State Street
Fund Accounting & Administration (Private Equity), Vice President
State Street, Boston, MA, United States
Responsibilities
- Partner with both clients and colleagues to establish the workflow and client deadlines while supervising staff members.
- Deliver reporting and day-to-day accounting and support for our clients.
- Supervise all lower level staff (including Associate 1, Associate 2, Senior Staff, Officer and AVP).
- Manage client relationships with both client personnel and fund investors.
- Review quarterly and annual financial work paper packages including portfolio schedules, accruals and PCAP allocations.
- Review quarterly and annual financial statements and footnotes.
- Review and/or prepare annual tax work paper packages.
- Review and/or prepare capital calls and distributions, including notices and release merged documents.
- Review monthly bank reconciliations and post journal entries.
- Review quarterly management fee calculations.
- Review and/or prepare various client related correspondence.
- Work with database team regarding client deliverables such as financial statements, capital calls and distribution notices.
- Engage in heavy client interaction on a daily basis.
- Coordinate annual audit and tax return preparation with Big 4 accounting firms.
- Review and/or prepare waterfall and capital account allocations.
- Understand how to navigate through limited partnership agreements.
- Review and/or prepare estimated tax workpapers.
- Maintain working relationships with all client contacts, including investment professionals, investors, auditors, lawyers and banking personnel.
- Assist accounting managers to ensure compliance with investment fund agreements and other legal documents.
- Manage internal workflow and client deadlines.
- Identify any unusual or potentially suspicious transaction activity and report and/or escalate in accordance with corporate policy and guidelines.
Qualifications
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills.
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
- Ability to multi-task and work efficiently to meet client deliverables.
- Real Estate, Fund, or Private Equity accounting experience.
- CPA or CPA Candidate.
- The ideal candidate will be a well-organized, detail-oriented, analytical individual with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Candidates must demonstrate the ability to simultaneously handle multiple assignments and pressure while working efficiently to meet client deliverables.
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages.
- Generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks.
- Access to flexible Work Program to help match your needs.
- Wealth of development programs and educational support to help you reach your full potential.
- Tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks.
- Salary range: $100,000 - $160,000 Annual.
- The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified.