The Role
Sixth Street has an immediate opening for a bright, hard-working individual to join our team as a Accounting Analyst to support several of our investment funds in Dallas, Texas. The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to be an integral part of a growing team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial work environment. This person will be involved in several facets of the funds’ accounting, financial reporting, cash management, investor reporting, and fund performance/analysis deliverables.
Core Responsibilities
- Manage all accounting responsibilities within the monthly, quarterly, annual closing cycles
- Assist in oversight of the Funds’ Administrator
- Manage investor reporting and requests including capital calls, distributions, and reporting
- Assist with quarterly valuation process
- Assist fundraising team in preparing fund marketing documents
- Liaison with investment professionals on structuring, cash movements and investment performance
- Assist with complex waterfall and management fee calculations
- Manage the fund audit process and research questions from auditors
- Assist with various compliance reports (e.g., credit facility, limited partnership agreement, )
- Assist with fund expense reporting and analysis
- Manage and perform special projects and analysis for firm leadership
- Identify and help solve for critical accounting and reporting issues
What We Value
- 2 to 5 years accounting experience in a combination of public accounting (either audit or tax), fund admin, or another private equity or investment management firm
- Experience with alternative investments, private equity and partnership accounting, fund administration, and Advent Geneva are a plus
- Strong accounting and excel skills; professional certification (CPA or equivalent) strongly preferred
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong understanding and application of accounting rules and industry accounting practices
- Detail-oriented, responsible and proactive
- Deadline-oriented to meet time-sensitive regulatory and contractual requirements
- Adept at problem solving
- Candidate must be self-motivated and willing to work in a team environment
- Candidate must have attention to detail and be focused on multiple demands and deliverables
About Sixth Street
Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm founded in 2009. Our long-term oriented, highly flexible capital base and "One Team" cultural philosophy allow us to invest thematically across sectors, geographies, and asset classes.
We aren’t looking for any single type of person. Our strength is in our team, a collection of people from different backgrounds and with their own perspectives, united in the mission of being the world’s best investment firm.
From how we conduct business to how we engage in our communities, everything we do at Sixth Street is rooted in our commitment to our core principles:
- Cross-Platform: We think across the business and avoid silos at all costs
- Responsibility: We are accountable for our business, our team, and our communities
- Ethical: We are ethical and direct in word and deed
- Action: We initiate, execute and deliver results
- Teamwork: We are better together
- Entrepreneurship: We seek to innovate both inside and outside our business
Sixth Street is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, genetic history, marital status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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