American Realty Capital Properties has appointed Lisa Pavelka McAlister as chief accounting officer, effective as of Nov. 8. She also will serve as a member of the company's executive team.

As chief accounting officer, McAlister is responsible for managing the accounting and financial functions of the company, and aids in the integration of ARCP's recently closed and pending transactions, including working closely with the financial and senior management teams at Cole Real Estate Investments to manage the financial integration of the companies.

McAlister has 25 years of experience in senior financial roles in all aspects of financial and accounting operations, internal controls, information systems, treasury and investor relations for public companies in the private equity, real estate, financial services, healthcare and technology sectors. Prior to joining ARCP, McAlister was managing director at PwC in its real estate capital markets and accounting advisory services practice.  

She also previously held the role of chief financial officer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and at a publicly-traded healthcare real estate investment trust.