Fund Accountant
New York, New York • $80,000 - $95,000
About the Company:
Our client is a $500 million boutique private equity firm with a global opportunistic investment strategy and is seeking to hire a Fund Accountant to work directly for the CFO. This hire will have a fast-track opportunity to be promoted to Controller and will be responsibility for every non-investment activity of the fund including fund accounting, investor relations, fund operations, valuations, management company and tax.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with quarterly financial statement close process
- Assist with the annual financial statement audit
- Assist with tax reporting, including K-1 preparation and review (including notices that come on an ad-hoc basis)
- Monitor expense budgets, allocations and accruals
- Perform valuation of private investments
- Assist team members in responding to investor requests
- Perform ongoing management company accounting functions
- Identify weaknesses and inefficiencies in existing processes and provide recommendations for improvement
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- 2-5 years of experience in public accounting, fund administration or out of a direct fund
- Knowledge of private equity fund accounting and/or management company
- CPA a plus but not required
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