What are the responsibilities and job description for the Credit Fund Accounting & Operations position at Atlas Search?
***WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR:
3-8 years' experience in credit fund accounting, credit operations, or fund/data analytics within the credit space. Experience with credit or debt funds is ideal.
Role: Credit Fund Accounting & Operations – Co-Sourced Private Credit Engagement
Position Summary
This role supports the accounting and operational functions for a large, complex private credit vehicle managed out of Connecticut. The position blends traditional fund accounting responsibilities with data-focused reporting and dashboard work. The ideal hire is equally comfortable managing general ledger activity and digging into structured datasets to enhance reporting quality.
Core Responsibilities
Fund Accounting & Operational Support
- Handle daily and monthly accounting activities for a multi-entity private credit structure, including review of investment transactions, income accruals, expenses, and fee calculations.
- Perform or review reconciliations across cash, positions, and P&L to ensure accuracy of internal and administrator records.
- Assist with investor-facing deliverables such as capital call/distribution notices, capital account summaries, and other periodic communications.
- Prepare and validate financial statements, partner allocations, and related schedules.
- Coordinate closely with administrators, internal teams, and auditors to meet all reporting deadlines and ensure data quality.
- Contribute to interim and year-end audit procedures by assembling required support and addressing auditor questions.
- Calculate key credit fund performance measures such as IRR, MOIC, TVPI, RVPI, DPI, leverage ratios, and similar KPIs relevant to private credit portfolios.
Analytics, Data, & Reporting
- Pull and reconcile data from various systems using SQL or similar query tools.
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards that highlight fund-, portfolio-, and investor-level insights.
- Conduct ad hoc deep-dives for teams across finance, operations, and investments.
- Recommend and implement improvements to streamline data workflows and reduce manual processes.
- Maintain clean, consistent datasets and ensure that reporting outputs are accurate, well-structured, and presentation-ready.
Qualifications
- 3–8 years of experience in private credit, private equity, asset management, or fund administration, with meaningful exposure to fund accounting or fund operations.
- Familiarity with private credit instruments such as direct lending, structured credit, asset-backed lending, or related products.
- Strong understanding of fund-level mechanics, capital structures, and standard performance metrics.
- Advanced Excel proficiency and comfort navigating fund accounting or general ledger platforms.
- Exposure to SQL and Power BI (or other analytics tools) with interest in continuing to build these capabilities.
- Detail-oriented mindset, strong sense of ownership, and ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- Effective communicator with the ability to collaborate across accounting, operations, and investment functions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or another analytical discipline; professional designations (CPA, CFA, CAIA) are helpful but not mandatory.
Salary : $100,000 - $140,000