Senior Fund Accountant - Private Equity

Taurus Search; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Taurus Search in Stamford, CT seeks an experienced fund accountant to join a high-growth private equity finance team. This role focuses on fund accounting for PE funds, producing financial and management reports, and partnering with CFOs, IR and investment professionals.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years in public or private accounting, a bachelor’s in accounting or finance, and a mindset geared toward accuracy and collaboration with audit and tax teams.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in public accounting, private accounting, or a mix of public/private.

Responsibilities

• Create the financial and management reports
• Manage fee calculations and weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting
• Handle management fee, waterfalls, and carried interest calculations
• Work with investor relations teams to handle LP reporting
• Collaborate with tax team on year-end tax-return information and projections
• Review and manage expense budgets and project allocations
• Assist with mentorship of junior employees
• Collaborate with external audit and tax teams
• Ad hoc projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Job description

A stellar opportunity for a strong public or private accountant just opened up in Stamford! The opportunity to work with top private equity funds and partner closely with CFOs, IR and Investment Professionals is available.

This will focus primarily on thefund accounting for PE funds, and have the opportunity for high visibility with CFOs, IR teams and LPs. This is a fantastic opportunity for an early career fund accountant looking to work at a world-class organization with incredible growth opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Create the financial and management reports
• Manage fee calculations and weekly/monthly /quarterlyreporting
• Handle management fee, waterfalls, and carried interest calculations
• Work closely with investor relations teams to handle reporting for various LP requests
• Collaborate with tax team on year end tax-return information and tax projections throughout the year
• Review and manage expense budgets and projects related to expense projections and deal allocations
• Assist with mentorship of junior employees
• Collaborate with external audit and tax teams
• Ad hoc projects

Requirements:

• 2-4 years of experience in public accounting, private accounting, or public/private mix
• Bachelors degree in accounting and/or finance