Senior Fund Accountant | Midtown NYC | Registered BDC Fund

Senior Fund Accountant | Midtown NYC | Registered BDC Fund

Our team is working with a leading credit fund based in NYC looking to hire a Senior Fund Accountant to their growing BDC strategy. The Senior Fund Accountant will support the financial reporting, fund accounting, and regulatory compliance functions for a publicly traded investment vehicle, with a focus on SEC reporting, U.S. GAAP compliance, and investment company accounting. Responsibilities include reviewing Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy filings, overseeing NAV calculations and fund accounting activities, analyzing complex investment transactions, and preparing management, shareholder, and regulatory reporting.

The position serves as a key liaison across fund administration, investor relations, tax, compliance, legal, valuation, and audit teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and operational execution.

This role is a full-time on-site position that will offer between $120K-130K base, a 20% bonus, & strong benefits.

• Review fund NAVs, investor capital account statements, and financial reports prepared by third-party fund administrators for accuracy and consistency with fund documents and internal records.
• Support recurring monthly and quarterly close processes, including review of administrator packages, reconciliations, and supporting work papers.
• Monitor and validate fund-level expenses, management fees, performance allocations, accruals, and other key calculations.
• Maintain internal fund data, dashboards, reporting calendars, and work papers to track capital activity, distributions, valuation events, and recurring reporting deliverables.
• Assist in the review of capital call and distribution notices before delivery to investors.
• Support the tracking of investment holdings, cash flows, and portfolio activity across applicable fund structures.
• Manage fund activity within the shadow accounting environment, including VPM, maintaining complete accounting records and supporting the accurate calculation of fund accruals, NAV components, and recurring fund-level reporting.
• Assist in the analysis and processing of complex investment activity, including restructurings, amendments, forbearances, recapitalizations, PIK income, OID, and valuation adjustments.
• Coordinate with offshore teams to delegate tasks, review deliverables, and ensure timely and accurate completion of recurring workflows.
• Coordinate with external administrators, auditors, and tax advisors to support timely and accurate delivery of reporting packages, audit materials, tax information, and regulatory filings.
• Support internal and external audit processes by managing timelines, organizing support, and facilitating information exchange.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience, with public accounting, fund administration, asset management, private credit, private equity, hedge fund, or financial services experience preferred.
• Experience supporting recurring close, reporting, audit, fund accounting, or fund administration deliverables.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, with a focus on investment fund accounting and financial reporting.
• CPA designation or active progress toward CPA certification strongly preferred.
• Experience working with third-party fund administrators.
• Familiarity with partnership accounting, complex fund structures, and U.S. tax considerations for investment funds.
• Exposure to debt investments and structured products, including bank loans, bonds, PIK income, OID, restructurings, amendments, and valuation adjustments.
• Experience with accounting, trade, or shadow accounting systems, including VPM, Investran, Geneva, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools or workflow automation, with an interest in using technology responsibly to improve reporting efficiency, documentation quality, and review transparency.