Senior Fund Accountant (Fort Worth, TX)

Atlas Search; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Senior Associate for its Fund Finance Operations team. This middle-office role focuses on fund-level cash, capital activity, liquidity forecasting, and the fund credit facility, interfacing with senior leadership, deal teams, and accounting.

Responsibilities include capital calls, distributions, and cash forecasting; collaboration on funding for deals; and delivering ad hoc analyses for investment partners. Strong Excel skills and FP&A mindset required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• 4-6 years of experience in fund accounting, fund operations, or fund finance.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; expert-level Excel and working knowledge of PowerPoint.
• Track record of presenting complex financial data and recommendations to senior executives.
• Ability to bring structure to fluid or ambiguous requests and deliver against tight deadlines.
• Keen attention to detail, with strong written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable working independently and across groups, including challenging existing processes while building strong working relationships

Responsibilities

• Call capital from investors and execute distributions across fund structures.
• Coordinate funding for new domestic and international investments, working with deal teams on funds flows, cash sourcing, vendor payments, tax structure, FX, and share custody.
• Plan and manage cash levels across fund vehicles, including reserves forecasting.
• Manage the investment credit facility end to end: borrowing requests, capital calls for repayment, and weekly reporting.
• Build and maintain forecast models for carried interest and fee revenue.
• Review external reporting, including quarterly letters, financial statements, investment memos, and capital call notices.
• Partner with Fundraising and Legal to close new funds and set up their reporting infrastructure.
• Deliver ad hoc analysis for investment partners and VPs

Skills

Financial modeling

Excel

PowerPoint

Data analysis

Communication

Fund accounting

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

Job description

Our client, an alternative investment manager, is hiring a Senior Associate for its Fund Finance Operations team in Fort Worth. This is a middle-office seat focused on fund-level cash, capital, and credit activity, not a close-focused fund accounting role. The day-to-day centers on capital calls and distributions, funds flows for new deals, liquidity and reserve forecasting, and the fund credit facility. The team serves as the link between senior leadership, deal teams, and accounting.

Compensation

$100,000 to $150,000

What You'll Do

• Call capital from investors and execute distributions across fund structures
• Coordinate funding for new domestic and international investments, working with deal teams on funds flows, cash sourcing, vendor payments, tax structure, FX, and share custody
• Plan and manage cash levels across fund vehicles, including reserves forecasting
• Manage the investment credit facility end to end: borrowing requests, capital calls for repayment, and weekly reporting
• Build and maintain forecast models for carried interest and fee revenue
• Review external reporting, including quarterly letters, financial statements, investment memos, and capital call notices
• Partner with Fundraising and Legal to close new funds and set up their reporting infrastructure
• Deliver ad hoc analysis for investment partners and VPs

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business
• 4-6 years of experience in fund accounting, fund operations, or fund finance
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and the analysis and reporting of financial data
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; expert-level Excel and working knowledge of PowerPoint
• Track record of presenting complex financial data and recommendations to senior executives
• Ability to bring structure to fluid or ambiguous requests and deliver against tight deadlines
• Keen attention to detail, with strong written and verbal communication
• Comfortable working independently and across groups, including challenging existing processes while building strong working relationships

Preferred

• Private equity fund experience; credit, hedge fund, real estate, or fund-of-funds backgrounds will also be considered
• Hands-on work with capital calls, distributions, waterfalls, or a fund credit facility

The Environment

An alternative investment manager running multiple fund strategies. The role is based in Fort Worth, TX, in the office four days a week.