Summary
Seeking an accountant to organize and manage certain personal investment, accounting and tax functions.
Company Information:
A global leader in alternative investing with approximately $60 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.
Job Description:
- Organize and manage certain personal investment, accounting and tax functions for our Managing Partners
- Maintain and reconcile ledgers for alternative investments that track investment details, cashflows, performance, K-1 attributes, liquidity rules, book and tax basis
- Reconcile Managing Partners’ book and tax income
- Monitor and manage liquidity for Managing Partners’ investments and work with personal banks to coordinate capital calls and distributions
- Review and reconcile personal investment transactions with counterparties
- Prepare monthly summary reports: reconciliations, balances, liquidity, total returns for Managing Partners’ personal investments
- Assist with and organize personal financial and estate planning transactions on behalf of Managing Partners with counterparties
- Continually identify opportunities for process improvements through efficient data organization, standardized workflows, and automated templates
- Identify and lead the implementation of investment and reporting software
- Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the Managing Partners’ investment vehicles in order to identify issues and help identify portfolio tax optimization
- Collaborate with tax professionals in the preparation of filings
- Researching accounting and tax issues that arise from investment transactions
- Support specified fund tax and financial reporting matters as a member of the Residential Team
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
- 10+ years professional experience in public accounting / family office / high-net-worth tax and accounting
- An accomplished, top-performing accounting / controller professional with experience in the alternative asset management industry and a strong understanding of PE, Hedge funds and related fund tax compliance
- Highly proficient with Excel and Powerpoint
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, discreet and trustworthy
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to both explain the big picture clearly and concisely to senior management, and explain specific positions in detail
- Collaborative and team-oriented professional