Senior Fund Accountant

Glocap Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Glocap Search in New York is seeking a Senior Accountant to join a fund-management team responsible for sophisticated investment structures, valuations, and comprehensive financial reporting.

The role involves cash management, capital calls, waterfalls, investor communications, and supporting audits and tax analysis. A strong CPA background and 2–4 years in fund/public accounting are highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with strong academic record.
• 2–4 years of public accounting or fund accounting experience.
• Licensed CPA or partial CPA exam completed.
• Excellent professional and academic track record.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; high integrity.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports with footnotes and disclosures.
• Manage cash, capital calls, deal funding, distributions and waterfalls.
• Coordinate deliverables among service providers and assist investor queries.
• Support audit process and tax workpapers, including K‑1s.
• Review administrator accounting for investment structures and LP side letters.
• Update fund models and perform portfolio and performance analysis.
• Assist with fundraising deliverables and LP presentations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Integrity

Team collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Quantitative skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

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