Manager, ABF Fund Finance

Oaktree Capital Management•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Oaktree, part of Brookfield’s credit platform, is seeking a Manager for its ABF Fund Finance team. The Manager will maintain fund revenue and profitability models, track actuals against forecasts, and serve as the team’s primary data and analytics resource. The role will help advance data-platform priorities such as borrowing-base automation, liquidity forecasting, and cost-transparency reporting. It also contributes to monthly and quarterly close activities, cash management, and related fund operations. The position combines fund accounting and operations responsibilities with technology enablement. The Manager will produce and oversee financial, lender, and cost reporting; coordinate with internal teams and external service providers; and use data tools to build standardized reports and dashboards and automate reporting processes. Oaktree describes its culture as collaborative, curious, and inclusive, with an emphasis on training, career development, diversity of thought, and community support.

Requirements

At least 5–7 years of relevant accounting or audit experience in Big Four public accounting, or a combination of public accounting and investment-management industry experience.
Demonstrated data-science acumen, including practical application in asset management or banking.
Experience using Python, SQL, and/or data-visualization tools such as Power BI.
Deep knowledge of alternative investments.
Strong knowledge of reconciliation and account analysis.
Excellent understanding of accounting and the ability to apply relevant investment-company accounting rules.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand and resolve complex problems.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Ability to build relationships and elicit cooperation and confidence from colleagues across departments and third-party service providers.
Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively, drive work with limited supervision, and maintain strong attention to detail.
Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and timelines, manage competing demands, prioritize and execute tasks, and work effectively in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
Self-starter with ownership, follow-through, and a commitment to driving issues to closure.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Geneva and/or Geneva World Investor accounting systems.
CPA or equivalent designation.

Responsibilities

Maintain fund revenue and profitability models and track actual results against forecasts.
Serve as the ABF Fund Finance team’s primary data and analytics resource, advancing initiatives such as borrowing-base automation, liquidity forecasting, and cost-transparency reporting.
Manage cash and liquidity forecasting, NAV and subscription-line oversight, and borrowing-base reporting to lenders.
Oversee detailed fund cost-transparency reporting and provide analysis of significant cost drivers.
Build and maintain borrowing-base models.
Oversee responses to lender diligence questions concerning recurring reporting and potential refinancings.
Participate in quarterly reporting close and provide related deliverables to the corporate finance team.
Collaborate with the tax team on lower-tier books and records and the year-end tax reporting cycle.
Collaborate with operations teams on private-deal lifecycle bookings and related controls.
Prepare and/or review complex management fee and waterfall calculations.
Record and reconcile cash, investments, and other balance-sheet accounts.
Estimate and post accruals.
Prepare and/or review income and expense allocations to partners and update distribution waterfalls according to governing documents.
Determine and prepare distributions and drawdowns.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
Analyze and calculate performance metrics for partnerships, accounts, and investments.
Coordinate with fund independent auditors, custodians, prime brokers, and fund administrators.
Use Python, SQL, and/or data-visualization tools such as Power BI to manage and manipulate large datasets and create standardized reports or dashboards.
Lead implementation of process changes and automated reports that provide timely, actionable information on investment and fund KPIs.
Perform other tasks as required.