POSITION SPECIFICATION
Position TitleAssistant Vice President, Fund Accounting & OperationsReporting ToVice President, Fund Accounting & OperationsLocationHyderabad
Responsibilities
This position is within Oaktree’s Fund Accounting & Operations Shared Services team, which works across all of Oaktree’s fund accounting teams to centralize and streamline fund data. Shared Services works in partnership with several other sub-departments to deliver standardized fund data, so strong communication, collaboration skills and decision quality are critical to success in this position.The Assistant Vice President will review accounting-related responses to due diligence questions and client requests across fund accounting strategies prepared by a team of analysts. This role acts as a liaison between Fund Accounting and Marketing, Client Services and Diligence Services teams to serve clients and prospects. This role will also assist with initiatives to implement or improve standardized processes over financial and non-financial information across Oaktree’s CFO Organization.Responsibilities include:
- Manage communication across multiple departments to respond to due diligence requests from prospective clients effectively and efficiently
- Provide oversight and day-to-day guidance to other Shared Services team members based in the Hyderabad office, ensuring high-quality and consistent deliverables
- Oversee and validate complex investor performance calculations and supporting materials prepared by analysts for Client Services and Marketing. This includes investor-level management and incentive fee calculations, capital activity, preferred return calculations, waterfall schedules, special fee distributions, and relationship summaries
- Review, prepare, and process ad hoc client inquiries related to fund reporting and partner activity, including fund financial statement reconciliations, quarterly partner statement questions, and ILPA template requests
- Serve as a primary point of contact within the Fund Accounting & Operations organization for client-facing requests involving accounting data and reporting
- Support consistency and accuracy across fund accounting processes by reviewing key deliverables, identifying process improvement opportunities, and helping implement best practices across teams
- Contribute to cross-functional initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, and client service delivery
Qualifications
- Minimum 8 – 10+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in public accounting with at least 2 years of experience in the investment management industry
- 3+ years of management experience and proven success as a leader
- Strong communication skills – proven ability to tailor communication to various audiences
- Strong knowledge of private investment funds, investment company accounting and partnership accounting
- Familiarity with investment management operations and performance
- Excellent judgment and analytical skills – proven ability to communicate proactively, analyze issues and reach well-considered conclusions under tight time constraints
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
Personal Attributes
- Relationship Building; works effectively with diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents and backgrounds. Ability to elicit cooperation from and gain the confidence of a wide variety of participants including upper management, other departments and third-party service providers.
- Communication; strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
- Independence & Collaboration; proficient at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; able to complete work effectively with limited supervision (at times) with high attention-to-detail.
- Flexibility & Organization: adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities; proven ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing demands; able to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
- Driving Results: drives issues to closure; is a self-starter committed to achieving results and has a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
- Intellectual Curiosity; energized by learning new things and engaging across a wide range of issues; adept at conducting research into project-related issues; display a technical aptitude that lends itself to learning and mastering new technologies.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors.
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.
For positions based in Los Angeles
For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
