Chief Accounting Officer

Mission Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Staffing seeks a Principal to scale its rapidly growing private markets secondaries platform. This senior leadership role focuses on shaping the operating model, building scalable infrastructure, and driving strategic initiatives across a growing business.

The ideal candidate has 13+ years in private equity secondaries fund accounting, strong technical knowledge, and experience building infrastructure to support expanding AUM and product offerings.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of private equity secondaries fund accounting experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of fund accounting, financial reporting, and complex fund structures.
• Experience building infrastructure, improving operational processes, and supporting a growing investment platform.
• CPA or progress toward CPA preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting, operations, and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio of private markets secondaries products.
• Build and enhance scalable infrastructure, processes, and controls to support continued AUM and product growth.
• Drive automation, process improvements, and data governance across third-party administrators, vendors, and portfolio monitoring systems.
• Oversee fund-level budgeting and help improve liquidity modeling and financial projections.
• Support new product launches, infrastructure development, and fundraising initiatives.
• Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across investments, investor relations, operations, tax, legal, technology, and finance.
• Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members.

Education

CPA

Job description

A leading global alternative investment manager is seeking a Principal to help scale its rapidly growing private markets secondaries platform, which has around $15B in AUM and continues to expand across multiple investment vehicles and product offerings.

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee accounting, operations, and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio of private markets secondaries products
• Build and enhance scalable infrastructure, processes, and controls to support continued AUM and product growth
• Drive automation, process improvements, and data governance across third-party administrators, vendors, and portfolio monitoring systems
• Oversee fund-level budgeting and help improve liquidity modeling and financial projections
• Support new product launches, infrastructure development, and fundraising initiatives
• Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across investments, investor relations, operations, tax, legal, technology, and finance
• Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members
• Base Salary Range: $200K - $315K
• Manhattan office location with a 3–4 day in-office schedule
• Significant exposure to senior leadership, complex investment structures, and strategic business initiatives
• Strong long-term career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platform

Ideal Background:

• 13+ years of private equity secondaries fund accounting experience, either exclusively or combined with other relevant private markets experience
• Strong technical knowledge of fund accounting, financial reporting, and complex fund structures
• Experience building infrastructure, improving operational processes, and supporting a growing investment platform
• CPA or progress toward the CPA preferred, but not required