Director, Fund Accounting & Operations – NYC – Hybrid

Advice Personnel; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity upside potential

Job summary

Advice Personnel seeks a Director, Fund Accounting & Operations in New York City with a hybrid work setup. You will own fund accounting, financial reporting, and investor operations for a diverse portfolio, coordinating audits and ensuring accurate statements and capital activity.

The role emphasizes technical accounting, process modernization, and scalable controls in a growth-focused firm. You will partner with senior finance leadership on new fund launches, complex structures, and enhanced

Qualifications

• CPA certification required.
• 7+ years of fund accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of private fund structures.

Responsibilities

• Own fund accounting and financial reporting for a complex portfolio of investment vehicles.
• Coordinate external audits and ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Lead capital calls and distributions, including notices and allocations.
• Respond to investor inquiries with high accuracy and service.
• Oversee tax, regulatory and compliance reporting for the fund structure.
• Provide technical accounting guidance on fund structures and new vehicles.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and automation.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to implement scalable processes across markets.

Skills

Fund accounting

Private equity/VC

NAV calculations

Investor reporting

External audits

Education

CPA

Job description

Director, Fund Accounting & Operations - NYC - Hybrid

A growing and unique Venture Capital/Growth-Equity firm that has a longstanding history investing in the start-up community, including several successful exits, is looking for a Director, Fund Accounting & Operations to join its finance team. This is an extremely unique opportunity as this company's business model is different than your traditional VC and financial services firm. This is a newly created senior-level opportunity for a technically strong fund accounting professional who can combine hands-on execution with high-level ownership of fund accounting, financial reporting, and investor operations. The role will work closely with senior finance leadership and cross-functional partners to ensure the accuracy, scalability, and effectiveness of the organization's fund operations.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience across private fund structures and a strong understanding of partnership accounting, financial reporting, and investor operations. This person will have significant ownership over the fund accounting lifecycle while also helping modernize and improve the underlying processes and systems as the organization continues to grow.

The company is based in New York City and operates on a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Own fund accounting and financial reporting across a complex portfolio of investment vehicles, including maintaining books and records, reviewing NAV packages and capital statements, and overseeing key reconciliations
• Manage the preparation and review of fund financial statements, including coordination of external audits and ensuring timely and accurate delivery of required materials
• Lead capital call and distribution processes from calculation through execution, including investor notices, allocation methodologies, validation, and coordination with banking partners
• Serve as a senior point of contact for investor inquiries, responding to questions related to fund activity, reporting, statements, and other requests while ensuring a high level of accuracy and service
• Review tax, regulatory, and compliance reporting across the fund structure, coordinating with external advisors and ensuring deliverables are accurate and completed on schedule
• Provide technical accounting expertise related to fund structures, new investment vehicles, changes to existing entities, and other complex accounting matters
• Identify opportunities to improve fund accounting and investor operations through better processes, systems, automation, and use of emerging technology
• Partner with senior finance and other cross-functional leaders on the development and implementation of scalable processes as the organization expands into new investment strategies and markets

Requirements:

• CPA
• 7+ years of experience in fund accounting and/or fund administration within private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, or a similar investment environment
• Strong understanding of private fund accounting, partnership accounting, and complex investment structures
• Demonstrated experience with NAV calculations, capital accounts, capital calls, distributions, valuations, reconciliations, and fund financial statements
• Experience serving as a senior reviewer and technical accounting resource rather than solely operating in a preparer capacity
• Proven experience managing external fund administrators, auditors, tax providers, and other third-party service providersStrong understanding of investor reporting and the broader fund administration lifecycle
• Experience supporting new fund launches, entity structures, or other complex accounting initiatives is highly preferred
• Strong attention to detail and judgment, with the ability to identify and resolve complex issues across multiple entities and stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a high-growth environment and taking ownership of both day-to-day execution and longer-term process improvements
• Demonstrated interest in leveraging technology and automation to improve the efficiency, scalability, and accuracy of finance and accounting processes

Compensation:

$180K - $220K + equity upside

The above salary range represents Advice's good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible base compensation range at the time of posting and is not reflective of the total compensation package, which may also include benefits, equity, and other non-cash incentives.