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About the Company:
Our client is a privately held specialty finance and asset management firm operating private credit funds, an equity long/short hedge fund, and a single-family office serving the firm’s principal. They work across fund management, specialty finance, and family office operations to deliver sophisticated financial oversight, strong reporting, and long-term strategic support. With technical rigor, discretion, and operational excellence at their core, they are building a high-performing finance function to support both investment platforms and personal wealth structures.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Vice President of Finance who combines technical accounting depth with strong judgment and hands-on execution. You’ll own day-to-day finance, bookkeeping, fund accounting, tax coordination, and reporting across the firm’s private credit funds, hedge fund, management company, and family office entities. This role requires someone who is detail-oriented, highly discreet, operationally strong, and comfortable owning a broad finance function as the sole internal finance professional.
You Will:
- Oversee NAV and book-of-record processes with third-party fund administrators
- Prepare or review annual U.S. GAAP audited financial statements and drive the audit process
- Review partner capital accounts, management fees, incentive allocations, waterfalls, and expense allocations
- Manage bookkeeping and accounting for the specialty finance company, management company, GP entities, and related entities
- Coordinate with external tax providers on fund tax filings, K-1s, K-3s, withholding, and tax allocation methodologies
- Respond to investor tax questions and support tax reporting needs for U.S., tax-exempt, and non-U.S. investors
- Manage tax filings and coordination for the management company, GP entities, and related LLCs
- Work with outside CPAs on the principal’s personal returns
- Oversee treasury operations, cash forecasting, capital calls, distributions, subscriptions, redemptions, and wire approvals
- Manage banking, custody, and prime brokerage relationships
- Maintain internal controls, finance procedures, and identify areas for process improvement
- Produce consolidated personal financial statements, liquidity reports, and net worth reporting for the principal
- Maintain books for personal LLCs, real estate holdings, and direct investments
- Coordinate with advisors, attorneys, insurance brokers, and CPAs on estate planning, gifting, philanthropy, and entity formation
- Support investor onboarding, AML/KYC coordination, DDQs, investor letters, and ad hoc LP requests
- Support compliance filings and partner with leadership on SPVs, side letters, new fund launches, and systems improvements
About You:
Your Background:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 7+ years of accounting and finance experience
- Strong experience within alternative investments such as hedge funds, private credit, private equity, or fund-of-funds
- Deep, demonstrable expertise in U.S. GAAP
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. partnership taxation and investor tax reporting
- Prior experience working with third-party fund administrators, auditors, and tax preparers
- Hands-on familiarity with hedge fund accounting concepts such as equalization, side pockets, and performance fee crystallization
- Hands-on familiarity with private credit accounting concepts such as PIK interest, OID accretion, fee income, and fair value of illiquid loans
- Advanced Excel skills
- Proficiency with fund accounting and general ledger systems
- Strong discretion and judgment handling highly confidential financial and personal information
- Excellent communication skills — comfortable working with leadership, investors, external providers, and advisors
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating as a sole in-house finance leader
- Nice to Have:
- Experience with investor relations support
- Experience supporting DDQs and investor reporting requests
- Exposure to family office finance and personal entity accounting
- Experience with AML/KYC coordination and compliance-related workflows
- Experience improving systems, automating workflows, and scaling finance infrastructure
- Eligibility or readiness to participate in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment
Compensation & Benefits:
- Compensation in USD
- 3 weeks PTO + US Holidays
- 100% remote
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