Vice President, ABF Fund Finance

Oaktree; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Oaktree is seeking a Vice President to lead core fund operations and reporting across public and private funds, including cash management, liquidity planning, and maintaining books and records.

You will prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, oversee NAV processes, ensure Sarbanes-Oxley controls, and coordinate with tax, auditors, and fund administrators to deliver accurate performance metrics.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 13-15 years relevant accounting or audit experience within Big Four public accounting or a mix of public accounting and investment management industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of reconciliation and account analysis.
• Excellent understanding of accounting and the ability to apply relevant investment company accounting rules.
• Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems.
• Experience with Geneva and/or Geneva World Investor accounting systems is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Cash management and forecasting, NAV and subscription-line oversight, and borrowing base reporting to lenders.
• Daily NAV oversight for funds.
• Ensuring compliance with SOX controls and documenting evidentiary matter.
• Oversee quarterly reporting deliverables to corporate finance team.
• Collaborate with tax on year-end reporting cycle and private deal lifecycle bookings.
• Prepare and maintain books for funds organized as limited partnerships or separate accounts.
• Prepare and/or review distributions and waterfall calculations.
• Coordinate with auditors, custodians, prime brokers and fund administrators.

Skills

Reconciliation

Account analysis

Accounting rules

Analytical skills

Geneva

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPA

Tools

Geneva World Investor

Job description

Our Company

As a part of Brookfield's $416B credit platform, Oaktree is a premier credit manager emphasizing an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investing across credit, equity, and real estate.

Oaktree is committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

Oaktree is wholly owned by Brookfield, a leading global investment firm with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Brookfield owns and operates high-quality businesses and real assets that provide essential services and form the backbone of the global economy. It invests on behalf of institutions and individuals around the world across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate, and credit.

For additional information, please visit Oaktree's website at http://www.oaktreecapital.com/

Responsibilities

The Vice President will be responsible for core fund operations and reporting activities including cash management, liquidity planning, maintaining the books and records for various public and private funds, as well as reporting to clients and the portfolio group.

Responsibilities will include:

• Cash management and forecasting, NAV and subscription-line oversight, and borrowing base reporting to lenders;
• Daily NAV oversight for public funds;
• Ensuring compliance with key financial reporting controls and that evidentiary matter is appropriately documented to comply with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley;
• Oversee quarterly reporting deliverables to corporate finance team;
• Collaborate with tax team on lower-tier books and records and year-end tax reporting cycle;
• Collaborate with operations teams on private deal life-cycle bookings and related controls;
• Preparation and maintenance of the books and records of pooled private investment funds organized as limited partnerships and/or separate accounts;
• Preparation and/or review of complex management fee and waterfall calculations;
• Recording and reconciliation of cash, investments and other balance sheet accounts;
• Estimating and posting of accruals;
• Preparation and/or review of allocations of income and expense allocations to each partner, including updating of distribution waterfall based on the terms of the governing documents;
• Determining and preparing distributions and drawdowns;
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports;
• Analyzing and calculating performance metrics for partnerships/accounts as well as for each investment;
• Coordinating with funds' independent auditors, custodians, prime brokers and fund administrators; and
• Performing other tasks as required.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 13-15 years relevant accounting or audit experience within Big Four public accounting or a mix of public accounting and investment management industry experience;
• Strong knowledge of reconciliation and account analysis;
• Excellent understanding of accounting and the ability to apply relevant investment company accounting rules;
• Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems;
• Experience with Geneva and/or Geneva World Investor accounting systems is a plus; and
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes

• Relationship Building ; works effectively with strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents, and backgrounds. Ability to elicit cooperation from and gain the confidence of a wide variety of participants including other departments and third-party service providers.
• Communication ; excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• Independence & Collaboration ; proficient at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; able to drive work effectively with limited supervision (at times) with high attention-to-detail.
• Flexibility & Organization ; adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities; proven ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing demands; able to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
• Driving Results ; drives issues to closure; is a self-starter committed to achieving results and has a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.

Education

Bachelor's degree is required. CPA or equivalent designation is a plus.

Base Salary Range

$160,000-$225,000

In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and a flexible work arrangement. The base salary offered will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications, industry knowledge and expertise, as well as prior training and educatio