Manager / Senior Manager/AVP - Private Equity Fund Accounting

Greetings from CES !!

We do have an opportunity for you as a Manager / Senior Manager - Private Equity Fund Accounting position and below is the JD.

Location : Hyderabad

Shift Timings : 2:00 PM IST to 11:00 PM IST and 3:00 PM IST to 12:00 PM IST

This role is responsible for end-to-end oversight of fund-level accounting for real estate funds, joint ventures, co-investments, and related investment vehicles. The Manager will partner closely with asset management, property management, tax, treasury, and investor relations teams to ensure timely reporting and strong internal controls.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for real estate funds and investment vehicles.
• Review fund general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and NAV calculations.
• Prepare and review financial statements, including statements of assets and liabilities, operations, cash
• flows, capital accounts, and supporting footnotes.
• Manage capital calls, distributions, investor notices, and capital account maintenance.
• Review waterfall models, promote calculations, preferred return computations, and investor allocations.
• Oversee investor reporting, including quarterly reporting packs, performance metrics, and fund-level
• updates.
• Coordinate audits, tax filings, and support schedules with external auditors and tax advisors.
• Review property-level inputs such as NOI, recoveries, rent roll data, depreciation, acquisition accounting,
• and disposition gains or losses.
• Monitor fund bank accounts, cash forecasts, and fund-level liquidity needs.
• Ensure compliance with LPAs, JV agreements, side letters, internal policies, and applicable accounting
• standards.
• Lead and develop the fund accounting team, review workpapers, and drive process improvements and
• automation initiatives.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Overall experience should be 15 years and minimum 8 – 12+ years of experience in private equity/real estate fund accounting, fund administration, or investment
• management.
• Strong knowledge of private equity/real estate fund structures, including JVs, SPVs, feeders, and co-investments.
• Experience with US GAAP, partnership accounting, fair value accounting, and fund reporting requirements.
• Proven experience with waterfalls, promote calculations, capital activity, and investor reporting.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills; experience with fund accounting systems is an advantage.
• Preferred qualifications
• Experience managing teams and third-party administrators.
• Exposure to real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and portfolio accounting.
• Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting for investment platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to improve reporting processes through automation and technology.
• Core competencies
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting skills.
• High attention to detail and deadline management.
• Leadership and stakeholder management.
• Clear communication with clients and internal teams.
• Process improvement mindset with a focus on scalability.