Controllers - Dallas - Vice President, Financial Accounting

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review quarterly accounting and reporting packages, including fund‑level net asset values, financial statements and investor capital statements for private equity investment funds.
• Prepare and review monthly and ad‑hoc reporting requests, such as management fee analysis, cash flow analysis and regulatory reporting requests, including those from Federal and SEC authorities.
• Prepare and review journal entries related to daily cash activity, investment activity, currency purchases/exchanges, credit facility activities, fund expenses, and investor contributions and distributions.
• Review period‑end close transactions, including mark‑to‑market valuation, foreign currency adjustments, accruals and other related transactions.
• Oversee compliance with regulations such as Japanese Regulatory Reporting (JRR), Chinese Regulatory Reporting, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), and SOX internal controls.
• Collaborate with fund administrators and other Goldman Sachs divisions to coordinate year‑end audit processes with independent auditors.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or related field and three (3) years of experience in a related role, OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or related field and five (5) years of experience.
• Three (3) years of experience with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and AICPA Accounting Guide; reviewing journal entries, performing account reconciliation and analysis.
• Experience with debt and equity investments, including reviewing unrealized and realized activity, cash interest receivables, original issue discount and capitalized expenses.
• Experience with foreign currency, including derivative contracts, booking unrealized and realized FX activity, and translating foreign currencies to U.S. dollars.
• Proficiency in Excel, creating reports and performing analysis using pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts, filtering, data validation, and other “what if” tools.

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