A financial services company in Connecticut is actively seeking an analytical and driven professional to join their staff as a Credit Fund Accountant. In this role, the Credit Fund Accountant will be responsible for managing the accounting and internal controls for lending funds. 
Responsibilities
The Credit Fund Accountant will:

• Assist in build-out of processes and internal controls to support new funds and accounts
• Proactively drive process improvements, efficiency and reporting enhancements
• Help oversee and manage the credit fund third party administrator relationship
• Liaise with external auditors and manage audit process in completion of annual audits; interpreting relevant accounting guidance as appropriate
• Perform fully redundant month-end close processes
• Compute investor calls/distributions, allocations, and fees
• Calculate quarterly income distributions and oversee production of capital statements and investor notices
• Contribute to the production of public Qs and Ks
• Satisfy investor reporting requirements and requests
• Work closely with Tax, Valuation, Legal, Investor Relations, and Operations teams

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Experience in controls, audits, public reporting, or working with administrators/service providers
• Excellent Excel skills, technically savvy
• Outstanding attention to detail and committed to process and related improvements
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management skills

Desired skills

• Private credit and/or BDC experience
• CPA
• Understanding of a loan origination or PE style/commitment based funds and various performance metrics