Point72

Fund Accountant, Private Credit

Point72$150K — $165K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4 years of public or private fund accounting experience
  • Professional designation like CPA or a plan to obtain one
  • Experience with credit-focused private funds
  • Strong expertise in U.S. GAAP
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Familiarity with AI tools like Alteryx or Power BI
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Effective team player with organizational skills
  • Proactive self-starter with attention to detail
  • Emphasis on technology and automation in accounting processes

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale a fund accounting platform for private credit strategies
  • Implement new accounting processes for diverse credit products
  • Ensure accurate internal bookings and month-end NAV reporting
  • Prepare and review custom fee arrangements and related disclosures
  • Review NAV deliverables for completeness and accuracy
  • Assist with annual audits and regulatory reporting
  • Analyze expenses and prepare budgets across multiple funds
  • Coordinate with various departments to support operational needs
  • Drive data analysis and reporting for senior management insights
  • Lead system enhancement and automation projects

Benefits

  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • 401(k) savings program with employer match
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Build and scale a best-in-class fund accounting platform for Point72's private credit strategies, creating measurable improvements in controls, efficiency, and reporting
  • Implement new accounting processes for bespoke credit products, including syndicated debt trades, collateralized loan obligation and collateralized debt obligation tranches, forward flow arrangements, asset-backed lending, direct lending, and origination
  • Ensure accurate internal bookings and month-end NAV reporting across private capital entities, joint ventures, and international entities
  • Prepare and review custom fee arrangements, including advisory fees, waterfall structures, carried interest calculations, and related disclosures
  • Review NAV deliverables and supporting documentation from fund administrators and other service providers to validate completeness and accuracy
  • Assist with annual audits and provide timely information and schedules for tax preparation and regulatory reporting
  • Analyze and allocate expenses and prepare budgets across multiple fund entities, reconciling allocations to supporting schedules
  • Coordinate closely with Operations, Treasury, Tax, Legal, and business partners to support deal fundings, wire requests, and control processes
  • Drive data analysis and reporting using advanced Excel and visualization tools to produce actionable insights for senior management and stakeholders
  • Lead system enhancement and automation projects with technology partners and mentor team members to raise team capability and ensure high-quality deliverables

What's required
  • 4 years of public or private fund accounting experience
  • Professional designation, such as CPA licensure, or roadmap to achieve such designation
  • Credit-focused private funds experience
  • Strong U.S. GAAP technical accounting expertise
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience with AI, Alteryx, Anaplan or Power BI
  • Strong critical thinking, quantitative, and analytical skills with clear written and verbal communication
  • Effective team collaboration skills with the ability to escalate issues, multitask, and prioritize competing demands
  • Proactive, organized self-starter with a positive attitude, powerful work ethic, and strong attention to detail
  • Change cultivator with a strong technology background and a focus on automation
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

The annual base salary range for this role is $150,000-$165,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a hedge fund and family office founded by Steven Cohen in 2014. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and manages over $16 billion in assets. Point72 primarily invests in public equity markets, but also has a private equity arm. The company has a global presence with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. Point72 has been involved in several high-profile legal cases, including a $1.8 billion settlement with the SEC in 2013.
Learn more about Point72
Size
1,500 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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