and senior management. Responsibilities will include maintaining the accounting records, SEC reporting, accounting policy, and supporting BXMT’s audit process. The Associate will be working closely with the broader Blackstone real estate debt strategies group, including the asset management team, operations team, the FP&A team, and legal/compliance.

Job Description:

• Assist with the preparation of BXMT’s 10-Q and 10-K filings
• Prepare monthly and quarterly workpapers for internal review and to support the audit process
• Prepare and review accounting entries leveraging the offshore team and automated systems
• Liaise with external consultants for derivatives, tax compliance, and other business activity
• Liaise with internal and external counsel and auditors regarding new accounting pronouncements and regulatory compliance (incl. SOX controls testing)
• Assist with accounting for subsidiaries and joint ventures
• Liaise with portfolio operations and FP&A teams for loan and financing accounting matters
• Assist with the daily treasury function
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and system implementations as necessary
• Provide support for public and private securities offerings and other financing and capital markets transactions

Qualifications:

• BS (or above) in Accounting with a strong academic record; CPA license strongly preferred
• 4+ years of public accounting or public/private experience is required
• Prior work experience with SEC registrants (either audit or internal accounting) is preferred
• Prior work experience in the financial services, lending and/or real estate industries is required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, particularly using Excel

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.