Vantage Data Centers

Lead Fund Accountant

Vantage Data Centers

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $130,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead preparation of fund-level financial statements, journal entries, supporting schedules, and general ledger reconciliations with strong attention to detail.
  • Perform quarterly and year-end close procedures for assigned Funds, including workpaper preparation, financial packages, capital account statements, and related reconciliations.
  • Oversee maintenance of fund capital tables, ensuring ownership details, commitments, contributions, distributions, and unfunded balances align with the general ledger.
  • Prepare, review, and enhance capital call and distribution calculations, ensuring compliance with governing documents and accuracy of investor-level allocations.
  • Conduct technical accounting research and provide clear, concise accounting position memos.
  • Apply deep understanding of partnership structures, waterfall mechanics, preferred return/carried interest, and fund-level performance metrics (IRR, MOIC, DPI).
  • Review investment activity to ensure proper accounting treatment, accurate settlement details, and alignment with fund agreements.
  • Develop and update accounting policies, procedures, and documentation.
  • Collaborate closely with investor relations, legal, treasury, tax, and compliance teams to ensure cross-functional alignment and timely reporting.
  • Serve as a key point of contact for investor inquiries, leveraging thorough data analysis, source-level reconciliation, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver precise and timely information.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance processes, reporting flows, and internal controls, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Manage multiple deadlines across recurring reporting cycles and execute high-priority, ad hoc analysis as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA or CPA eligibility strongly preferred.
  • 6+ years of fund accounting or audit experience with significant exposure to private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or real estate funds
  • Strong technical accounting background and demonstrated ability to independently research, interpret, and apply US GAAP.
  • Experience working with complex fund structures, waterfalls, carried interest calculations, and capital activity.
  • Yardi Investment Accounting / Investment Management or Investran experience preferred.
  • Exposure to complex fund structures, waterfall calculations, fund-level performance metrics, and capital call/distribution mechanics.
  • Experience in data center or real estate industries is a plus.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills include modeling, scenario analysis, and reconciliation techniques.
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to operate independently, and comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • life and AD&D
  • short and long-term disability coverage
  • paid time off
  • employee assistance
  • participation in a 401k program that includes company match
  • many other additional voluntary benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
fund accountingfinancial statementsjournal entriesgeneral ledger reconciliationsUS GAAPcapital call calculationsdistribution calculationswaterfall mechanicsperformance metricsdata analysis
Soft Skills
attention to detailorganizational skillsindependent operationcross-functional collaborationprocess enhancementcommunicationtime managementproblem-solvingadaptabilitycontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in AccountingCPACPA eligibility