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Entrepreneur Cooperative

Runs peer advisory groups for founders and CEOs

Fund Operations Manager - Accounting experience

Financial AccountingUpdated on Nov 12
Full-time$2k - $3k /mo

About the Job

Requirements

  • C2 / near-native English proficiency, written and spoken, is required.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on fund operations experience within a fund administrator, hedge fund, private markets manager, fund-of-funds, asset manager, or similar investment environment is required.
  • Hands-on experience managing the NAV cycle, investor transactions, and capital activity is required.
  • A strong fund accounting foundation is required, including NAV review, position and cash reconciliation, profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow.
  • Ability to independently identify and resolve errors in monthly NAVs before final approval is required.
  • Hands-on experience with subscriptions, redemptions, transfers, KYC/AML, capital calls, distributions, and fee calculations is required.
  • Experience coordinating with fund administrators, transfer agents, prime brokers, and banks is required.
  • Hands-on accounting experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, month-end close, and financial reporting is required.
  • Experience communicating directly with investors or external financial partners is required.
  • Availability during U.S. Eastern business hours, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET, is required.
  • Candidates must have direct, hands-on fund operations and fund accounting experience; general business operations or accounting experience without meaningful investment fund operations exposure is insufficient.

Responsibilities

  • Own the monthly NAV process and drive the close through final review and sign-off.
  • Coordinate month-end activities with fund administrators and other external providers.
  • Prepare and review monthly NAVs, identifying and resolving discrepancies before leadership review.
  • Reconcile positions and cash across internal calculations, shadow records, and official administrator records.
  • Manage outstanding manager NAVs and help maintain an efficient and timely close process.
  • Maintain accurate fund performance records, including returns, positions, and expenses.
  • Ensure fund accounting records remain complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
  • Process investor subscriptions, redemptions, and transfers accurately and on time.
  • Own KYC/AML onboarding processes and maintain an accurate investor register.
  • Coordinate capital calls, distributions, fee calculations, payments, and wire approvals.
  • Serve as a front-line point of contact for investors, handling operational questions with accuracy, professionalism, and discretion.
  • Coordinate directly with external administrators, managers, and service providers to resolve investor-related requests.
  • Produce quarterly fact sheets and investor performance reporting using fund control-book data.
  • Support quarterly fund-of-funds reporting and commentary processes.
  • Maintain complete and organized shadow and official NAV records.
  • Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting and data processes.
  • Manage the management company's books, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, and month-end close.
  • Prepare recurring management financial reporting, including KPIs, management-fee tracking, and expense reporting.
  • Coordinate invoices, payments, expense management, and financial records.
  • Help bring recurring bookkeeping and reporting processes in-house while improving and automating them wherever possible.
  • Support the operational setup and launch of new funds.
  • Coordinate account openings, documentation, and required registrations.
  • Help establish the operational infrastructure for new funds and feeder structures.
  • Ensure new fund launches are executed accurately without disrupting existing fund operations.
  • Manage day-to-day coordination with fund administrators, transfer agents, prime brokers, and banks.
  • Maintain strong controls around operating accounts, fund accounts, and wire approvals.
  • Document fund operations procedures and build scalable operational playbooks.
  • Create reliable processes that provide operational continuity and reduce dependency on any single team member.
  • Continuously identify opportunities to improve, streamline, and automate fund operations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience within alternative investments or asset management.
  • Fund-of-funds or multi-strategy investment experience.
  • Experience working with multiple funds simultaneously.
  • Experience with feeder funds, holding-company structures, or onshore/offshore investment structures.
  • Experience supporting new fund launches and fund formation.
  • Experience working directly with founders, investors, and external financial service providers.
  • Experience using AI and automation to improve reconciliation, reporting, or recurring fund operations processes.
  • Comfort learning sophisticated financial and operational systems quickly; relevant tools may include fund administration and NAV platforms, fund performance tracking systems, prime brokerage platforms, accounting and expense-management systems, SharePoint, Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Linear, Claude, Codex, and AI automation tools.

About the Company

Entrepreneur Cooperative

Runs peer advisory groups for founders and CEOs

Entrepreneur Cooperative runs a paid advisory program and peer network for founders and CEOs who are growing their companies or preparing to sell them. Members meet monthly in small facilitated forums with founders from similar industries or at a similar stage, and they can join retreats, founder dinners and expert-led workshops. A mentorship track also pairs members with seasoned entrepreneurs who guide their exit planning, while an online platform supports discussion and scheduling between meetings. Founders apply through a short screening process that ends with an adviser call, then pay to join the program. Entrepreneur Cooperative was founded in 2023 by entrepreneurs who had sold their own companies.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Not listed
Founded
2023

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