Firm Overview
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with $70 billion of assets under management with a focus on the mid cap segment of the market. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, direct lending, special situation credit, and growth-stage healthcare. We focus on providing capital to businesses with attractive growth potential and align ourselves with committed management teams and entrepreneurs to help grow 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. H.I.G. is based in Miami, with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and affiliate offices in Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, and Paris in Europe as well as Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo in Latin America, Dubai in the Middle East, and Hong Kong in Asia.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Senior Associate to join our Funds Finance team, where you’ll help drive the success of our multi-strategy, semi-liquid private equity funds. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-performing, fast-evolving team at a pivotal moment of growth—one that values initiative, curiosity, and the drive to make a real impact.
In this role, you’ll play a central part in shaping how the team operates day to day, with direct ownership over the monthly and quarterly accounting close and financial reporting for your funds. You’ll also have the chance to lead high-profile projects that build out a best-in-class finance and operational platform, setting the standard for our growing semi-liquid private equity offering.
You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues across the firm—including Investment, Operations, Valuation, Tax, Investor Services, Treasury, and Capital Formation—to deliver seamless financial and investor reporting. This cross-functional exposure will give you a broad view of the business and the opportunity to build relationships across all areas of the organization.
As a people leader, you’ll oversee a team of offshore accounting professionals, providing mentorship, guidance, and the opportunity to shape a high-performing team culture. It’s a role that blends hands-on financial expertise with strategic influence, offering both challenge and opportunity in equal measure.
Role Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Investment and Operations teams on a daily basis to maintain timely, complete, and accurate books and records.
- Participate in monitoring all investments and analyze the related performance; Engage directly with the investment and origination professionals to handle multifaceted inquiries.
- Assist with fund-level liquidity management, capital planning, forecasting, and modeling in order to inform decisions and improve fund performance.
- Train and supervise a team of offshore personnel; Ensure offshore personnel are a successful extension of our team and are given opportunities to grow and expand their careers. This will provide everyone with opportunities to further expand their career.
- Responsible for managing the accounting as well as the preparation and approval of the monthly NAVs, quarterly financial reports, and compliance and investor reporting for all assigned Funds. Ensure compliance with the Funds’ governing documents as well as GAAP and SEC (if applicable) requirements.
- Support public-company reporting requirements in partnership with Legal/Compliance and the administrator, including a 10-Q/10-K cadence, footnotes, and disclosure tie-outs
- Coordinate all financial reporting to investors and Senior Management.
- Research and propose accounting treatment for new or potential accounting guidance to facilitate discussion and conclusion with other senior team members.
- Have a thorough understanding of all concepts within assigned Funds' governing documents (PPM, LPAs, IMAs, etc.) and be able to articulate and apply them correctly in carrying out day-to-day management of assigned Funds.
- Assist in the monthly review of the Valuation process relating to assigned Funds’ portfolio investments.
- Train, coach and supervise lesser-experienced accounting team members.
- Work with technology teams to implement solutions to improve process and reporting efficiency, including validating enhancements to system reports and functionality.
- 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 with a third party administration team for reporting, operations, and financial statements, as applicable.
Requirements & Qualifications
- 3-6 years of experience related to alternative investments in private industry (e.g., hedge fund, private equity, etc.) or public accounting.
- Undergraduate or Post-Graduate degree in Accounting required.
- CPA strongly preferred.
- Solid understanding of Investment Company financial reporting required.
- Experience with private equity, credit, and alternative investments
- Knowledge or exposure to Investran and/or Virtual Portfolio Manager (“VPM”) or similar portfolio accounting system – a plus.
- Takes full ownership and accountability of work product and leads by example in areas of attitude, attention to detail, urgency, process improvement and quality of work.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to engage directly with senior members of the team as well as with external parties.
- Effective and self-motivated problem solver – demonstrating strong critical reasoning, analytical and detail-oriented attributes; Be able to think “out of the box”
- Management ability – able to teach, coach, and effectively work with inhouse and offshore accounting personnel.
- Exposure to public reporting funds (e.g., Exchange Act filers such as BDCs, interval funds, listed vehicles) is a plus.
- Positive attitude with a team player mentality – ability to “roll up the sleeves” in delivering results within tight deadlines.
- Ability to multi-task and demonstrate change agility with an evolving workload and ability to communicate upwards when competing priorities arise.
