Assistant Vice President, Deal and Cash Operations

Oaktree Capital Management•Los Angeles, CA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a part of Brookfield’s $416B credit platform, Oaktree is a premier credit manager emphasizing an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investing across credit, equity, and real estate. Oaktree is committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture. Oaktree is wholly owned by Brookfield, a leading global investment firm with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Brookfield owns and operates high-quality businesses and real assets that provide essential services and form the backbone of the global economy. It invests on behalf of institutions and individuals around the world across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate, and credit. The Assistant Vice President on the Deal and Cash Operations team is responsible for private deal investment accounting including recording deal activity, investment lifecycle events, investment proceeds, loan activity, and dispositions into Oaktree’s accounting system. Additional responsibilities include operational activities such as facilitating deal fundings, cash positioning, and hedging.

Requirements

9–11 years of relevant experience at an asset management firm, investment bank, or other financial services company
Investment Accounting and Operations experience with Alternative Investments including Private Credit, Real Assets, Syndicated Loans, Private Equity, and Asset-Backed Finance
Processing transactions, credit activity, and accounting entries in Advent Geneva and Global World Investor
Using Microsoft office suite of applications, with expertise in Excel including data analysis, pivot tables, charts, and formulas
Utilizing SharePoint, Power BI, SQL and VBA a plus
Track record of process improvement
Working with complex fund and deal entity structures
Collaborative, team-oriented individual with strong sense of integrity and professionalism
Must have outstanding initiative and be a self-starter
Demonstrate non-linear thinking and have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Must be able to critically think and independently solve issues and participate in projects for improved efficiency and automation
Able to work under tight deadlines and high pressure
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing tasks
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate in clear and concise manner
Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with private deal experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Translate deal documents into accounting records that accurately reflect deal economics and meet accounting requirements, ensuring timely and accurate entry into Oaktree’s accounting system
Identify and record investment proceeds (e.g., principal, interest, paydowns, sales) in Oaktree’s accounting system timely and accurately
Process deal lifecycle events from an investment accounting perspective by booking credit events, reorganizations, amendments, and exits in Oaktree’s accounting system timely and accurately
Process and account for cash movements through complex legal entity structures, ensuring proper booking in Oaktree’s accounting system
Work with various stakeholders to fund and close private deal transactions including cash positioning and funding deals within demanding timelines
Coordinate with and respond to inquiries and requests from investment teams, fund accounting, auditors, custodians, fund administrators, and counterparties
Stage FX orders to raise cash and to hedge currency risk
Ensure cash availability for upcoming purchases, redemptions, and other transactions
Forecast available cash balances
Monitor for and prevent account overdrafts in various currencies
Participate in cross-functional initiatives relating to the private deal workflow
Manage resources, including developing new team members
Establish SLAs with internal teams to ensure high success rates
Establish KPIs to measure and continually improve processes
Identify, measure, and mitigate process risk
Address daily issues, understanding root causes, and implement process improvements
Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders
Write effective procedures and train others when necessary