AVP of Fund Finance, Global Private Equity
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
We are partnering with a large global alternative investment manager on an AVP-level finance opportunity.
This is a senior hands-on role supporting a growing investment platform with exposure across private markets credit structured investments fixed income and other alternative investment strategies. The person joining will have meaningful ownership of the finance function while working closely with investment professionals portfolio management operations tax legal compliance external auditors and third-party fund administrators.
This is not a narrow fund accounting role. The team is looking for someone who can understand complex investments oversee the accounting and reporting infrastructure around them manage external providers and serve as a strong finance partner to senior stakeholders across the business.
Position Highlights
- Senior finance leadership role within a large sophisticated alternative investment platform
- Broad exposure across credit private investments structured products and other complex asset classes
- Significant interaction with investment portfolio management operations tax legal and compliance teams
- Ownership of key third-party fund administrator relationships
- Opportunity to help develop and improve finance processes as the business continues to grow
- Highly visible position with exposure to senior leadership
- Collaborative culture with a strong track record of internal career growth
- Comprehensive healthcare retirement family and wellness benefits
- Strong emphasis on technology automation and practical use of AI within finance
Compensation
- Significant annual performance bonus
- Additional firm-sponsored retirement / profit-sharing compensation
- Further long-term compensation opportunities at senior levels
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior finance lead supporting a complex and growing investment platform
- Develop a strong understanding of the underlying investments and fund structures across multiple asset classes
- Oversee third-party fund administrators and review key accounting and reporting deliverables
- Lead NAV review financial reporting consolidations cash management expense allocations and specialized reporting
- Support valuation processes and related senior-level reporting
- Own the year-end audit process and manage relationships with external auditors
- Partner with investment and portfolio management teams on new and existing investments
- Coordinate closely with operations tax legal compliance and other finance groups
- Improve and scale accounting reporting controls and finance infrastructure
- Manage complex projects and time-sensitive requests for senior leadership
Qualifications
- Relevant accounting fund finance investment accounting or asset management experience
- Experience within an alternative asset manager investment manager private markets firm fund administrator or public accounting firm
- Big 4 / public accounting experience strongly preferred
- Strong technical accounting foundation with exposure to complex investments and fund structures
- Experience overseeing fund administrators or other outsourced service providers
- CPA strongly preferred; CFA or comparable qualification also relevant
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong technology aptitude and an interest in automation and AI
- Comfortable interpreting fund investment and legal documentation
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with investment professionals and senior leadership
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and high-expectation investment environment
This is a strong opportunity for someone coming from asset management finance fund finance investment accounting private markets alternative investments financial reporting or fund accounting who wants broader ownership and exposure within a highly sophisticated investment platform.