Associate Manager - Private Equity Accounting

About the role

Associate Managers manage key private equity fund relationships and oversee the full spectrum of alternative investment fund accounting, from capital activity and waterfalls to financial reporting and audits. You’ll also play a hands-on role in developing junior talent, shaping team performance, and ensuring high-quality delivery across complex, deadline-driven client engagements. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise in private markets in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support development of team members by providing technical training and sharing fund knowledge
• Review client deliverables, including, but not limited to: quarterly financial statements, investment data, partner’s capital allocations, fund net asset value and applicable accrual bookings
• Primary liaison for book of business and work closely with external parties such as auditors, law firms and tax advisors
• Prepare, review and maintain general ledgers, sub ledgers and trial balances for multiple fund clients, according to various accounting standards (IFRS/US GAAP/local GAAP)
• Run and/or assist the implementation, onboarding and setup of new client entities
• Contribute and identify opportunity for the development and implementation of adequate and effective processes to improve the overall operations
• Actively plan, coordinate and monitor the quality and timing of various client deliverables of the team, according to the operating memoranda/SLAs
• Agggregation, maintenance and reconciliation of key business and client metrics

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• 6+ years’ experience in accounting, focus on alternative investments funds
• Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other comprehensive basis of accounting, with an emphasis on investment partnerships
• Proven ability to manage time effectively and multi-task between shifting priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, advanced Excel skills required

Qualifications

• Private Equity/Real Assets experience, CPA designation and/or MBA are pluses