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Senior Fund Accountant/Fund Accounting Manager
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Global investment firm in the South Bay is looking for a Fund Accounting Manager and will be part of the finance and accounting team that provides accounting and financial support to the firm’s activities in managing over $7 billion in private equity limited partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting the coordination, preparation and review of deadline driven quarter end close processes and quarterly reporting for the firm’s funds, co-investment entities, and holding companies
- Maintaining the general ledgers, trial balances, and financial statements of the firm’s holding companies
- Assisting the Controller in maintaining fund and investment performance tracking
- Support the firm’s accounting team, third party administrator, and external audit team in the completion of the year-end audited financial statements
- Performing analysis to assist in the process of capital calls and distributions for the firm’s funds
- Communicate directly with deal execution professionals, legal counsel, and portfolio company peers, as needed, to effectively meet the requirements of the position
- Preparing detailed schedules summarizing the borrowing activities and balances of the lines of credit of the firm’s funds
- Maintaining relationships with third party lenders and preparing loan draw requests for the various funds’ lines of credit based on detailed analysis of cash needs
- Performing monitoring and analysis of the cash activities and cash balances of the firm’s funds and holding companies and clearly communicating the results of such analysis
- Working with Controller and the team to improve financial procedures
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- CPA certification or candidate preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting or finance experience (public accounting experience or experience at a private equity firm preferred)
- Knowledge of the principles of private equity partnership accounting
- Experience with NetSuite and eFront Front Invest accounting software is a plus
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Attention to detail and possess a proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments to meet deadlines
- Excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of GAAP