Key Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end accounting for General Partner, Management Company, Carry Vehicles, and related legal entities.
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- Maintain the general ledger, trial balance, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Manage accounting for management fees, GP commitments, carried interest-related transactions, partnership expenses, and operating expenses.
- Review and validate intercompany transactions, allocations, reimbursements, and balances across GP, management company, funds, and affiliated entities.
- Manage expense allocation methodologies between funds, GP entities, management companies, and portfolio-related activities in accordance with established policies.
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, bank reconciliations, and treasury-related accounting activities.
- Prepare and review monthly and quarterly management reporting packages, P&L;, balance sheet, cash-flow reporting, and variance analysis.
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting, expense analysis, and management-company profitability reporting.
- Coordinate with Fund Accounting, Corporate Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, Investor Relations, and Investment Operations teams.
- Work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, administrators, banks, and other third-party service providers.
- Support preparation of information required for financial statement audits, tax filings, regulatory reporting, and internal reviews.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, accounting controls, approval workflows, and audit trails are maintained.




- Review work performed by team members and provide accounting guidance, quality control, and issue resolution.
- Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and improve accounting workflows, reconciliations, reporting, and controls.
- Manage accounting-related projects including new entity setup, chart-of-accounts changes, system implementations, and process migrations.
- Track accounting exceptions and ensure timely investigation and resolution.
- Establish and monitor SLAs, KPIs, month-end close calendars, and operational controls for the team.

Required Experience & Skills

- 8–12 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within Private Equity, Private Credit, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, Fund Administration, or Financial Services.
- Strong experience with GP / Management Company accounting and alternative investment structures.
- Strong understanding of:
- General ledger accounting
- Month-end and year-end close
- Management company accounting
- Intercompany accounting
- Expense allocations
- Accruals and prepayments
- Bank and balance-sheet reconciliations
- Financial statement preparation
- Management fees and GP commitments
- Partnership accounting concepts

- Good understanding of US GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
- Experience working with external auditors and tax professionals.
- Robust Excel skills and experience working with accounting / ERP / fund accounting platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple legal entities, deadlines, and accounting workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience reviewing team deliverables and managing or mentoring accounting professionals.
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.

📌 Process Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 ThoughtFocus
📍 Bengaluru