GUSTAVO LOPEZ
Manager - Financial Services
Summary
Financial Services Manager with over 14 years of experience. Highly skilled in streamlining accounting operations and managing the complexities of multi-entity organizations engaged in both fund and corporate accounting.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Manager - Financial Services
Armanino Advisory LLC
04.2024 - Current
- Partner with Private Credit Managers across the real estate industry to establish a scalable and consistent monthly reporting cadence, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with investor expectations.
- Support Real Estate Development Managers by overseeing treasury activities, capital movements, and fund-level financial reporting for strategies within the Multi-Family investment platform.
- Prepare detailed monthly and quarterly investor capital statements, ensuring precise allocation of contributions, distributions, and performance metrics.
- Lead the end-to-end coordination and execution of capital calls, including forecasting, communication, and reconciliation of investor funding.
- Maintain financial records for multiple funds across systems such as Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, NetSuite, and Investran, ensuring data integrity and consistent reporting across platforms.
- Assist with GAAP audit processes and the preparation of annual financial statements, collaborating with auditors and internal stakeholders to support a smooth and timely audit cycle.
Accounting Supervisor
Griffin Capital, LLC
01.2023 - 04.2024
- Lead audits of closed‑end investment funds in accordance with ASC 946 – Financial Services: Investment Companies, ensuring accurate valuation, disclosure, and reporting compliance.
- Manage the transition of annual corporate financial statement preparation from Workiva to Active Disclosure, improving reporting efficiency and workflow standardization.
- Collaborate closely with Fund Administrators to meet all quarterly reporting and filing deadlines, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial data.
- Forecast earnings for multiple unconsolidated portfolio holdings, supporting management with forward‑looking financial insights.
- Prepare detailed pro‑forma budget schedules for various funds, aligning earnings projections, expense assumptions, and supporting schedules to the formal company budget.
- Coordinate with joint venture affiliates to fund land closings, process capital calls, and review property-level financial statements for accuracy and performance trends.
- Track and reconcile investment activity in Salesforce, ensuring proper calculation and collection of Asset Management Fees.
- Review vendor invoices for accuracy, validate coding to appropriate accounts, and approve for payment in accordance with internal controls.
Senior Accountant
Griffin Capital Company, LLC
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Lead the annual audit fulfillment and financial statement preparations for Griffin Capital.
- Prepared footnotes for the financial statements in Workiva.
- Prepare a monthly review of accounting support schedules that are maintained by accounting associates.
- Engage with associates to improve Balance Sheet accuracy and solve for discrepancies.
- Implemented the use of PayScan and Positive Pay functions in Yardi to streamline our AP process while improving security.
Staff Accountant
Griffin Capital Company, LLC
04.2018 - 12.2019
- Prepared a monthly reports that tracked equity raise, DRIP and Redemptions of the company's investment offerings.
- Prepared daily cash reports and processed wires and check payments using in Yardi.
- Recorded all cash entries, including monthly accruals and adjustments to other assets as part of the month-end process.
- Responsible for monthly bank reconciliations of over 20 bank accounts.
- Maintained various support schedules related to company AR, Prepaid Expenses, Debt and Fixed Assets.
Accounting Associate
PACIFIC 9 TRANSPORTATION, INC
04.2012 - 04.2018
- Prepared daily cash reports and reconciled all business bank accounts monthly.
- Calculated and processed weekly payments for over 100 contacted individuals.
- Prepared salary and commissions reports for payroll processing.
- Handled numerous client billing accounts.
- Maintained accounting records in the Trinium Logistics module as well as Quickbooks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Finance – Financial Management
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 08.2008 - 05.2011
University of California - Los Angeles - Extension
Los Angeles, CA 05.2001 -
El Camino College
Torrance 09.2019 - 12.2020
Skills
Advanced expertise using Yardi, Sage Intacct, Investran, Netsuite, Quickbooks, Excel, Appfolio and Salesforce
Timeline
Manager - Financial Services
Armanino Advisory LLC
04.2024 - Current
Accounting Supervisor
Griffin Capital, LLC
01.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Accountant
Griffin Capital Company, LLC
01.2020 - 12.2022
El Camino College
09.2019 - 12.2020
Staff Accountant
Griffin Capital Company, LLC
04.2018 - 12.2019
Accounting Associate
PACIFIC 9 TRANSPORTATION, INC
04.2012 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Finance – Financial Management
California State University - Long Beach
08.2008 - 05.2011
University of California - Los Angeles - Extension
05.2001 -