Job Description

Private Equity Senior Specialist: Fund/Client Accounting

Bring your expertise to a growing Private Equity business where you’ll work on complex fund structures, build strong client relationships and help shape smarter ways of working.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Private Equity Senior Specialist: Fund/Client Accounting to join our Private Equity team in Dublin

We are hiring for this role as a result of continued growth and mandate wins across both existing and new clients. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced private equity fund accounting professional to join a high-performing team and take on a visible, client-facing role in a dynamic and evolving environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality fund accounting outputs across a portfolio of private equity structures, while helping to maintain a strong control environment and supporting excellent client service. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to wider change initiatives, including the adoption of AI and digital tools to improve efficiency, strengthen controls and support scalable growth.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Prepare NAVs, capital accounts, GP/LP allocations, journal entries, reconciliations and maintain GL integrity, acting as both a primary preparer and secondary reviewer.
• Perform cash and position reconciliations, ensuring strong oversight of breaks and that appropriate supporting documentation is completed and retained.
• Ensure expense budgets are established for relevant funds and maintain expense accrual accuracy at each valuation point.
• Ensure funds are priced in accordance with the applicable valuation policy and pricing matrix.
• Take ownership of monthly and quarterly deliverables, including the preparation of capital call and distribution calculations and the review of corresponding notices.
• Maintain waterfall models, including fees, carry, hurdles, catch-up and equalisation calculations, as well as side-letter provisions within working papers, escalating exceptions where appropriate.
• Build strong and effective client relationships through timely, professional and solutions-focused responses to client queries.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies, procedures and control requirements, maintaining high standards of governance, checklist completion and process discipline.
• Support and mentor Analysts and Associates on quality, controls and delivery timelines, while serving as a key contact for designated funds and vehicles.
• Manage audit queries for funds within your remit, ensuring timely responses, active participation in audit calls and completion of actions within agreed deadlines.
• Contribute to client-led and broader organisational projects and initiatives, including testing, feedback and implementation support.
• Leverage AI-enabled and digital tools to identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve data quality, strengthen controls and support more scalable fund accounting processes.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or the equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
• Fund accounting experience is mandatory.
• Private Equity experience is essential.
• Knowledge of Geneva or Investran accounting systems is preferred.

Why join us?

This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team supporting a broad and evolving client base within Private Equity. You’ll gain exposure to complex structures, work closely with clients and internal stakeholders, and play a meaningful role in both day-to-day delivery and ongoing process improvement. If you are looking for a role that combines technical depth, client interaction, team contribution and the opportunity to be part of a business embracing innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

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