Senior Manager of Fund Operations

Job Description:

• Manage and review deliverables from the fund administrator. 
• Review and approve the quarterly and annual financial statements of the funds. 
• Prepare quarterly investor reports. 
• Review management fee calculations, fund-level waterfalls, and expense allocations to ensure compliance with partnership agreements. 
• Review investor capital allocations and statements, capital calls/distributions and related notices. 
• Manage fund liquidity and forecasting. 
• Work with legal counsel to understand partnership agreements and fund transactions.  
• Support the year-end audit process with the firm’s external auditor. 
• Assist with the valuation process.  
• Prepare, review, and respond to investor inquiries and due diligence requests. 
• Support management of portfolio monitoring system including data governance, workflow and process changes, and system administration. 
• Prepare portfolio company and fund-level reporting for internal and external stakeholders leveraging portfolio monitoring system when possible. 
• Produce comprehensive fund reports detailing fund/investment/portfolio/platform-level performance and exposure analytics.  
• Update and maintain models used to generate investor reports and other deliverables.  
• Validate models and lead strategic projects related to automation, deliverable design, and process re-engineering. 
• Work directly with Controller and CFO to assist in all accounting and operational functions.  
• Provide compliance/regulatory support as needed.  
• Work directly with investment team on portfolio company reporting and activity.  
• Attend portfolio company board meetings and update calls.  

Qualifications:

• 3-7 years of relevant direct Private Equity experience. 
• Data mining experience (i.e., you know how to pull data/produce reports for internal and external stakeholders). 
• Experience with financial accounting and with US GAAP. 
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business accounting, or finance required. 
• You are entrepreneurial, a self-starter, detail oriented, organized, can meet firm deadlines, a team player/willing to pitch in where needed, can multitask, and prioritize, have excellent written/verbal communication skills, are honest, and have a great attitude. 
• Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity. 
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills. 
• Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in accounting, business accounting, or finance preferred. 
• Strong Microsoft Office skills. 
• Roll up your sleeve’s mentality, flexible and ability to multi-task. 
• Ability to be even keel in a fast-paced environment. 
• Ability to meaningfully connect with all levels of the organization. 
• Onsite position in Stamford, CT conveniently located 2 blocks from the Stamford rail station. 
• Work between office locations (Stamford and Greenwich). 
• Ability to work from home one or two days a week.