Senior Fund Finance Associate (Private Equity)

Coda Search│Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Coda Search│Staffing is assisting a well-known NYC-based PE fund in hiring a Senior Fund Finance Associate. The role focuses on client reporting, financial analysis, independent valuation, and capital analysis with fund performance reporting.

Ideal candidates will review and prepare financials, investment performance reports, and present findings to the Management Committee; CPA or CPA-in-progress is highly preferred. Excellent Excel and portfolio accounting software skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of accounting/audit/tax experience.
• CPA or CPA in progress highly preferred.
• Prior experience with Tax Accounting/Reporting required.
• Outstanding communication skills; able to work with Management.
• Advanced Excel and Portfolio Accounting Software strongly preferred.
• Capable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist valuations and capital analytics, including risk analyses and performance attribution.
• Analyze financial statements to isolate troubled assets and develop remediation protocols.
• Calculate capital calls and distributions as requested by the general partner.
• Prepare and post journal entries; compile monthly trial balance, balance sheet, income statement and cash flow.
• Prepare cash/position reconciliations; record accruals and capital allocations; handle investor correspondence.
• Collaborate with CFO/Controller on firm reporting and intercompany reconciliation.
• Open new investor accounts and ensure compliance with fund docs, AML rules, regulations and policies.

Skills

CPA

Advanced Excel

Portfolio accounting software

Communication skills

Tax accounting/reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Our client is well known PE Fund based in NYC, the firm just opened a Senior Fund Finance Associate. Ideal individual will be responsible for client reporting and financial analysis, independent valuation, capital analysis and fund performance reporting

Candidate must be well versed with reviewing and preparing Financials, preparing investment performance reports, and presenting findings to Management Committee.

Responsibilities:

• Assist portfolio valuations efforts including portfolio optimization, risk analytics, performance attribution, and risk/liability management
• Conduct financial analysis on financial statements in order to isolate troubled assets and develop remediation protocols
• Calculate capital calls and distributions as requested by general partner.
• Prepare and post all journal entries and prepare monthly trial balance, balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow reports.
• Perform financial statement preparation, cash and position reconciliations, entering income/expense accruals, preparing capital allocation schedules, and sending investor correspondence regarding account balances
• Collaborate with CFO/Controller on preparation of firm reporting and intra-company reconciliation process
• Open new investor accounts and process investor transactions ensuring compliance with the fund documentation, anti-money laundering requirements, statutory regulations and company policies and procedures

Desired Skills and Professional Experience

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of (Accounting/Audit/Tax) industry experience
• CPA or CPA in progress highly preferred
• Prior experience with Tax Accounting/Reporting required
• Outstanding communication skills, proven ability to effectively work with all levels of Management
• Technical skills; Advanced Excel and Portfolio Accounting Software strongly preferred
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dead-line driven dynamic environment