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Senior Fund Accountant
Location: Chicago Region
Category: Finance & Accounting
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Contact: FADAdChi@addisongroup.com
Senior Fund Accountant
Company: Well established financial firm recognized as one of the best performing firm in the industry by Global Custodian Magazine in their annual survey of Private Equity Fund Administrators. Administering over $180B in assets. Servicing nearly every significant investor in the asset class. The most experienced and best performing team in the industry.
Job Description:
Senior Fund Accountant will be responsible for providing accounting services including preparation and processing of transactions and financial statements with supporting schedules and work papers.
Primary duties include:
- Examine and analyze accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting standards
- Review work-papers, prepare call and distribution letters, calculate carried interest, and allocate profits and losses with special allocations for blocked or tax-exempt Partners
- Prepare Consolidated Financial Statements with footnotes
- Analyze investment documents and properly set up investment structures including holding companies, AIV’s and blockers
- Calculate current and deferred tax expense/benefit and related deferred tax assets/liabilities
- Train new employees and assist with new fund transition and/or set up
Job Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Accountancy
- Working knowledge of consolidations with non-controlling interest
- Working knowledge of realized and unrealized waterfall allocations
- At least two years of experience in private equity accounting position