Job Title: Fund Accounting Manager
Location: Chicago, IL
Compensation: Up to $150,000 + Bonus
Benefits: Outstanding benefits package, including fully paid medical + dental, vision, life, LTD, and 401(k).
About the Job:In partnership with our client, we are seeking an experienced Fund Accounting Manager to support the Controller in one of Chicago's premier private equity firms. In-depth knowledge of fund accounting operations, experience in investment management and private equity clients, and public accounting experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Review of period end NAV, financial reporting, timely filing, and accounting of Fund’s with understanding of the underlying investments.
- Review of daily cash, capital transactions, operating transactions, and investment transactions.
- Understanding fund structures, underlying investments profiles, promotes and Fund’s governing agreements.
- Conduct technical accounting research and ensure appropriate application to Fund and underlying investments.
- Active management that includes Fund’s liquidity, cash flow analysis, available cash, sources, and uses of liquidity and active oversight.
- Preparation of Board of Directors analysis and presentations.
- Oversight and management of Fund’s available operating cash.
- Oversight of payments with HVP Treasury and Fund Administrator.
- Oversight of third-party fund administrator, external auditors, tax advisers and other professional service providers.
- Audit coordination with external service providers, key contact/owner.
- Oversight of Fund level debt closing and reporting, review covenant analyses for third party debt/line of credit.
- Understand component of Fund’s and underlying investment performance measurements. Review Fund return/performance analyses, break down fund performance to assist/field client, portfolio management and/or consultant inquiries.
- Build and manage relationships for all internal and external collaborators.
- Field questions and run/discuss analyses for the Fund’s Portfolio Management and Controller.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 5+ years of experience, including a combination of public accounting, private equity, hedge fund, or credit fund.
- CPA strongly preferred.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Strong leadership and team building skills.
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