Fund Finance (Chicago)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Company: Chicago Pacific Founders

Role: Fund Finance

Location: Chicago

FIRM OVERVIEW

Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) is a strategic healthcare investment firm founded in 2014 that focuses on middle-market companies. CPF specializes in healthcare services, value-based care, and senior living, investing in businesses with a focus on care model innovation, technology, and AI-driven services. Founded with the mission of “doing well by doing good,” CPF seeks to partner with organizations delivering the highest quality of care via a founder-friendly approach. The firm has over $7 billion in AUM and is growing rapidly.

POSITION OVERVIEW

This Fund Finance role will be a key member of the fund finance and management company operations team and will have meaningful exposure to CPF’s accounting systems, investment funds, operating partners, and portfolio company finance contacts. Reporting to the Vice President, Fund Finance, you will support CPF’s fund and management-company finance operations with an emphasis on accounts payable, accounts receivable, operating partner allocations, portfolio company billbacks, intercompany reconciliations, recurring close support, and finance systems. CPF is implementing a new accounting system for the management company, and you are expected to be heavily involved in the implementation, testing, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of the system. This should provide a strong opportunity to help design scalable workflows, improve reporting and controls, and build expertise in CPF’s finance technology platform while owning day-to-day workstreams and escalating judgment-based or complex matters to the Vice President, Fund Finance and CFO as appropriate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Finance Operations

• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, allocations, billbacks, intercompany receivables, collections support, and related reconciliations.
• Coordinate with portfolio companies and operating partners on billback, invoice, and dispute resolution.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Support implementation and ongoing improvement of CPF’s management company accounting system, including workflows, data migration, testing, reporting, integrations, documentation, training, and controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes and use accounting systems and AI-enabled tools to reduce manual work and improve consistency.

Financial Reporting

• Support quarter-end close and first-level review of fund reporting packages, financial statements, capital accounts, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Support quarterly portfolio company valuation reviews and maintain fund and portfolio company performance metrics.

Capital Activity

• Coordinate capital calls and distributions and reconcile investment transactions and related cash activity.

Treasury Management

• Support cash monitoring, wires/ACH, bank reconciliations, liquidity reporting, bank account administration, and line of credit activity.

Compliance & Audit

• Support compliance with fund governing documents, regulatory standards, and internal policies; maintain internal controls and documentation; and support audit requests.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field; CPA, CPA-track, or relevant credential a plus.
• 2–4 years of relevant accounting, finance, fund administration, asset management, private equity, professional services, or finance systems implementation experience preferred.
• Strong accounting fundamentals, systems aptitude, and intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with NetSuite, Ramp, or similar GL/AP/expense systems a plus.
• Interest or experience in accounting systems, workflow/process improvement, scalable finance operations, and AI-enabled tools.
• Strong communication, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail, accuracy, and deadlines.
• Self-starter and team player with sound judgment, ability to work independently and take ownership, and high ethical and professional standards.

WHY JOIN US?

• Work alongside industry-leading investors and healthcare executives in an impactful, mission-driven investment firm.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping the financial future of high-growth healthcare businesses.
• Competitive compensation package includes base salary and performance-based bonus.
• A culture that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.