Assistant Vice President, Fund Accounting, Private Equity

As an Assistant Vice President at Oaktree, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the books and records for various funds within the Private Equity Closed-end fund accounting team. Your responsibilities will include: - Overseeing the accounting and reconciliation of cash and investment activities performed by the team - Supervising the recording and reconciliation of purchase and sale transactions - Reviewing and validating monthly closing accrual estimates and related postings - Managing and reviewing the monthly close process and financial reporting deliverables - Ensuring accurate calculation and review of management, waterfall, and incentive fees - Overseeing partner-level income and expense allocations, including distribution waterfall updates as per governing documents - Ensuring accurate preparation and review of distribution and drawdown schedules - Reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for compliance with U.S. GAAP - Monitoring the analysis and calculation of performance metrics - Coordinating with independent auditors, custodians, prime brokers, and fund administrators to support audit and operational processes - Ensuring documentation and maintenance of internal controls and process workflows - Overseeing cash planning and liquidity management activities - Supporting cross-functional coordination with key external stakeholders to meet fund requirements - Performing other tasks as required To qualify for this role, you should have: - Minimum 10-12 years of relevant accounting or audit experience within public accounting or a mix of public accounting and investment management industry experience; experience from fund administration shops is a plus - Understanding of Fund Accounting and Operations business processes, and ability to initiate and lead process improvements and documentation of standard operating procedures - Strong knowledge of capital activity processing, complex management fee and incentive calculations, and various fund structures - Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems - Knowledge of US GAAP accounting, IFRS GAAP is a plus, operations, reconciliations, account analysis, and management reporting - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint (Power BI is a plus) Your personal attributes should include: - Relationship Building - Communication - Independence & Collaboration - Flexibility & Organization - Driving Results Education: - Bachelors degree in accounting or finance. ACA/CPA or equivalent is a plus Oaktree is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering a collaborative, inclusive work environment.,