Director

TMF Group; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

TMF Group is seeking a Director for Funds in San Diego to lead accounting, tax, and regulatory control functions for client funds. The role requires deep experience in fund accounting, LPAs, and cross-functional leadership across valuation, reporting, and client relations.

You will oversee tax and audit processes and work with clients to ensure timely and accurate financial statements, distributions, and management fees while guiding the team toward profitability and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance; MBA plus CPA or EA preferred.
• Experience knowledge in venture capital/private equity fund accounting principles.
• 10–12 years in public/private financial roles with increasing responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Direct all accounting, controls, tax functions, banking and regulatory compliance per client service agreements.
• Lead and manage client relationships, ensuring client satisfaction with TMF.
• Oversee fund-related financial reporting, valuations, and distributions.
• Review LPAs for fund operations impact on statements, calls, distributions and fees.
• Lead annual tax and audit processes and oversee engagement economics with clients.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. We provide legal, financial, and employee administration through TMF Group’s teams in 120 offices.

Discover the Role

We are looking for our San Diego's Director for Funds:

Key Responsibilities

• Direct all accounting, controls, tax functions, banking, and related regulatory compliance as requested by our clients in our service agreements
• Lead and manage client relationships, ensuring client satisfaction with TMF
• Develop relationships to enhance TMF brand and referrals from existing client base
• Read and understand Limited Partnership Agreements to determine how the provisions of the LPAs impact on fund operations including, but not limited to financial statements, capital calls, distributions, and management fees
• Give directives to the valuation team to ensure valuations are approved and recorded timely
• Review and discuss with clients and team high risk areas including, but not limited to carried interest allocations and other high-risk calculations/distributions
• Oversight into all fund-related internal and external reporting and communication
• Direction for fund-related financial projects and presentation development as needed
• Oversee annual tax and audit process to ensure client expectations are met or exceeded
• Review TMF billings to clients to ensure accurate billings to our Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Review engagement economics to timely notify and discuss with clients any overages, special bills, or other items that may affect realization goals of TMF
• Review/draft service agreements/SOWs for prospective client work
• Attend sales calls with prospective clients as needed
• Oversee all team members and the overall company culture. Includes onboarding, enforcing company policies, and completing performance reviews.
• Lead team performance reviews including budgeting, compensation adjustments, bonuses, and disciplinary measures
• Request for personnel resources as needed
• Review company processes and procedures
• Implement and champion processes and best practices that improve team efficiency and increase profitability
• Assist managing directors with internal initiatives
• Serve as a resource to clients on complex/technical questions, including entity structures, structuring of management fees, waterfall allocations, and other industry trends

Key Requirements

COMPETENCES AND SKILLS

• Excellent at creative problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills along with sharp attention to detail, as well as strong time and work management skills.
• Resourceful and motivated to find outside-the-box solutions to everyday client issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to continuously prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of flexibility and high level of focus on quality, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• The commitment to independently complete tasks to reach the clients’ goals, which at times may require hours above the standard work week.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Adobe Acrobat

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in Accounting/Finance or related business discipline; MBA plus CPA or EA preferred
• Profile is flexible - should include current knowledge of venture capital/private equity fund accounting principles gained in some combination of the following: venture capital firms, private equity firms, venture-backed start-ups, partnerships, audit or consulting services (with relevant client base)
• 10-12 years of experience with public/private mix with increasing responsibilities in financial roles

What’s in it for you?

Pathways for career development

• Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.
• We provide internal career opportunities, so you can take your career further within TMF.
• Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an impact

• You’ll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.
• Through our corporate social responsibility program, you’ll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

A supportive environment

• Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.

Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!