Blue Owl

Vice President, Real Assets Accounting - Digital Infrastructure

Blue Owl • $165K — $175K *
Chicago, IL 60629In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in private equity real estate accounting.
  • Expertise in complex fund structures, including foreign currency and hedging.
  • Familiarity with REIT rules and tax implications is beneficial.
  • Experience collaborating with third-party fund administrators.
  • Background in 'fair value' accounting methodology.
  • Proficient in understanding debt agreements and their impacts.
  • Skilled in using Excel and accounting software for financial management.

Responsibilities

  • Lead accurate, GAAP-compliant financial reporting for property and fund-level entities.
  • Review fund administrator outputs including journal entries, capital calls, and NAV calculations.
  • Manage global audit and regulatory filing processes across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Act as primary accounting liaison for lenders and institutional investors.
  • Prepare and present financial reports and budgeting matters to senior management.
  • Oversee forecasting and cash flow planning for investment performance.
  • Interpret complex legal documents to calculate investor returns and comply with agreements.

Benefits

  • Work within a rapidly growing company in the digital infrastructure sector.
  • Collaborate with a highly skilled, cross-functional team.
  • Opportunity to implement innovative processes using software and AI.
  • Engage with a diverse and international portfolio of projects.
  • Significant responsibility with exposure to senior management and stakeholders.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Blue Owl is looking for a detail oriented, hands on and strategic accounting professional to manage one of their digital infrastructure closed end private equity funds. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company experiencing tremendous growth. The qualified Vice President will help the Company institutionalize existing practices and work with a highly collaborative team.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead accurate, GAAP-compliant financial reporting for property-level and fund-level entities, including parallel funds and SPVs, ensuring timely delivery, proper presentation, reconciliations, variance analysis, and supporting schedules.
  • Review and manage fund administrator deliverables, including journal entries, capital calls, distributions, NAV calculations, and investor pricing, ensuring adherence to fund documents and reporting deadlines.
  • Manage global audit, tax, and regulatory filing processes (including Cayman, Jersey, and Luxembourg), coordinating with external auditors, fund administrators, and tax advisors.
  • Serve as a primary accounting contact for lenders and institutional investors, including debt compliance reporting, investor reporting, and responses to financial inquiries.
  • Prepare and present accounting, budgeting, reporting, and accounting system matters to senior management and key stakeholders.
  • Oversee forecasting, cash flow planning, and fund return calculations to support investment performance monitoring and decision-making.
  • Interpret limited partnership agreements, waterfall provisions, and financing documents to calculate investor returns, preferred returns, and carried interest.
  • Monitor and enhance internal controls, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company standards and support scalable operations.
  • Build new processes from the ground up using software and AI tools to automate and reduce errors in population of supporting schedules, reconciliations, and review of financial reporting deliverables.
  • Work directly with portfolio company accounting teams to reconcile various aspects of property level reporting to Blue Owl fund reporting monthly.
  • Assist with actual cash flow inputs to valuation models and communicate with deal teams on deviations from expectations
  • Review reporting submissions including AUM, returns, deployments, FX exposure, liquidity, etc.


Qualifications:
  • Seven plus years of private equity real estate accounting experience.
  • Understanding of complex fund structures including foreign currency exposure and hedging.
  • Knowledge of REIT rules and tax implications, a plus.
  • Experience working with third-party fund administrators.
  • "Fair value" accounting background.
  • Understanding of debt agreements.
  • Ability to efficiently utilize excel spreadsheets and accounting software systems.
  • Experience interpreting limited partnership agreement, long terms lease and mortgages.
  • Experience with reporting investment activity to institutional investors.
  • Experience with Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, and Jersey filing requirements preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with teams working in multiple locations both in the US and abroad.
  • Strong ability to multitask and respond to urgent information requests while keeping weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting tasks on schedule.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field.
  • CPA preferred.
    The base annual salary range for this Dallas and Chicago-based position will be $165,000-175,000. Actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

About Blue Owl

Blue Owl is an insurance company that uses data and technology to provide personalized insurance products to its customers. The company offers auto, home, and renters insurance, and uses artificial intelligence to determine the best coverage options for each customer. Blue Owl was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Blue Owl
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Founded
2020
5 Year Trend
+50%
Revenue
$50 million
NASDAQ
OWL
* Ladders Estimates

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