Vice President, Private Equity, Fund Accounting & Administration

Responsibilities

• Supervising all lower level staff (including Associate 1, Associate 2, Senior Staff, Officer and AVP)
• Managing client relationships with both client personnel and fund investors
• Reviewing quarterly and annual financial work paper packages including portfolio schedules, accruals and PCAP allocations
• Reviewing quarterly and annual financial statements and footnotes
• Review and/or preparation of annual tax work paper packages
• Review and/or preparation of capital calls and distributions, including notices and release merged documents
• Reviewing monthly bank reconciliations and post journal entries
• Reviewing quarterly management fee calculations
• Review and/or preparation of various client related correspondence
• Work with database team regarding client deliverables such as financial statements, capital calls and distribution notices
• Heavy client interaction on a daily basis
• Coordination of annual audit and tax return preparation with Big 4 accounting firms
• Review and/or preparation of waterfall and capital account allocations
• Understand how to navigate through limited partnership agreement
• Review and/or preparation of estimated tax workpapers
• Maintain working relationship with all client contacts, including investment professionals, investors, auditors, lawyers and banking personnel
• Ensure compliance with investment fund legal documents, i.e. partnership agreement
• Assist accounting managers to ensure compliance with investment fund agreements and other legal documents
• Special client projects
• Manage internal workflow and client deadlines
• Identifying any unusual or potentially suspicious transaction activity and must report and/or elevate in accordance with corporate policy and guidelines detailed in relevant operating procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with accounting
• 12+ years of general ledger accounting or audit experience
• 6+ years of leadership experience
• Previous financial reporting experience
• Advanced Excel skills (advanced formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP)
• Real Estate, Hedge Fund, or Private Market accounting experience
• Exceptional interpersonal & communication skills
• Experience with Investran, Great Plains and Oracle Financials preferred