Vice President, PE Fund Administration - Leading PE Firm
A leading private equity firm is seeking a Vice President to join its high-performing finance team. This role sits within a highly visible fund finance function responsible for the accounting, reporting, treasury, and operational oversight of a complex private equity fund platform. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends technical fund accounting, financial reporting, third-party administrator oversight, process improvement, and team development. The position is ideal for someone who enjoys complex fund structures, thrives in a detail-oriented environment, and can partner effectively with internal stakeholders, external administrators, auditors, and senior finance leadership. The firm is currently in the midst of a strategic co-source / outsource fund administration initiative, making this an excellent opportunity for someone who has worked closely with third-party fund administrators and wants to help shape a future-state operating model at a world-class investment platform. Company Overview & Benefits The firm offers a highly competitive total compensation and benefits package, including:
- Strong base salary
- 40%+ annual bonus
- Profit sharing potential
- Annual 401(k) match
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development support
- Comprehensive healthcare and benefits package
- Collaborative, high-performing culture with strong internal mobility
Responsibilities
- Fund accounting and reporting: Oversee accounting, reporting, and treasury activity for a portfolio of complex private equity funds, including quarterly financial statements, investor reporting, and supporting schedules.
- Complex fund review: Review technical fund matters such as AIV reporting, waterfall calculations, investor allocations, capital calls, distributions, and investor-level opt-out scenarios.
- Third-party administrator oversight: Serve as a key liaison with external fund administrators, ensuring reporting deliverables, data flows, timelines, and service levels are accurate, complete, and met consistently.
- Audit and stakeholder coordination: Partner with auditors, internal finance, legal, compliance, tax, investor relations, and limited partner services teams during quarterly and year-end reporting cycles.
- Process improvement and technology: Identify opportunities to strengthen controls, streamline workflows, improve operating efficiency, and support automation / AI initiatives across the fund finance function.
- Team leadership: Provide coaching, review, and day-to-day oversight to accountants and senior accountants across the broader fund finance team.
What We’re Looking For
- CPA required
- Progressive accounting experience, ideally with exposure to private equity, alternative investments, fund accounting, or fund administration
- Strong preference for a blend of public accounting and private equity/fund administration experience
- Experience working with or overseeing third-party fund administrators strongly preferred
- Fund administrator backgrounds will be seriously considered, especially candidates who have supported complex private equity clients
- Strong technical understanding of fund accounting, US GAAP financial reporting, capital calls, distributions, waterfalls, allocations, and investor reporting
- Experience reviewing complex fund structures, AIVs, Luxembourg structures, or multi-entity fund platforms is a plus
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