Full-Time

Regional Client Accounting Associate

Posted on 4/18/2026

Transwestern

Transwestern

1,001-5,000 employees

Commercial real estate services and development

Compensation Overview

$50k - $70k/yr

Chicago, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Accounting (1)
Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • A minimum of an Associate's degree in accounting or other related business focus.
  • General knowledge of financial terms and principles including knowledge of current accounting methods (cash and basic accruals).
  • May have the ability to apply generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
  • Demonstrate strong analytical capabilities with a high attention to detail.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects, changing priorities and time-sensitive workloads.
  • Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to internal and external customers.
  • Ability to keep information and internal communications confidential.
  • Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% or more of the time and constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (for example a calculator, copy machine, computer printer) or, by request, be provided reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of the position.
Responsibilities
  • Review/enter tenant billings, additional billings and/or adjustments.
  • Review/enter cash receipt batches obtained from banking software daily.
  • Prepare daily/weekly mail-out of vendor checks and remits.
  • Review vendor invoices and accounts payable check remit addresses.
  • Review Aged Accounts Receivable listings for any adjustments, applying open credits to open charges, and ensure that cash receipts have been properly applied to each tenant's account.
  • Assist with monthly cash reporting assembly and send to client.
  • Prepare/Review of weekly capital requests and Excel summary.
  • Weekly validation of capital funding wire receipt from client.
  • Upload Transwestern invoices into accounting software.
  • Process monthly posting of the Rent Roll after reviewed by client accounting team and Property Manager.
  • Process cash receipts and invoices/checks as required.
  • Process vendor setup verifications and add new vendors into the Client Accounting software.
  • Backup Accounts Payable functions when needed.
  • Work with suppliers and vendors to maintain or repair office equipment. Order supplies.
  • Print monthly disbursement register for permanent files.
  • Perform or assume additional client accounting duties as assigned.

Transwestern offers commercial real estate services, development, and investment management through an integrated, customized approach that starts with good ideas and aims to drive client value. Its products work by coordinating multiple services—listing and leasing, project development, asset and investment management—across its 33 U.S. offices and through strategic global alliances to tailor solutions to each client. What sets Transwestern apart is its emphasis on personalized service and a unified platform that combines advisory, development, and investment capabilities, supported by broad geographic reach and collaboration with partners to craft creative, client-specific real estate strategies. The company’s goal is to deliver tangible value for clients by providing comprehensive, customized real estate solutions that meet their objectives.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Houston, Texas

Founded

1978

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • FrontierGen partnership accelerates hyperscale data center campuses with robust power.
  • Savannah project starts construction with 36-foot heights and direct interstate access.
  • Frances Thomson appointed CMO on Dec 23, 2024, to lead marketing strategy.

What critics are saying

  • Prologis acquires larger industrial portfolios, eroding Transwestern's market share.
  • Capital Development's 1.2MSF warehouses compete with Savannah JV lease-up.
  • 31% Chicago office vacancy slashes Transwestern's leasing revenue and asset values.

What makes Transwestern unique

  • Transwestern invests in FrontierGen for AI-focused data centers in South Texas.
  • Transwestern JV develops 529KSF industrial buildings at Savannah's North Gate Park.
  • Transwestern acquires DC waterfront sites at 375 and 425 M St. SW for $13M.

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Dec 16th, 2025
Transwestern invests in FrontierGen to accelerate data centre development

Transwestern has made a strategic investment in FrontierGen to accelerate development of data centres and advanced manufacturing facilities. The investment aims to support FrontierGen's expansion in these high-growth sectors as demand for data infrastructure and manufacturing capacity continues to increase. Further details about the investment amount and specific terms were not disclosed.

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Transwestern JV to Develop 529 KSF Savannah Project

Transwestern JV to develop 529 KSF Savannah project. The two industrial buildings will be part of a larger campus. A joint venture between Transwestern Development Co. and Transwestern Investment Group - on behalf of a separately managed account - will develop Buildings 5 and 6 at North Gate Industrial Park in Savannah, Ga. The partnership acquired a 30.7-acre site for the facilities, which are set to total 528,560 square feet. Construction will start later this month. The project team includes The Conlan Co., Randall-Paulson Architects and Kern & Co. JLL will handle leasing efforts. Transwestern will develop a 240,560-square-foot rear-load building and a 288,000-square-foot front-load facility, each with 36-foot clear heights, dock-high loading doors and multiple points of ingress and egress. Additionally, the properties will have on-site trailer storage, 2,500 square feet of office suites and car parking spots. North Gate Industrial Park already has three completed buildings. Those total 853,019 square feet and traded last year, when Greenland Developers sold them to The Orden Co. The campus is 11 miles from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. Downtown Savannah is within 15 miles southeast. The facilities will have direct access to interstates 95 and 16. Savannah's growing industrial inventory. Savannah had 3.3 million square feet of industrial space under construction at the end of the third quarter, according to a CBRE report. Between July and September, 743,000 square feet came online and 431,000 square feet broke ground. In June, Capital Development Partners obtained financing for the development of three speculative industrial facilities totaling 1.2 million square feet. The warehouses will be part of Central Port Logistics Center. At the beginning of the year, a joint venture between Trinity Capital and Barings started work on the second phase of Horizon 16 Industrial Park. Plans call for 1.5 million square feet across six buildings at full build-out.

Bisnow
Dec 1st, 2025
Brookfield Sells Southwest Waterfront Development Sites

Brookfield sells southwest Waterfront development sites. Two prime plots next to the Waterfront Metro station that have been slated for development for two decades are on a new path forward after they sold last week. In the foreground, a rendering of the developments planned for 375 M and 425 M St. SW as conceived by Brookfield Transwestern Development Co. purchased two parcels at Fourth and M streets SW from Brookfield, D.C. deed records filed Wednesday show, and the companies confirmed to Bisnow. TDC paid $6.5M apiece for the plots at 375 and 425 M St. SW, which span 100K SF.

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KLNB Appoints Justin Shay as Senior Vice President

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