Corporate Controller
confidentialJersey City, NJ
Corporate Controller
confidentialJersey City, NJLead L6
Portfolio Management and Investment AdviceMiscellaneous Financial Investment ActivitiesCorporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices
The Role:
A private equity firm in New York City is hiring a Corporate Controller. The role is hybrid and reports to the Chief Financial Officer. The Controller owns the management company’s books, the close, and the financial reporting that goes to the partners. The firm is private and confidential, so the name is shared once a conversation is underway.
Responsibilities:
- Run the monthly, quarterly and annual close for the management company and its affiliated entities
- Own GAAP financial statements and the reporting package for the partners
- Oversee fund accounting outputs from the administrator, including capital calls, distributions, management fees and carry calculations
- Manage the audit and tax processes with external auditors and tax advisors, including partnership and K-1 deliverables
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and cash management for the management company
- Maintain the control environment, accounting policies and month end review standards
- Manage and develop a small accounting team
- Support the CFO on investor reporting, due diligence requests and ad hoc partner requests
- Qualifications8 to 15 years of accounting experience, with at least 4 in private equity, hedge fund or alternative asset managementCPA strongly preferred
- Big 4 audit background with alternative asset clients is a plus
- Hands on management company accounting, plus working knowledge of fund accounting, waterfalls and partnership tax
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, strong academic record
- Experience managing an administrator and external auditors
- Clear communicator who can brief partners directly and write a clean reporting package
- Based in or willing to be in New York City, in the office three days a week
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Level
Lead L6
Location
Jersey City, NJ
Occupation
Accountants and Auditors
Industry
Portfolio Management and Investment Advice
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