Fund Accounting Manager

Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with superiors managing daily fund operations  
• Manage the operations and accounting of an existing fund independently  
• Ability to interface and manage a client/business with limited guidance  
• Familiar with LPA and other Governing documents.  
• Able to extract key economics, compile, and document a thorough summary with limited guidance  
• Able to supervise, manage, and direct a small accounting staff, if required  
• Oversee and provide guidance on the initial set up of client’s funds deliverables (capital calls, distributions, financial statements, waterfalls, IRRs) and perform a thorough, in-depth review and sign-off prior to final review  
• Perform multiple levels of review/analyses of financial reports, capital events, and private equity complex transactions 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting  
• Public/Private CPA Preferred  
• 5+ years of relevant private equity fund or investment company accounting and reporting experience  
• Ability to learn quickly, apply knowledge to clients and recommend solutions to issues  
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes in processes and procedures in a rapidly changing environment  
• Sound knowledge of investment company accounting, economics, fund structure, and investor classifications along with related reporting knowledge 
• Sufficient knowledge and hands-on experience with governing documents  
• Hands-on experience accounting/audit of private equity funds, management companies, and other related vehicles  
• Management and supervisory experience  
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.  
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy  
• Superior problem solving, judgment, and decision-making skills  
• Ability to think independently, prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.  
• Extensive Microsoft suite skills – Excel (pivots), Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook