Senior Fund Accountant

Glocap Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a New York–based investment manager, is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their team.

You will oversee financial reporting for complex investment structures, manage fund operations, coordinate with service providers, and support audit and tax processes. The role requires strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2–4 years of public accounting or fund accounting experience.
• CPA certification or exams in progress.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports with footnotes.
• Manage fund operations: cash, capital calls, distributions, waterfalls.
• Coordinate deliverables among service providers and review investor deliverables.
• Respond to investor inquiries and support audit activities.
• Review administrator’s accounting for investment structures and LP side letters.
• Assist with tax workpapers, allocations, and K-1/tax returns.
• Monitor related party payables/receivables and fund expenses.
• Update fund models for historical activity and stress testing.
• Compute investment and fund performance (gross and net IRR).
• Assist fundraising deliverables and prepare portfolio analyses.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CPA certification or exam in progress

Tools

Excel

Fund accounting software

Job description

Our client is an investment manager located in New York. They are currently seeking a Senior Accountant to join their team.

The team manages all aspects of fund operations and finance, including financial accounting for complex investment structures, valuations, cash management, waterfalls and distributions, performance reporting, tax analysis and reporting, management reporting, fundraising deliverables and other investor communications.

Responsibilities:

• Financial reporting: monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, footnotes including FiHi and valuation disclosures
• Operations: cash management, capital calls, deal funding, credit facilities, distributions, waterfalls
• Support work-flow and coordinate various deliverables among service providers
• Perform detailed review of investor deliverables
• Manage and respond to investor queries
• Support audit process and deliverables
• Review administrator’s accounting for investment structures and LP side letters
• Support tax efforts, review tax workpapers/allocations and K-1 and tax returns
• Manage related party payable/receivables, coordinate with management company team for fund expenses, assist with invoice processing
• Update fund models for historical activity and stress test for potential transactions
• Calculate investment and fund performance (gross and net IRR)
• Assist with fundraising deliverables, review quarterly newsletters and other LP presentations (prepare portfolio analysis, performance, cash flows)

Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree
• 2-4 years of relevant public accounting or fund accounting experience
• Licensed CPA or parts of exam passed
• Excellent professional and academic track record
• Exceptional business analytic and quantitative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Impeccable integrity, work ethic and commitment
• A team player who is self-motivated, collaborative, and entrepreneurial