Assistant Controller​/Controller, GP Fund Accounting

Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth.

Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

The Associate Director/Director will be part of the Carry-Coinvest Controller team that supports both self and third party
-administered employee co-invest funds and carried interest entities across all Apollo Private Equity and Credit funds. This is a varied role and key to the successful finance support function to the businesses, as Apollo continues to launch new funds across their various platforms. The person should be enthusiastic, hard-working, self-starter and willing to take on challenges.

This role involves working closely with several departments within Apollo including various Fund Controller teams, human capital, legal, and tax to ensure the preparation of accurate and timely information.

The role sits within the Global Business Finance team and it is expected that the individual will form good relationships with the Corporate and Fund Controller teams in order to facilitate the support of accurate reporting to Apollo.

Primary Responsibilities

• Critical team member in originating, development, and launch of new carry/incentive plans and other compensation related projects.

• Maintenance and review of full accounting records in Investran, including analytical reviews and monthly/quarterly reporting

• Review of capital calls and distributions for co-invest and carried interest entities

• Collaborate with multiple teams (AGM, tax, compliance, analytics, and compensation) for monthly and quarterly reporting and ad hoc requests including requests from carry and co-invest participants

• Liaison with external auditors with regards to statutory fund audits

• Close coordination with Employee Investor Services for onboarding of Carry Plans, Employee Co-investment opportunities and Employee Loan Program

• Participate in group initiatives to streamline, automate and simplify current processes to create efficiencies

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 6+ years of experience (mix of public accounting & and private preferred)

• Undergraduate accounting degree with exceptional academic credentials.

• Strong U.S. GAAP and technical accounting expertise (CPA or equivalent is a plus)

• General Partner Accounting experience a plus

• Highly skilled with Excel

• Client-serving individual who exhibits strong interpersonal, verbal and written skills

• Individual must be diligent and work well in a team environment

• Strong organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Proactive, forward thinking, creative individual with high ethical standards

• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines with great attention to detail

• Experience with Investran and Salesforce is a plus

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider…