Management Company Accounting And Reporting Associate

WhiteCap Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WhiteCap Search is seeking a detail-oriented accounting professional to join its Management Company Accounting team within Financial Operations. The role covers books, financial reporting, and control environment across U.S.

and international management companies, with opportunities to modernize through generative AI and automation. The candidate should have CPA and 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience, with strong analytical and communication skills to lead initiatives end-to-end and

Qualifications

• Five to eight years of progressive accounting experience, CPA required.
• Expertise in financial reporting and internal controls, ability to operate independently on high-stakes work.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives end-to-end and enhance deliverables through review and coaching.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on accuracy and process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills for explaining complex matters to diverse audiences.
• Experience managing sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Lead change initiatives across the management company accounting function, from scoping to post-implementation review.
• Prepare and review recurring financial reporting deliverables, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Act as a technical resource on complex accounting matters and financial reporting requirements.
• Engage with cross-functional stakeholders to shape accounting involvement on firmwide initiatives.
• Collaborate with colleagues to strengthen processes and build scalable workflows.
• Identify opportunities to apply generative AI and automation to streamline activities.

Job description

A top-tier tech-cultured hedge fund is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive accounting professional to join its Management Company Accounting team within Financial Operations. The team handles the books, financial reporting, and control environment for the firm's U.S. and international management companies. This role offers the opportunity to manage recurring close, reporting, and regulatory processes while contributing to modernization through generative AI and automation.

A top-tier tech-cultured hedge fund is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive accounting professional to join its Management Company Accounting team within Financial Operations. The team handles the books, financial reporting, and control environment for the firm's U.S. and international management companies. This role offers the opportunity to manage recurring close, reporting, and regulatory processes while contributing to modernization through generative AI and automation.

What You'll Do Day-to-Day

• Lead change initiatives across the management company accounting function, from scoping to post-implementation review.
• Prepare and review recurring financial reporting deliverables, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Act as a technical resource on complex accounting matters and financial reporting requirements.
• Engage with cross-functional stakeholders to shape accounting involvement on firmwide initiatives.
• Collaborate with colleagues to strengthen processes and build scalable workflows.
• Identify opportunities to apply generative AI and automation to streamline activities.

What We're Looking For

• Five to eight years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in alternative asset management, financial services, or public accounting; a CPA is required.
• Expertise in financial reporting and internal controls, with the ability to operate independently on high-stakes work.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives end-to-end and enhance team deliverables through review and coaching.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on accuracy and process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills for explaining complex matters to diverse audiences.
• Experience managing sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

Disclosure: The hourly rates and/or salaries listed may or may not reflect total compensation packages including bonus and fringe benefits, etc., nor are the advertisement(s) posted a guarantee of a certain compensation package for a position or bona fide offer of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.