Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Fund Accounting, Finance, Treasury, and Technology teams to gather requirements and improve accounting and reporting processes.
• Analyze and optimize workflows involving NAV calculations, capital calls, distributions, investor allocations, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Identify opportunities to automate reconciliations, improve data accuracy, streamline reporting, and strengthen financial controls.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, process maps, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with developers and data teams on system enhancements, data integrations, reporting logic, and automation initiatives.
• Work with internal accounting teams and external fund administrators to improve data flows, resolve discrepancies, and standardize processes.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution, implementation support, and stakeholder communications.
• Present project updates, recommendations, and process improvements to senior Finance and Technology leadership.

Required Qualifications:

• 5–7+ years of experience in Fund Accounting, Finance Operations, Business Analysis, or Financial Systems, ideally combining accounting and technology experience.
• Strong Private Equity or Private Debt Fund Accounting experience is required.
• Deep understanding of NAV reporting, reconciliations, capital calls, distributions, investor allocations, management fees, carried interest, and financial statements.
• Experience gathering business requirements, documenting workflows, and supporting accounting system implementations or process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Fund Controllers, Accounting leadership, Treasury teams, and software developers.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, Power Query, or VBA.
• Strong understanding of financial data flows, reconciliation processes, data validation, and reporting requirements.
• Familiarity with SQL, databases, and data automation concepts.
• Experience using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with fund accounting platforms such as Allvue, Investran, Geneva, Yardi, or similar systems.
• SQL, Python, Snowflake, Databricks, or cloud data platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or other reporting and automation tools.
• CPA certification or prior experience as a Fund Accountant, Senior Fund Accountant, or Fund Controller.
• Knowledge of ASC 946, ILPA reporting standards, or private markets financial reporting requirements.
• Experience with process mapping or workflow tools such as Visio, Miro, or Appian

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree