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Job Description:

 

The Private Equity Fund Services (PEFS) Director is responsible for the oversight, management, and strategic development of day-to-day fund administration operations.  This position is also responsible for the development of team members and will serve in a leadership role within the department.  The PEFS Director is also responsible for overseeing certain private equity client deliverables, which includes quarterly financial reporting, capital call and distribution calculations and the related notices, carried interest calculations, management fees and other complex fee calculations, the annual audit and tax process, treasury requests, as well as ad-hoc investor relations requests.

Additionally, the PEFS Director will be responsible for managing client relationships, which include serving as an escalation point for both internal employees and clients. This position will require regular interaction with clients, team members, and internal management. This position requires a mastery of complex private equity fund accounting skills, the ability to oversee the complete financial reporting and capital call/distribution process and will have direct management and oversight of the teams’ managers, seniors, and associates. This position will serve as a resource to other members of the team and will provide guidance, coaching, training, and additional support as needed. Having strong soft skills is required, as the PEFS Director will be pivoting often from managing team members, to interfacing with clients, to trouble-shooting technical accounting issues. Further, the PEFS Director will assist with business development objectives and help the department win new business through participation on prospect pitch calls and develop new business through “land and expand” opportunities by providing excellent client service with existing clientele.

Duties of this position include:

• Oversee and review the preparation and distribution of quarterly financial statements to investors of the Fund. 
• Oversee and review the preparation and distribution of quarterly investor capital statements to investors of the Fund. 
• Oversee and review the preparation of schedules to support the general ledger balances reported in the quarterly financial statements.
• Oversee and review the preparation and distribution of capital call notices to investors, notifying them when contributions are due and ensuring the capital call adheres to the Fund's Operating Agr