Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Fund Administration

Fund Administration - Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

CLA is seeking a CFO to lead and grow our Fund Administration group nationwide.The CFO must possess several key personal effectiveness traits to be successful. These include a high degree of passion for doing impactful work, accountability for actions, initiative make visions a reality, integrity that places honesty and trustabove all else, professionalism, and conscientiousness. Actions and behaviors that are the foundation of successful careers at CLA are broadly defined below.

• Leading with Impact: Guides and motivates others and is able to direct team to achieve desired end results. This individual will have an integral role with the Leadership Team in setting policy and direction for the larger Fund Administration Team.
• Ownership Mindset: Creates expectations of success throughout the firm.
• Entrepreneurial Grit: Has the courage to take action on new ideas, understanding the balance of risks vs. positive outcomes.
• Client Excellence: Anticipates client needs and looks for opportunities to provide proactive consultation.
• People Development: Provides coaching opportunities for others to develop and pursue their passions.
• Clear Communication: Communication has high impact and encourages openness.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Manages challenging issues and understands when appropriate to leverage internal experts.
• Growing the Business: Focuses efforts on managing work and key client relationships to exceed client expectations. There is also an expectation that this individual will be market facing and have a significant role in sales efforts.

Work Activities & Accountabilities:

• Monthly/Quarterly financial review, which includes ensuring the assigned staff are...
  • Maintaining/reviewing the general ledger and various sub-ledgers.
  • Balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Investor allocation calculations.
  • Financial statement preparation.
  • Investor statement preparation.
• Management of capital call and distribution processes and delivery.
• Understanding the calculations of management fees, preferred returns and waterfalls and being able to effectively discuss them with clients.
• Business Development - be an active client facing resource for the Private Equity Industry group to create, build and maintain client relationships.
• Review fund agreements, PPMs, and other materials.
• Manage and monitor the timing and quality of client deliverables while directing, leading and orchestrating the pace and process of change to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ability to operate within multiple software environments.
• Act as liaison to various internal/external parties (ie. auditors, tax department).
• Interact directly with CLA resources.
• Communicate directly with investors on behalf of clients.
• Provide technical accounting/industry knowledge to clients including identify, interpret, apply and communicate accounting and industry rules and regulations.
• Identify trends in the investment management business and adjust operational services accordingly.
• Actively coordinate onboarding with new clients and handle ad hoc reports and client requests as needed.
• Implementation of fund structures on accounting system.
• Hire, mentor, train and support team members in their development.
• Engage in local and national group projects.

Required Experience & Education:

• Experience: minimum 10 years relative work experience with five as a Fund CFO, Senior Controller, or equivalent. Current or recent Private Equity/Investment Company Fund accounting experience.
• Education: BA/BS degree in accounting or related field required.
• Certification: CPA preferred, not required.
• Tech Knowledge/Experience with Yardi required and other related software preferred.

Shortly after you apply you will receive an invitation with additional information. CLA has partnered with Pymetrics to allow you to showcase your potential and help us get to know you a little better. The Pymetrics games take 20-30 minutes to complete and there are no right or wrong answers - so we hope you have fun! Following completion of the Pymetrics games, CLA will view the Pymetrics results alongside other information as part of the application review process.

CLA exists to create opportunities for our people, our clients, and our communities. We are a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability status, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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