Vice President, Portfolio Finance

Adams Street Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Adams Street Partners is seeking a Vice President to lead liquidity optimization and financing for its Private Equity and Private Credit portfolios. The role collaborates across investment, operations, accounting, and tax teams to manage cash, facilities, and risk within dynamic portfolios.

Ideal candidates possess 5–7 years in investment management with private markets experience, advanced quantitative skills, and a track record of cross-team leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a financial engineering mindset.
• Experience communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize and independently execute projects while leading staff.

Responsibilities

• Optimize liquidity and financing for portfolios across private equity and private credit.
• Build forward-looking cash flow models for deal pipeline and funding needs.
• Monitor portfolios, financing facilities, and leverage metrics.
• Coordinate with lenders on subscription lines, NAV facilities, and asset-backed facilities.
• Mentor Associates and Senior Associates on analytical practices and processes.
• Direct portfolio risk metrics and FX hedging activities.

Skills

Portfolio finance

Treasury & financing

R programming

Financial modeling

Cash flow projection

Education

Quantitative finance degree

Tools

R

Job description

Adams Street Partners (“Adams Street”) is a global private markets investment manager that has nearly $76 billion* in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, which fosters a positive and unique culture of collaboration, intellectual rigor, integrity, and a commitment to professional development. For the eighth year in a row, Adams Street was named one of Pension & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2025.
Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm’s investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments. Adams Street is considered a private markets pioneer and was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame in 2000.
The firm was founded more than 50 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.
Adams Street has offices in Abu Dhabi, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Menlo Park, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.

• As of June 30, 2026. Adams Street Partners’ methodology to calculate Assets Under Management (AUM) is based on fund net asset value (NAV), plus unfunded commitments, plus leverage, but excluding the effect of subscription lines of credit. The prior AUM methodology was based on investor commitments minus commitments to fully liquidated underlying partnerships. Such change in methodology was effective July 2026; however, for periods shown prior to December 31, 2025, Adams Street continues to use the previous methodology. This updated methodology more closely aligns with (i) the amount of assets managed on behalf of investors and (ii) the amount of capital available to make direct and/or partnership investments. Amounts stated by investment advisers in regulatory filings ("regulatory AUM") have a prescribed methodology, which may, in some circumstances, differ from the methodology such adviser uses for other purposes, including marketing efforts. Additional information is available upon request.

About The Team

The Portfolio Finance team focuses on deal funding, liquidity, and financing across Adams Street’s Private Equity and Private Credit investment strategies. The team manages day to day cash optimization, credit facilities, NAV facilities, and long-term forecasting with a focus on risk management and the performance of our funds.
The role of Vice President will be a leadership role within the team, with firm-wide responsibility across both our Private Equity and Private Credit strategies. The Vice President will be expected to collaborate with various teams across the firm, drive policy, control, and efficiency within the team.

Responsibilities

• Work with Private Equity and Private Credit investment teams, Investment Strategy & Risk Management (ISRM), Operations, Accounting, and Tax teams to optimize liquidity and usage of financing for Adams Street’s portfolios (evergreen, closed ended and custom mandates)
• Build and maintain forward looking models to project cash flows from new deal pipeline, capital inflows/outflows, asset lifecycle events and financing transactions to help plan deployment strategy
• Monitor portfolios and take actions to manage cash levels, financing facilities, target leverage and key performance metrics
• Work with Adams Street lenders to source and negotiate subscription line, NAV, and asset backed credit facilities
• Work across various internal teams to coordinate the sourcing, maintenance, and accuracy of projections used in making economic decisions
• Build and monitor portfolio risk metrics to measure against pre-established risk guidelines (e.g. leverage, cash levels) in growing and dynamic portfolios
• Manage FX Hedging processes across our investment portfolio
• Direct and mentor Associates and Senior Associates supporting the team

Candidate Requirements

We seek an individual who is self-disciplined, demonstrates creative thinking and has the following characteristics:

• At least 5 years (Senior Associate) / 7 years (Vice President) of investment management experience and minimum 3 years managing private market processes and portfolios (including permanent/open ended capital structures)
• Experience with private markets credit facilities preferred
• Advanced degrees with a background in quantitative finance/modeling preferred
• Structured finance experience is a plus
• Strong quantitative, analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills with a financial engineering mindset
• Familiarity with treasury and financing function, products and providers
• Experience communicating and collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Maintains accuracy and quality when working within tight deadlines
• Experienced user of programming languages (e.g. R), database design, and developer of analytical tools are desirable
• Ability to prioritize and independently execute assigned projects while directing and managing support staff

We offer a competitive U.S. benefits package designed to support health, financial security, and work-life balance. Highlights include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match; profit sharing; flexible spending accounts (FSA); and paid parental leave, including adoption. Employees also receive generous paid time off, commuter benefits, employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance, and access to additional voluntary benefits.

NYC Pay Range
$140,000—$180,000 USD