The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Controllers, AWM Fund Accounting Private, Vice President, Dallas

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting required.
  • 7+ years of accounting experience, preferably in Public Accounting.
  • Strong accounting skills including journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis.
  • Proficient in Excel with strong communication skills.
  • Experience with private equity funds and debt/equity investments required.
  • Managerial experience in a team environment is essential.
  • Familiarity with partnership accounting and foreign currency transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in preparing monthly and quarterly accounting and reporting packages.
  • Execute ad hoc reporting requests and conduct management fee and cash flow analysis.
  • Book journal entries related to cash and investment activities, swaps, and debt payments.
  • Handle period-end close transactions including valuations and accruals.
  • Conduct client audit support and financial reporting requests.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic, regulated financial institution.
  • Access to advanced financial systems and professional development resources.
  • Collaborative team environment with managerial experience opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Controllers Divisional Overview:

Controllers ensure that the firm meets all the financial control and reporting obligations of a global, regulated and public financial institution. In the Controllers Department, our professionals measure the profitability of, and risks associated with, every aspect of the firm's business. Controllers also ensure that the firm's activities are conducted in compliance with the regulations governing transactions in the financial markets. The Fund Accounting Team within the Controllers Group is looking to add a Vice President in Dallas, TX.

Principal Responsibilities:
  • Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly accounting and reporting packages, including fund-level net asset values and investor capital statements for private equity investment funds.
  • Prepare ad hoc reporting requests, management fee analysis, cash flow analysis, and provide assistance with client audit and financial reporting related requests.
  • Prepare and book journal entries relating to daily cash activity, investment activity, currency purchases/exchanges, swap settings, debt payments, fund expenses, and investor contributions and distributions.
  • Prepare period-end close transactions including mark-to-market valuation and foreign currency adjustments, accruals, and other transactions.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting.
  • Strong accounting background, including booking journal entries, performing account reconciliation, and performing account analysis.
  • Strong Excel skills, effective communication skills, and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage his/her workload such that deadlines are consistently met without exception.
  • 7+ years of experience; Public Accounting preferable.
  • Experience with debt and equity investments.
  • Experience with private equity funds.
  • Partnership accounting experience.
  • Experience in accounting for foreign currency transactions.
  • General ledger experience.
  • Managerial experience in a team environment.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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