Financial Associate
Financial Associate
About the job
LNC Partners is a middle-market private equity fund that is seeking an experienced Financial Associate to join our growing private equity platform. The Financial Associate will be responsible for working with LNC’s CFO to maintain all aspects of the internal finance and accounting function, including the production of GAAP and regulatory financial statements for each of its funds. This person will serve as LNC’s main point person for contact with our external audit and tax professionals.
The Financial Associate will also coordinate the day-to-day financial management of our funds, leading the analyses required for capital calls, interest/return calculations, cash management, regulatory filings, and other ad hoc projects. With time, this individual will take on additional responsibilities requiring a broader skill set, such as maintaining fund-level projection models as well as generating other reporting and analysis as required to support our growth.
Our culture is fast-paced and collegial. This is an ideal role for an entrepreneurial finance and accounting professional looking for a longer-term career track in private equity.
Responsibilities will include:
- Preparation of quarterly and annual fund financial statements
- Coordination and consolidation of investment valuations
- Management of audit process and timely support of external auditors
- Compliance with tax filing requirements (using outside preparers)
- Preparation of regulatory filings and related compliance reporting
- Calculation, distribution and tracking of capital calls
- Calculation of income allocations and distributions in accordance with the waterfall mechanics outlined in the funds’ partnership agreements
- Interest and management fee calculation and portfolio company invoicing
- Management of fund cash flows and balances, execution of transfers and wires, compliance with credit facility requirements, and forecasting cash sources/uses
- Responding to investor requests
- Assistance in the fundraising process
- Fund-level budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking (gross/net IRR, MOIC, levered and unlevered returns)
- Special projects alongside the leadership team
Qualifications include:
- A minimum of 1-3 years of experience at an asset management or top-tier accounting firm, ideally with a focus on alternative assets
- PE fund experience preferred, but candidates with relevant accounting or asset management backgrounds will be considered
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with QuickBooks and Office/365 applications
- Ability to leverage the capabilities of software tools such as Salesforce
- Ability to form collegial working relationships as a liaison across diverse teams of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work on tight timelines in a dynamic environment
- Self-motivation, confidence, and long-term leadership potential
- CPA preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
This position will offer a competitive compensation and benefit package with a tremendous opportunity for growth.
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