Credit, Senior Controller/Director - Fund Accounting

Atlas Search; Greenwich (CT); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search is seeking a Senior Controller/Director of Fund Accounting for a co-sourced engagement with a well-established alternative investment manager. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, the role is hybrid with three days in-office each week and leads the technical, operational, and oversight agenda across a portfolio of private credit and liquid funds.

You will oversee NAV calculations, financial statements, investor reporting, and coordination with an outsourced administrator, auditors, and

Qualifications

• Deep GAAP knowledge and financial analysis skills.
• Proven leadership and team supervision abilities.
• Advanced Excel modeling and spreadsheet build-out.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting and administration for private credit funds and related vehicles.
• Review NAV calculations, partner capital allocations, and investor reporting.
• Oversee fund-level accounting incl. investments, interest, fees, expenses, accruals.
• Review capital calls, distributions, fees, carried interest, and waterfall calculations.
• Oversee quarterly and annual financial statements per US GAAP and related standards.
• Provide technical accounting oversight for credit facilities and note structures.
• Coordinate with outsourced fund administrator and hold to high standards of quality.
• Engage with external auditors, tax advisors, custodians, lenders, and service providers.
• Review portfolio valuations with investment teams and analysts to ensure accuracy.
• Interpret LPAs and governing documents; discuss provisions with senior stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with governing documents and internal controls.
• Review complex journal entries and reconciliations to maintain accuracy.

Skills

Excel

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Leadership

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our client, a fund administration platform that embeds its professionals directly within fund managers' operations, is seeking a Senior Controller/Director of Fund Accounting for a co-sourced engagement supporting a well-established alternative investment manager with a long-running, dedicated credit platform serving middle-market companies. This senior, high-visibility role sits above day-to-day accounting to own the technical, operational, and oversight agenda across a portfolio of private credit and broader traded/liquid credit funds and vehicles, including levered and unlevered structures. The individual will also provide senior oversight of an outsourced fund administrator relationship. The role is based in Greenwich, Connecticut, with three days per week in-office.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting and administration for a portfolio of private credit and broader traded/liquid credit funds and vehicles, including levered and unlevered structures
• Review and approve monthly, quarterly, and annual NAV calculations, partner capital allocations, and investor reporting deliverables
• Oversee fund-level accounting activity, including investment transactions, interest income, fee calculations, expense allocations, and accruals
• Review capital calls, distributions, management fee calculations, carried interest allocations, and waterfall calculations, as applicable
• Oversee preparation and review of quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and applicable reporting standards
• Provide technical accounting oversight for ABL facilities, credit facilities, and note structures, including related covenant and reporting considerations
• Serve as senior accounting oversight point of contact for an outsourced fund administrator, holding the administrator to a high standard of accuracy, timeliness, and technical quality
• Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors, custodians, lenders, and other third-party service providers during audit, tax, and reporting cycles
• Review portfolio valuations and partner with investment teams and valuation specialists to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Read and interpret credit fund LPAs and related governing documents, discussing provisions directly with senior stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with fund governing documents, investor agreements, accounting policies, and internal controls
• Review complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules to maintain the integrity of fund financial records

Job Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive accounting or audit experience, with meaningful time in private credit, fund administration, or public accounting
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of credit fund accounting, spanning private credit as well as broad liquid and traded credit
• Demonstrated experience with levered and unlevered fund structures, and direct exposure to ABL facilities and note structures
• Comfort reading credit fund LPAs and discussing provisions with senior stakeholders directly
• Experience overseeing or working closely with an outsourced fund administrator
• Strong command of partnership accounting and U.S. GAAP
• Proven people leadership, including reviewing work product, mentoring staff, and holding teams accountable to a high bar
• Advanced Excel skills, with comfort building and maintaining complex spreadsheets and models
• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple funds and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

The annual salary range is $175,000 to $220,000. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.