Senior Accountant

Opportunity with a well-established global private equity firm focused on secondaries, primaries, and co-investments, managing a multi-billion-dollar platform.

They’re hiring an Private Equity Operations Analyst in New York to support the operations, valuation, and reporting for the firm’s registered fund products. The role covers capital call and distribution processing, reconciliations, fair value support, liquidity planning, regulatory filings, and Board materials. It offers broad exposure across a growing platform and real room to learn and expand the role.

Job Title:

Private Equity Operations/Fund Accountant

Job Description:

Specific Responsibilities

• Support fund-level investment accounting under the IBOR (Investment Book of Record) process in Investran, including maintaining accurate records of the Funds' underlying private equity investments and related activity

• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of capital calls paid to and distributions received from the Funds' underlying holdings, including review of weekly transaction activity booked from capital call and distribution notices received

• Reconcile investment positions, cash balances, and unfunded commitments to sub-administrator and custodian records, researching and resolving breaks

• Manage the update and maintenance of portfolio company data across internal systems and reporting tools

• Assist with Fair Value determination of the Funds' portfolios of underlying private equity investments in accordance with each Fund's valuation policies and procedures, including preparation of quarterly valuation support

• Monitor and forecast Fund cash and unfunded commitment levels to support the funding of capital calls, including use of any credit facility

• Support the deal closing process for new fund investments, including documentation review and coordination with counterparties

• Support marketing efforts across the firm's registered funds through updating marketing collateral, obtaining compliance approval of such collateral, and liaising with each Fund's distributor in the use of marketing documents

• Support the Funds' periodic repurchase/tender offer process, including liquidity planning

• Perform scheduled and ad hoc internal reporting, including various aspects of portfolio performance reporting

• Coordinate with the Funds' sub-administrators, custodians, and other service providers and vendors to ensure the timely and accurate payment of Fund expenses, including maintenance of weekly expense packages

• Assist in preparation and review of SEC filings, annual and semi-annual shareholder reports, and year-end audit deliverables across the firm's registered funds

• Assist in preparation of recurring materials for quarterly Board of Trustees meetings

• Collect, analyze, and manage quantitative data and create meaningful reports to support business improvement initiatives

Company Requirements:

Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate would have the following experience:

• 1.5 - 3 years of accounting or operations experience in the alternative investment space, ideally in public accounting or at a private equity firm, hedge fund, or fund administrator

• Experience with 1940 Act registered investment companies is preferred

• A solid understanding of U.S. GAAP for investment companies is required

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, economics or business management

The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills required

• Hands-on Investran experience strongly preferred, including transaction entry, portfolio data maintenance,

and report generation

• Working knowledge of private equity fund accounting mechanics, including capital calls, distributions, recallable capital, unfunded commitments, and partners' capital allocations

• Proficiency with Python and large language model tools is a plus

• Strong work ethic, organizational skills, ability to multi-task, and resourcefulness

• Solid understanding of financial statements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Team player

• Self-starter and the ability to work independently and responsibly with limited supervision

• • General understanding of and interest in private equity and financial markets