Controller

About the Opportunity

Our client is a $2.5B AUM Private Equity Fund, located in New York City and founded in 2006. Due to exciting new initiatives, they are expanding their team and looking to add a Controller. The CFO is a top-notch mentor, searching for a right-hand partner to oversee the management company function. Their portfolio spans lower middle-market companies across consumer, retail, healthcare, and business services, focusing on scalable platforms with EBITDA ranging from $4M-$25M. Deal structures include recapitalizations, management buyouts, family successions, and divestitures.

The annual base salary range is $225,000 to $300,000. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Oversee quarterly and annual financial reports, ensuring alignment with GAAP standards, especially regarding partnership accounting, intercompany transactions, and consolidations
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to prepare and review annual budgets and forecasts, incorporating their input throughout the process
  • Conduct cash flow analysis for both short- and long-term needs, evaluating impacts on cash management and debt obligations
  • Ensure timely, accurate, and valuable financial and management reporting across all levels
  • Review capital calls and distributions on a quarterly basis
  • Manage invoice processing and expense reimbursements for the company and its subsidiaries, maintaining accuracy and efficiency
  • Identify financial and operational improvement opportunities, collaborating with teams to uphold high-quality standards as the organization grows in size and complexity
  • Review monthly general ledgers and consolidate entities, ensuring supporting schedules align with financial statements
  • Prepare comprehensive monthly management reporting packages
  • Coordinate with Accounts Payable to ensure accurate vendor accruals and appropriate expense allocations across entities
  • Work closely with FP&A to align budgets, forecasts, and cash flow projections with the company’s financial records
  • Take a lead role in implementing enhanced internal controls to ensure compliance and efficiency
  • Drive operational improvements by introducing new systems and refining current processes for management company accounting
  • Participate in system implementations that further the automation of general ledger processes
  • Support the execution of annual audits, both internally and externally
  • Assist in preparing quarterly financial reports and supplemental disclosures
  • Contribute to the tax provision process and review relevant tax-related adjustments
  • Oversee contribution and distribution calculations for investors in management entities and respond to ad hoc investor requests
  • Manage 1099 processing and oversee year-end reporting
  • Support revenue tracking, ensuring proper accounting treatment and compliance with revenue recognition policies
  • Oversee integration and reconciliation between the company’s travel and expense (T&E) system and general ledger

 

Job Requirements

  • 10-20  years of progressive accounting experience in private equity space
  • Excellent attention to detail with a sense of urgency and follow-through
  • Strong ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet tight deadlines
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word

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