Accounting Manager (Fund)

Vaco by Highspring; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

100% paid benefits (health, dental, &

Onsite gym

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring in Dallas, TX seeks an Accounting Manager to lead full-cycle accounting for the parent company and its funds, ensuring accurate close and investor-ready reporting.

You will drive month-end closes, strengthen internal controls, coordinate with auditors and tax advisors, and partner cross-functionally to support automation and process improvements within a growing investment environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting; CPA license or eligibility strongly preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in public accounting, fund accounting, or a similar environment.
• Strong technical accounting foundation with a full command of debits, credits, internal controls, and control frameworks.
• Highly detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Record daily financial transactions, including journal entries and expense accruals, and perform cash reconciliations across corporate entities, subsidiaries, and investment funds.
• Lead month-end and quarter-end close processes for the parent company, subsidiaries, and funds, ensuring accurate allocations and timely financial statements.
• Prepare quarterly investor reporting and support the preparation and review of investor capital accounts.
• Establish, monitor, and enforce internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with control standards.
• Participate in daily team meetings to align on priorities, resolve issues collaboratively, and ensure deadlines are consistently met.
• Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Investor Relations to support audit requests, ERP and system implementations, and broader organizational initiatives.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, including process automation, internal control testing, and support of financial models and cash flow forecasting.
• Help develop and maintain an accounting team calendar and task tracking system to ensure all deliverables are planned, monitored, and completed on time.
• Assist in coordinating with tax preparers, external auditors, and other third-party service providers as needed.

Skills

Financial accounting

Internal controls

Attention to detail

Multi-entity accounting

Team collaboration

Education

Accounting degree + CPA eligibility

Job description

Vaco has partnered with one of our investment management & advisory clients looking to onboard an Accounting Manager due to the growth of the department. Managers will be responsible for the full cycle accounting for both the parent company as well as their associated funds.

Company offers unlimited PTO, 100% paid benefits (health, dental, vision), and a gym onsite. Additionally, Vaco placed an Analyst on the team last year and has given us glowing feedback on the team and culture - very outgoing group looking for energetic and interactive folks.

Day-to-day

• Record daily financial transactions, including journal entries and expense accruals, and perform cash reconciliations across corporate entities, subsidiaries, and investment funds
• Lead month-end and quarter-end close processes for the parent company, subsidiaries, and funds, ensuring accurate allocations and timely financial statements
• Prepare quarterly investor reporting and support the preparation and review of investor capital accounts
• Establish, monitor, and enforce internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with control standards
• Participate in daily team meetings to align on priorities, resolve issues collaboratively, and ensure deadlines are consistently met
• Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Investor Relations to support audit requests, ERP and system implementations, and broader organizational initiatives
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, including process automation, internal control testing, and support of financial models and cash flow forecasting
• Help develop and maintain an accounting team calendar and task tracking system to ensure all deliverables are planned, monitored, and completed on time
• Assist in coordinating with tax preparers, external auditors, and other third-party service providers as needed

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting; CPA license or CPA eligibility strongly preferred
• 5-7 years of experience in public accounting, fund accounting, or a similar environment
• Strong technical accounting foundation with a full command of debits, credits, internal controls, and control frameworks
• Highly detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently with minimal supervision

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

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By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).