Firm Overview:
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with $67 billion of assets under management. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt/credit, lending and BioHealth. We align ourselves with committed management teams and entrepreneurs and help build businesses of significant value. Our team of over 500 investment professionals has substantial operating, consulting, technology, and financial management experience, enabling us to contribute meaningfully to our portfolio companies. We invest in companies throughout the U.S., Europe, and Latin America have offices in Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Stamford in the U.S., and affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, and Paris in Europe as well as Bogotá, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro in South America. Our funds invest in many types of transactions, including, leveraged buy outs, distressed debt, venture capital and real estate.
Role Overview:
Due to the growth and expansion of our real estate platform, we are currently seeking a Real Estate Fund Accountant who will be based in our New York office. As a critical member of the Finance Team, you will be responsible for the financial matters related to our real estate funds. You will also be intimately involved with assisting in the execution of the day-to-day accounting operations as well as the monthly and quarterly accounting close and financial reporting processes related to the real estate funds.
Role Responsibilities:
- Maintain in-house accounting records for assigned investment vehicles.
- Work closely with investment professionals on deal fundings, realizations and other deal-related activity.
- Maintain investor allocations, including capital activity and performance reporting.
- Calculate management fees/carried interest.
- Prepare/review trial balances as well as quarterly financial statements.
- Prepare/review audited financial statements (with accompanying audit schedules) and be the point person for the annual year-end audit.
- Work with technology teams to build or improve system reports and functionality and validate such enhancements.
- Work on call/distribution notices, credit line draw/paydown/other notices, partner capital statements and quarterly investor letters and liaise with Investor Services team in the distribution of such deliverables and in preparing responses to periodic investor requests/questions.
- Interact with Tax Team to ensure that all tax information is compiled properly.
- Assist with special projects and internal ad-hoc requests and undertake broader team and/or office initiatives.
- Work on ad hoc projects, as needed (regulatory filings, investor requests, internal reporting to senior management, fundraising, etc.)
- Work with a third-party administration team for reporting, operations, and financial statements, as applicable.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting or a related field.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation or active pursuit of CPA certification.
- 2 - 5 years of work experience in public accounting or private financial institution (private equity, bank, hedge fund, etc.).
- Mix of public and private experience in the private equity industry is a plus.
- Proficient knowledge of private equity accounting and legal structures is a plus.
- Exposure to Investran and/or VPM is a plus.
- High attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – both verbal and written – with an ability to build working relationships across various departments with individuals at different experience levels.
- Positive attitude with a team player mentality.
- Proactive and self-driven problem solver with strong critical reasoning, analytical skills, and attention to detail. Ability to think creatively and innovatively.
- Consistent demonstration of work ownership and high quality of work product.
- Ability to multi-task and demonstrate change agility with an evolving workload and ability to communicate upwards when competing priorities arise.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
