Head of Credit Investment Accounting
Carlyle Investment Management, LLC

Job Info

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Position Summary

The Head of Investment Accounting, Global Credit, will be responsible for building our internal accounting shadow function to manage all aspects of Global Credit portfolio accounting in our newly implemented Geneva accounting system. This is a key role for us to develop our internal book of accounting data, and develop organization capabilities to add improve data management, develop fund administrator controls, enhance NAV delivery, client service with reporting, and oversight of our managed services relationships responsible for day to day booking. This newly created role will help develop a new function for the organization in a high impact role as part of our overall operating model investment. Under this role's supervision, the investment accounting organization will become business owners of our Geneva accounting platform and help develop process and automation roadmaps working with various stakeholder teams.

We are flexible on location for this role to be DC or New York.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic roadmap for buildout of internal investment accounting function with staffing, procedures and run books
• Work with internal stakeholders (controllers, operations, data) to establish processes for booking activity and resolving breaks
• Take ownership of day to day operations - bookings, reconciliations, reporting, etc. in Geneva accounting system,
• Assist with researching internal differences between the accounting and trade entry systems
• Oversee posting and maintenance of accounting entries to ledger, working with internal stakeholders (controllers, operations, data) to produce internal NAV in Geneva
• Oversee month-end/quarter-end close processes and establish best practices for closed and effective accounting
• Establish best practices policies, and procedures and achieve best in class execution with automation and continuous process improvement focus with data and metrics mindset
• Work with various products in a global credit portfolio that will scale in position size and complexity - including bank loans, private credit instruments, structured credit products
• Support any new technology rollouts that are related to the investment accounting function

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree, required
• Concentration in Accounting, Finance or related field, preferred
• CPA, preferred

Professional Experience

• Minimum 15+ years of accounting/fund accounting experience, required
• Experience in alternative asset and credit funds, preferred
• Geneva accounting system experience, required.
• Experience performing as an SME that can be a strategic thought partner to leadership, as well as provide guidance and support to team.
• Experience with system implementation is a plus.
• Experience at a fund administrator servicing credit clients is a strong skill set to support this role
• Track record in developing a team and processes to support investment accounting at a growing credit fund
• Excellent knowledge of credit funds including but not limited to asset classes, products, fees, fund structures, allocations
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and decision making - ability to navigate ambiguity is critical
• Strong managerial skills and experience managing external resources - e.g. managed services
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good excel knowledge, preferred

Company Information

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with $426 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 586 investment vehicles as of December 31, 2023. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 2,200 professionals operating in 28 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations. Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Investment Solutions - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.

At Carlyle, we know that diverse teams perform better, so we seek to create a community where we continually exchange insights, embrace different perspectives and leverage diversity as a competitive advantage. That is why we are committed to growing and cultivating teams that include people with a variety of perspectives, people who provide unique lenses through which to view potential deals, support and run our business.

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