Lead Fund Accountant

Role Overview

• Lead preparation of fund-level financial statements, journal entries, supporting schedules, and general ledger reconciliations with strong attention to detail.
• Perform quarterly and year-end close procedures for assigned Funds, including workpaper preparation, financial packages, capital account statements, and related reconciliations.
• Oversee maintenance of fund capital tables, ensuring ownership details, commitments, contributions, distributions, and unfunded balances align with the general ledger.
• Prepare, review, and enhance capital call and distribution calculations, ensuring compliance with governing documents and accuracy of investor-level allocations.
• Conduct technical accounting research and provide clear, concise accounting position memos.
• Apply deep understanding of partnership structures, waterfall mechanics, preferred return/carried interest, and fund-level performance metrics (IRR, MOIC, DPI).
• Review investment activity to ensure proper accounting treatment, accurate settlement details, and alignment with fund agreements.
• Develop and update accounting policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with investor relations, legal, treasury, tax, and compliance teams to ensure cross-functional alignment and timely reporting.
• Serve as a key point of contact for investor inquiries, leveraging thorough data analysis, source-level reconciliation, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver precise and timely information.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, reporting flows, and internal controls, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage multiple deadlines across recurring reporting cycles and execute high-priority, ad hoc analysis as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA or CPA eligibility strongly preferred.
• 6+ years of fund accounting or audit experience with significant exposure to private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or real estate funds
• Strong technical accounting background and demonstrated ability to independently research, interpret, and apply US GAAP.
• Experience working with complex fund structures, waterfalls, carried interest calculations, and capital activity.
• Yardi Investment Accounting / Investment Management or Investran experience preferred.
• Exposure to complex fund structures, waterfall calculations, fund-level performance metrics, and capital call/distribution mechanics.
• Experience in data center or real estate industries is a plus.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills include modeling, scenario analysis, and reconciliation techniques.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to operate independently, and comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• life and AD&D
• short and long-term disability coverage
• paid time off
• employee assistance
• participation in a 401k program that includes company match
• many other additional voluntary benefits