Senior Associate-Fund Accounting

Role Summary

• Support fund accounting, financial reporting, investor reporting, and operational activities across private equity funds, co-investment vehicles, SPVs, GP entities, and management companies.
• Perform accounting, reconciliations, capital activity processing, and quarter-end close within a complex alternative investment environment.
• Partner with finance, fund administration, audit, tax, compliance, and investor relations teams to ensure accurate reporting and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries independently using supporting schedules, transaction documentation, and bank statements.
• Perform bank reconciliations and investigate outstanding reconciling items.
• Review and process fund and management company invoices and validate expense allocations.
• Record accruals, prepaid amortization, management fees, and other period-end accounting adjustments.
• Track and record capital calls, distributions, commitments, and investor transactions.
• Support Investran reconciliations and maintain integrity between accounting and reporting systems.
• Perform end-to-end quarter-end and year-end close activities.
• Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules in accordance with reporting requirements.
• Review financial statements for accuracy, tie-outs, cross-references, and presentation consistency.
• Support preparation of investor reporting packages, capital account statements, and quarterly reporting deliverables.
• Assist with regulatory, compliance, tax, and audit reporting requirements including standard reporting packages.
• Manage investor queries, maintain reporting trackers, and support ad hoc accounting and operational projects.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Private Equity Fund Accounting, Fund Administration, Fund Operations, or Alternative Investments.
• Strong understanding of private equity fund structures, partnership accounting, capital activity, and investor allocations.
• Proven experience preparing journal entries independently using supporting documentation and bank statements.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end quarter-end close and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with reconciliations, expense allocations, accruals, and general ledger accounting.
• Exposure to investor reporting, fund reporting, and audit support activities.
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Investran.
• Exposure to flagship buyout funds, co-investment structures, SPVs, and management company accounting.
• Experience supporting investor reporting and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Experience working with fund administrators, auditors, tax advisors, and investor relations teams.
• Exposure to process improvement and automation initiatives.

Basic Information

• Position Title - Senior Associate
• Experience Level - 5+
• Department - Private Markets
• Location - Gurgaon/Bangalore
• Position reports to - Delivery Manager

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