Director, Fund Administration (Accounting)

About Juniper Square

Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow.

Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come. Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger.

About Your Role

This is a great opportunity to join a growing initiative as we continue to evolve and scale Juniper Square’s fund administration service, filling a substantial market gap in the fund administration space. The service has had a huge impact across the business as it relates to workflow automation, leveraging technology to deliver up to par customer experience, and enabling GPs to strengthen relationships with LPs. As a Director, Fund Accounting, you will be responsible for building and leading our Emerging Talent Program in fund administration and overseeing deliverables focusing on fund administration services. This role will report to a Senior Director, Fund Accounting.

You will have a significant opportunity to help shape the trajectory of the function and in so doing help to deliver a best-in-class experience to our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Team leadership and management: Responsible for staffing and capacity management, including working with the leadership team to forecast hiring needs
• Hire, onboard and train a team of varying experience level individual contributors as well as managers on general fund accounting and internal procedures and guiding the team through the proficiency certification process
• Conduct formal performance reviews and provide coaching and feedback to direct reports throughout the year
• Responsible for ensuring team satisfaction as assessed by our bi-annual employee engagement survey; design and execute on initiatives to improve team satisfaction following each survey
• Partner with the enablement team to enhance the training process and learning content
• Client Service And Fund Accounting Delivery: Responsible for fund administration service delivery, including assessing customer health, ensuring that deliverables are presented accurately and on time and that the team is conducting activities within our defined scope of work
• Responsible for ensuring collection on invoices to customers and timely maintenance of contracts with customers
• Serve as internal escalation point for challenging customer situations and complex accounting questions from the team
• Identify and execute on initiatives to improve team efficiency and productivity, including collaborating with our Product Team on technology and automation improvements
• Maintain strong controls around deliverables and identify how our controls should evolve as the team scales
• Oversee the year-end audit process
• Identify out-of-scope requests from clients and collaborate with Marketing, Product and Investor Services to scope new service offerings

Qualifications

• 12+ years of fund accounting experience in private equity, venture capital, real estate, and/or hedge funds. Experience working at a fund administrator is required
• 5+ years of experience hiring, managing and developing a team of fund accountants, inclusive of managing a team of entry level fund accountants
• Passion to develop and train entry level talent and providing coaching to ensure they are successful in their role
• Possess strong client and relationship management skills to drive outcomes and meet customer needs
• Operational mindset with a strong focus on building repeatable, scalable processes
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Skilled at building relationships at all levels of the organization
• Comfort with ambiguity; self-starter and entrepreneurial; inclusive attitude