Senior Fund Accountant

As a Senior Fund Accountant, you support the overall reporting, analysis, and operations of a fund of Cortland assets. Here are the roles you’ll play:

• Assist with capital call and distribution calculations in accordance with the applicable partnership agreements
• Calculate and report quarterly investor level reporting – like NAV statements
• Assist with quarterly and year-end close activities for your fund and its underlying investments, including the preparation of income statements, balance sheets, and cash account reconciliations
• Collaborate with the Investments team to prepare and review client deliverables, drawdown/distribution notices, NAV statements, and quarterly reports
• Help coordinate annual fund-level audits that include accounting processes like bank reconciliations, cash management, general ledger entries, and financial statement preparation and review
• Prepare quarterly unaudited and annual audited financial statements
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and other treasury functions
• Complete quarterly equity reconciliations

• Apply your knowledge of partnerships, fund structures, waterfalls, preferred return/promote/carried interest, acquisition fees, and capital transactions
• Forecast fund and portfolio level liquidity for senior management
• Effectively communicate with senior management regarding financial statements, investor reporting, and cash management
• Help develop, document, and communicate accounting policy and procedures; identify and implement process improvements as applicable
• Review fee calculations per the provisions of the respective agreements

• Investors have a crystal‑clear picture of how their assets are performing thanks to your contributions.
• The Fund Controller you work with looks forward to receiving your inputs because they are always insightful and spot on.
• You make everyone’s lives easier by providing them with highly accurate and timely reports, keeping the whole team on the same page.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA or MBA a plus
• 1-3 years’ experience with financial management
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, problem‑solving, and time‑management skills
• Extraordinary attention to detail while performing multiple assignments under tight deadlines
• Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office programs