Standish Management
Private equity fund administration services
Fund Accounting Engagement Manager
About the job
- A bachelor's degree is required.
- At least 2 years of public accounting experience or equivalent is required.
- At least 2 years of venture capital/private equity fund experience or fund administrator experience is required, or at least 1 year as a manager at a public accounting firm.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook, is required.
- Maintain frequent client contact to keep abreast of ongoing fund activities.
- Manage client expectations.
- Manage engagements with consideration for client needs, staff utilization, and overall engagement efficiency.
- Supervise the audit and tax preparation process.
- Review all communications to the client and its investors on an ongoing basis.
- Assist with sourcing new clients, issuing proposals, and overall business development.
- Mentor and train junior staff members.
- Supervise the Fund Controller and Associate in matters of fund accounting, capital account maintenance, and financial statement preparation.
- A Finance, Accounting, or Economics concentration is preferred.
- Previous private equity or venture capital experience and knowledge of partnership accounting are preferred.
- Certified Public Accountant qualification is preferred.
- Familiarity with QuickBooks is preferred.
About the company
Standish Management provides comprehensive fund administration and corporate services for private equity firms. It operates with a high-touch, white-glove approach that seamlessly integrates with clients' finance teams, handling all aspects of private fund administration regardless of fund size or maturity. Its services include cash monitoring, asset ownership verification, record-keeping, and other back-office tasks, delivered globally to both established and emerging private equity managers. Unlike rivals, Standish is designed by CFOs for CFOs, offering a 360-degree, end-to-end solution across fund families and delivering tailored, expert support to optimize back-office operations. The company aims to be a trusted, global partner for private equity managers by providing reliable, expert administration and corporate services that ensure efficient fund management.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$972.7K
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2007
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What believers are saying
- September 2026 NCM acquisition adds Jersey, Guernsey, and UK AIFM capabilities.
- August 2026 DataSnipper deployment built 50-plus AI agents, boosting throughput and margins.
- Revelio counted 1,391 employees in March 2026, with 93 open jobs.
What critics are saying
- THL's reported 1.6 billion buyout brings leverage and exit pressure after closing.
- NCM still needs regulatory approvals; integration slips can delay 2026 European expansion.
- A single control failure or cyber breach would destroy trust in Standish's outsourced model.
What makes Standish Management unique
- Standish built CFO-led, white-glove fund administration for private equity sponsors.
- It serves 500-plus clients across 19 offices and 850 billion-plus AUA.
- Its compliance, depositary, and domiciliation stack spans managers across multiple jurisdictions.
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Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
401(k) Retirement Plan
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↑ 4%Standish agrees to buy NCM Fund Services. NCM supports funds focused on private equity, venture capital, real assets, social impact, and private debt. Standish Management has agreed to acquire NCM Fund Services, which provides fund administration for alternative investment funds. NCM operates from Edinburgh, London, Jersey, and Guernsey. The companies did not disclose financial details of the transaction. NCM supports funds focused on private equity, venture capital, real assets, social impact, and private debt through teams of accounting professionals. Standish called the deal "highly complementary" and said it will add Jersey and Guernsey to its operating network. It will also extend Standish's UK offering to include AIFM, Depositary, and Operator services. The companies will have the opportunity to refer clients to services and capabilities in other jurisdictions, including Luxembourg and the US. The acquisition is part of Standish's investment in its European platform, including its operations in London and Luxembourg. Upon completion, Standish expects to have more than 300 employees across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), serving over 190 clients and 750 fund structures. Its global workforce will exceed 1,300 employees across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Standish chairman, CEO and founder Bob Raynard said: "Bringing our firms together meaningfully expands our capabilities in the UK and the Channel Islands and creates a stronger platform to support our clients across Europe." NCM's management team will remain in charge of the business and reinvest part of its proceeds in exchange for shares in Standish Group. NCM's clients will continue to be served by their existing teams, with no change to service delivery resulting from the acquisition. Completion is expected later this year, subject to regulatory approvals. NCM's employees and offices in Edinburgh, London, Jersey, and Guernsey will continue operating as before after the transaction, while gaining access to Standish's global platform and clients. NCM CEO Kathleen McLeay said: "We believe the combination will allow us to deepen our capabilities, support clients across additional jurisdictions and continue delivering the responsive, director-led service our clients expect." Give your business an edge with its leading industry insights.
Standish expands alts presence in UK and Channel Islands. September 25 2026 US fund administrator Standish Management has agreed to buy NCM Fund Services in a deal that will expand its alternatives business in the UK and the Channel Islands. NCM, which has offices in Edinburgh, London, Jersey and Guernsey, provides fund administration services to alternative investment funds spanning private debt, private equity, venture capital, real assets and social impact. Standish, which has around $900bn (£680bn) in assets under administration, said the acquisition will extend its alternatives footprint into Jersey and Guernsey while adding to its existing presence in the UK. "Bringing our firms together meaningfully expands our capabilities in the UK and the Channel Islands and creates a stronger platform to support our clients across Europe," said Bob Raynard, chairman, chief executive and founder of Standish. The deal will increase Standish's team across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to more than 300 employees, serving around 190 clients across 750 fund structures. It will also take Standish's global team to over 1,300 across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Both firms said the tie-up could create opportunities to introduce their clients to a broader range of services in Luxembourg and the US. The move comes as Standish looks to grow its European platform, including its existing operations in London and Luxembourg. "We believe the combination will allow us to deepen our capabilities, support clients across additional jurisdictions and continue delivering the responsive, director-led service our clients expect," said Kathleen McLeay, chief executive of NCM. NCM's management team will continue to lead the business and will reinvest a portion of their proceeds to become shareholders in Standish. The acquisition will preserve the locally led service model of NCM, Standish said. The transaction is expected to close later this year.
Standish Management has agreed to acquire NCM Fund Services, expanding its presence in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. NCM, founded in 2009, provides fund administration services to alternative investment funds from offices in Edinburgh, London, Jersey and Guernsey. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds Jersey and Guernsey operations to Standish's footprint whilst expanding its UK presence with AIFM, Depositary and Operator services. Following the transaction, Standish will have over 300 employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, serving more than 190 clients across 750 fund structures. NCM's management team will continue leading the business and reinvesting proceeds to become Standish shareholders. The transaction is expected to close later this year, pending regulatory approvals.
Standish Management, a fund administrator serving private equity and venture capital funds, is using DataSnipper's agentic platform to automate tasks across investor relations, journal entries, and reporting workflows. The firm has built over 50 AI agents to handle document-heavy processes whilst keeping human experts in control at every decision point. DataSnipper's platform works within existing files and workflows, automating manual data gathering and validation whilst maintaining traceable links to source documents. This allows Standish's 1,200 professionals across 19 offices to focus more on analysis and client service. "Our goal is not to replace expertise with automation. It's to give our team better tools," said Linda Jones, managing director at Standish Management. The firm administers over $850 billion in assets for more than 500 clients. DataSnipper reported delivering $1.4 billion in productivity savings to customers in 2025.
Standish Management expands technology ecosystem with DataSnipper's Agentic platform. DataSnipper News Published. August 31, 2026 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 1 September 2026 - DataSnipper, the agentic platform for audit and finance, today announced that Standish Management, a leading fund administrator serving private equity, venture capital, and other alternative investment funds, is leveraging DataSnipper's AI Agents as part of its broader technology strategy to increase efficiency across its fund administration workflow. As fund structures, reporting requirements, and investor expectations grow in complexity, Standish continues to invest in people, processes, and technology that support scalable, high-quality fund administration. Using DataSnipper's Agentic platform, Standish has developed AI agents to work together with its highly experienced teams to automate certain tasks across processes such as investor relations, journal entries, workflow tracking, and reporting. For Standish and its clients, DataSnipper's AI Agents enable its teams to provide enhanced value to clients through greater efficiency, faster turnaround times, greater insights, and enhanced quality. In addition, it enables Standish's industry leading experts to spend more time engaging with clients as thought partners. Working inside the native files and workflows teams already use, DataSnipper automates document-intensive processes without requiring teams to fundamentally change how they work. The platform keeps traceable links to the source document behind each figure, then matches, extracts, and compares the data, so Standish's teams perform reviews efficiently, while preserving appropriate controls in a manner consistent with Standish's proven, time-tested processes. With DataSnipper's human in the loop approach, a Standish expert stays in control at every judgment point, and every result links back to its exact source document. For a firm whose name goes on everything it sends to clients, the traceability that DataSnipper provides is what lets its teams verify and stand behind their work. "Our goal is not to replace expertise with automation. It's to give our team better tools," said Linda Jones, Managing Director and Co-Head of Client Solutions & Technology at Standish Management. "By reducing time spent on manual data gathering and validation, our teams can focus more attention on analysis, oversight, and responsiveness to our clients. We see DataSnipper as a way to enhance the client experience while maintaining the high standards of quality and accountability that define our service model," added Alexa O'Hare, Managing Director and Co-Head of Client Solutions & Technology at Standish Management. How Standish Management is using DataSnipper. As part of its broader investment in technology and operational excellence, Standish is putting DataSnipper's AI Agents to support a number of workflow-specific activities within its fund administration operations. These are the high-volume, document-heavy tasks that run through a fund administrator every day, from extracting and validating incoming data to reconciling records and preparing information for review and reporting. Using DataSnipper's Agent Builder, the firm has turned its procedures into reusable agents its teams can run firmwide. As the agents take on the repetitive work in bulk, Standish's people get more time for the review, judgment, and client service the firm is known for. "Standish is exactly the kind of forward-thinking firm we love to work with," said Vidya Peters, CEO of DataSnipper. " They saw how much AI could do for the speed and quality of the work they deliver to clients, and they've built over 50 agents across their fund administration process They are among the first fund administrators to adopt agents at this scale, while keeping their people in control of every result. We're proud to support Standish's team as they raise the bar for clients." As more firms weigh how to bring AI into their work, Standish is at the forefront of embedding AI into its fund administration workflows in a responsible manner: agents working across the process, people accountable for every result. As the first fund administrator to work with DataSnipper to build agents, and a DataSnipper design partner, the firm will keep expanding its use of AI Agents and help put new capabilities to work first. About DataSnipper. DataSnipper is the agentic platform transforming audit and finance. Powered by AI Agents, DataSnipper helps professionals reduce manual work, accelerate document analysis, and streamline complex workflows while maintaining full transparency and control. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, global enterprises, and all Big Four accounting firms, DataSnipper is used by professionals across 175 countries. In 2025, the company delivered more than $1.4B in productivity savings to its customers. About Standish Management. Standish is the leading independent provider of fund administration and related services to the private capital industry. With more than 1,200 professionals across 19 offices in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, Standish provides comprehensive solutions for Fund Sponsors, including: fund administration, management company, tax, compliance, as well as corporate and depositary services for its clients in Europe. The firm supports over 500 clients with over $850 billion in assets under administration and serves all major alternative asset classes.