Senior Accounting Analyst

Job description

Senior Accounting Analyst

An investment manager is seeking to hire an Accounting Analyst to join their Merchant Bank finance team in downtown San Francisco. The candidate will report directly to the Merchant Bank Assistant Controller, while working closely with the Private Equity Team, and Merchant Bank.

Responsibilities:

• Working with the assistant controller & external fund administrator to process capital calls, distributions, wire transfers, and investor updates.
• Provide review and oversight to work completed by the fund administrator.
• Support the merchant bank and private equity teams in deal funding operations.
• Support the merchant bank and private equity teams in data maintenance for portfolio investments.
• Support Merchant Bank team with special projects including preparing portfolio decks, maintaining dashboards, and providing ad-hoc reporting.
• Assist with review of quarterly private company investment valuations prepared by Private Equity, Real Estate, and Merchant Bank teams.
• Assist in review of quarterly GAAP financial statements and Limited Partner reporting packages prepared by fund administrator.
• Provide support to the finance team in annual financial statement audits and tax filings.
• Support the accounts payable function to review and allocate incoming invoices for payment.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in public accounting or industry accounting position (preferably in the VC/PE/Alternative Assets space).
• Strong work ethic, initiative, and attention to detail.
• Superior communication skills, oral and written.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Highly motivated, self-driven, solution and detail oriented.
• Superior Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Bachelor's degree with concentration in business/accounting/economics/finance.
• CPA is a plus.

Compensation:

• $100-110 plus bonus