VP, Credit Funds Controller

Posted Friday, August 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Harbor Group International (HGI) is a leading global private equity real estate investment manager, with $21 billion in assets under management. HGI's vertically integrated platform offers a broad range of both direct real estate and credit strategies across the risk/return spectrum.

Vice President, Investment Accounting, Credit Funds Controller

Division: Corporate – Accounting & Finance

Status: Exempt

Location: On-Site-Norfolk, VA or New York, NY Corporate Office

Harbor Group Management Company | Unlocking Opportunities, Enriching Lives

The Vice President, Investment Accounting, Credit Funds Controller is responsible for the financial integrity, reporting, and fund administration of Harbor Group’s growing credit fund platform. This role oversees accounting and reporting for the firm’s credit funds and their underlying credit investments, including first mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, investment grade bonds, preferred equity, and mezzanine loans. The VP ensures the integrity of financial information and owns the relationship with the platform’s third-party fund administrators.

This role also provides organizational leadership by developing and mentoring a small, highly specialized accounting team and partnering closely across investment management, tax, and investor relations. As Harbor Group builds at the forefront of data analytics and AI, this role is expected to lead the credit fund accounting team’s adoption of these capabilities, automating routine close and reporting work so the team can focus on analysis and insight for the business.

This is a high-visibility role that partners closely with the CAO, CIO, and Head of Investment Management on the credit fund platform, with regular, direct communication with the firm's institutional investors.

Strategic & Executive Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CAO, CIO, and Head of Investment Management, providing the analysis behind capital, liquidity, and distribution decisions across the credit fund platform, and communicating regularly and directly with the firm’s institutional investors on fund performance, valuation, and reporting matters.
• Champion the firm’s data analytics and AI tools across the accounting function, partnering with the Technology team on automation and new tools to streamline the close and scale credit fund reporting, and building a team defined by automation-driven efficiency and analytical depth rather than manual process.
• Support the Chief Accounting Officer on strategic initiatives and special projects, including systems integrations, new business ventures, fund launches, and portfolio optimization.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, and analysis for senior leadership.

Credit Fund Accounting & Financial Reporting Oversight

• Support the front-office investment team and Investor Relations with fund performance and profitability analytics, capital account statements, and AUM analytics.
• Oversee the month-end and quarter-end close for the credit fund platform; serve as final reviewer of fund-level financial statements, general ledgers, and investor/partner capital allocations.
• Oversee accounting for the credit fund platform’s underlying investments, including interest income recognition, amortization of premiums/discounts and fees, allowance/impairment analysis, securitizations, and other transaction activity, in accordance with GAAP and internal accounting policies.
• Own and oversee the relationship with the platform’s third-party fund administrator, including review and validation of administrator-prepared NAVs, capital account activity, and investor allocations, and oversee fund-level capital activity such as capital calls, distributions, subsequent closes, and expense allocations.
• Assist with the annual budget process and monthly budget-to-actual analysis, and drive efforts to monitor, manage, and reduce fund expenses across the platform.
• Review management fee calculations for accuracy and consistency with fund governing documents.
• Review valuations for consistency with firm policy and fund/LP agreements, including ASC 820…