Job Description

A leading private equity firm is seeking a  Vice President  to join its high-performing finance team. This role sits within a highly visible fund finance function responsible for the accounting, reporting, treasury, and operational oversight of a complex private equity fund platform.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends technical fund accounting, financial reporting, third-party administrator oversight, process improvement, and team development. The position is ideal for someone who enjoys complex fund structures, thrives in a detail-oriented environment, and can partner effectively with internal stakeholders, external administrators, auditors, and senior finance leadership.

The firm is currently in the midst of a strategic co-source / outsource fund administration initiative, making this an excellent opportunity for someone who has worked closely with third-party fund administrators and wants to help shape a future-state operating model at a world-class investment platform.

Company Overview & Benefits

The firm offers a highly competitive total compensation and benefits package, including:

• Strong base salary
• 40%+ annual bonus 
• Profit sharing potential
• Annual 401(k) match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development support
• Comprehensive healthcare and benefits package
• Collaborative, high-performing culture with strong internal mobility

Responsibilities

• Fund accounting and reporting:  Oversee accounting, reporting, and treasury activity for a portfolio of complex private equity funds, including quarterly financial statements, investor reporting, and supporting schedules.
• Complex fund review:  Review technical fund matters such as AIV reporting, waterfall calculations, investor allocations, capital calls, distributions, and investor-level opt-out scenarios.
• Third-party administrator oversight:  Serve as a key liaison with external fund administrators, ensuring reporting deliverables, data flows, timelines, and service levels are accurate, complete, and met consistently.
• Audit and stakeholder coordination:  Partner with auditors, internal finance, legal, compliance, tax, investor relations, and limited partner services teams during quarterly and year-end reporting cycles.
• Process improvement and technology:  Identify opportunities to strengthen controls, streamline workflows, improve operating efficiency, and support automation / AI initiatives across the fund finance function.
• Team leadership:  Provide coaching, review, and day-to-day oversight to accountants and senior accountants across the broader fund finance team.

What We’re Looking For

• CPA required
• Progressive accounting experience, ideally with exposure to private equity, alternative investments, fund accounting, or fund administration
• Strong preference for a blend of public accounting and private equity/fund administration experience
• Experience working with or overseeing third-party fund administrators strongly preferred
• Fund administrator backgrounds will be seriously considered, especially candidates who have supported complex private equity clients
• Strong technical understanding of fund accounting, US GAAP financial reporting, capital calls, distributions, waterfalls, allocations, and investor reporting
• Experience reviewing complex fund structures, AIVs, Luxembourg structures, or multi-entity fund platforms is a plus

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