Head of Secondaries Accounting

A leading global alternative investment manager is seeking a Principal to help scale its rapidly growing private markets secondaries platform, which has around $15B in AUM and continues to expand across multiple investment vehicles and product offerings.

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This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.
Key Responsibilities:Oversee accounting, operations, and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio of private markets secondaries productsBuild and enhance scalable infrastructure, processes, and controls to support continued AUM and product growthDrive automation, process improvements, and data governance across third-party administrators, vendors, and portfolio monitoring systemsOversee fund-level budgeting and help improve liquidity modeling and financial projectionsSupport new product launches, infrastructure development, and fundraising initiativesPartner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across investments, investor relations, operations, tax, legal, technology, and financeLead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members
Compensation & Benefits:Base Salary Range: $200K - $315KTotal compensation Range: $350K - $550K, plus equityManhattan office location with a 3–4 day in-office scheduleSignificant exposure to senior leadership, complex investment structures, and strategic business initiativesStrong long-term xzbcwsv career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platform
Ideal Background:13+ years of private equity secondaries fund accounting experience, either exclusively or combined with other relevant private markets experienceStrong technical knowledge of fund accounting, financial reporting, and complex fund structuresExperience building infrastructure, improving operational processes, and supporting a growing investment platformCPA or progress toward the CPA preferred, but not required