Senior Portfolio Accounting Analyst

Senior Portfolio Accounting Analyst

This is a full-time role based in Dallas, Texas. Sixth Street has an immediate opening for a bright, hard-working Analyst or Senior Analyst to join our Portfolio Accounting team in Dallas. The Portfolio Accounting team is focused on supporting investing and accounting activities across our private equity, hybrid, and liquid credit funds. The role will be an integral part of a developing team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial work environment. This individual will be involved in several facets of the operations, including counterparty management, cash management and treasury functions, and reporting and investment performance/analysis deliverables.

Core Responsibilities

• Work with the Operations and Accounting teams to support, record and reconcile investing and related cash activities
• Perform investment, cash and custody reconciliations with the fund administrators and resolve discrepancies
• Monitor investment pipelines
• Ensure the timely and accurate booking of fund investments to the accounting and other key systems
• Assist with the production of daily and monthly reporting that is distributed to all Investment Professionals and Management.
• Participate in a wide variety of special projects, both operating and financial, and compile a variety of special reports

What We Value

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong understanding and application of accounting rules and industry accounting practices
• Detail-oriented, responsible and proactive
• Deadline-oriented to meet time-sensitive regulatory and contractual requirements
• Adept at problem solving
• Candidate must be self-motivated and willing to work in a team environment
• Candidate must have attention to detail and be focused on multiple demands and deliverables

Preferred

• 3-5 years accounting experience in a combination of public accounting (either audit or tax), alternative asset or investment management firm, or fund admin
• Experience with alternative investments, credit and structured products investments, private equity and partnership accounting, fund administration, and Advent Geneva are preferred
• Experience with investment performance reporting and analytics are a plus
• Strong accounting and excel skills; professional certification (CPA or equivalent)

About Sixth Street

Founded in 2009, Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm dedicated to developing themes and offering solutions to companies across all stages of growth. Our firm is designed for cross-platform collaboration at scale: we build businesses, invest for growth, acquire assets, provide direct financing, identify value in public markets, purchase royalty streams, and regularly develop first-of-their-kind structures to meet the strategic objectives of management teams. We do all this globally and as one unified team of investment and control-side professionals working on behalf of our institutional investors and their beneficiaries around the world. We believe adhering to our core values is a competitive advantage. Everyone on our team contributes their perspectives and expertise to help us solve complex challenges and get to the right answer. At Sixth Street, the best idea wins.