Vice President - Corporate Finance

Bain Capital•Boston, MA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bain Capital is seeking a Vice President to play a key leadership role within its U.S. Corporate Finance organization, reporting to the U.S. Controller. Positioned at the Management Company level, this role sits at the center of the firm and offers broad visibility across Bain Capital, including significant exposure to the firm’s Deputy CFO and finance leadership across the platform. Working under the leadership and direction of the U.S. Controller, the VP will oversee the day-to-day management of U.S. Corporate Finance, helping translate the Controller’s strategic priorities into action and driving execution across the organization. The VP will serve as a trusted partner to finance colleagues and business leaders throughout the firm. This is a leadership role first. We are looking for someone who builds strong teams, collaborates naturally across functions and businesses, and creates clarity and accountability in a complex environment. The successful candidate will bring a continuous improvement mindset, elevate how Corporate Finance supports the firm, and drive the transformation across people, processes and technology to ensure the function is positioned to scale with Bain Capital.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
Public accounting experience preferred.
15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant experience in a leadership role.
Background in asset management, private equity, or financial services, ideally at the management company or corporate level.
Strong technical grounding in U.S. GAAP, tax basis accounting, and consolidated reporting; broker-dealer regulatory reporting experience is a plus.
Demonstrated experience with controls across corporate finance functions, including assessing the current control environment, identifying gaps, and leading remediation.
Experience managing multi-layered teams and offshore or outsourced partners.
A track record of leading process and systems transformation, including applying AI and automation to finance workflows.
Excellent communication and relationship skills, with a track record of building trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders.
A true people leader who inspires trust, develops talent, and builds an inclusive, accountable team culture.
A transformational leader who challenges the status quo, embraces new technology including AI, and brings the team along through change.
An exceptional collaborator and relationship builder who earns trust and builds lasting partnerships across functions, businesses, and levels of seniority.
A skilled influencer who builds credibility and alignment with senior partners across control, support, and business functions.
An enterprise minded leader who is comfortable operating at the center of the firm, understands how the pieces connect, and can balance competing priorities.
An excellent written and verbal communicator who can explain complex accounting and finance topics clearly to senior leadership, business partners, and the team.
Strategic by default and hands-on when needed.

Nice To Haves

Public accounting experience preferred.
broker-dealer regulatory reporting experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee internal and external accounting and reporting functions across the Management Company, its affiliated advisor entities, and the regulated broker-dealer.
Provide senior leadership and oversight to the Accounting team, working closely with the teams’ managers and under the direction of the U.S. Controller.
Oversee accounting for the firm’s advisor entities, balance sheet investment portfolios, and the regulated broker-dealer. The VP will work closely with the Strategic Capital team on the balance sheet investment portfolios from a consolidation and reporting perspective.
Oversee deliverables to external parties, including covenant and regulatory reporting, covering both consolidated and standalone financial statements.
Serve as a key stakeholder in the external audits, working directly with the firm’s external auditors throughout the audit cycle.
Provide leadership and oversight across finance operations, onshore and offshore, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, expense allocations, and time and expense. These teams manage these functions across the firm’s advisor entities.
Work closely with the Director of Corporate Finance Operations in leading the team, including the managers who run the onshore and offshore teams’ day to day.
Oversee fund and advisor payments, expense allocations, revenue recognition, invoicing to funds and portfolio companies, accounts receivable collections, and treasury and payment management.
Lead a critical transformation agenda across Corporate Finance building a team that can scale with the firm through process improvement, AI and automation, and more streamlined ways of working across teams.
Lead assessments of key processes and controls across Corporate Finance to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and areas of risk.
Drive targeted control and process enhancement to mitigate identified risks.
Develop and execute strategic plans to further streamline processes, improve efficiency, strengthen controls and mitigate risk.
Partner closely with the U.S. Controller in overseeing U.S. Corporate Finance, jointly setting direction, priorities, and standards for the organization.
Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing team of directors, managers, and associates, and build bench strength and supporting succession planning.
Oversee the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of accounting and reporting across the Management Company, affiliated advisor entities, and the regulated broker-dealer, including consolidated and standalone financials, covenant reporting, and regulatory filings.
Serve as a key point of contact for finance leaders across each business unit, and for partners in Compliance and Risk Management, Human Resources, FP&A, and Legal and Tax, translating their needs into clear Corporate Finance priorities.
Help drive global finance policies and procedures in partnership with finance teams and regional controllers in Europe and Asia, promoting consistency across the firm’s regions.
Partner with FP&A on the budget, forecast, and long-term planning processes, including workstreams where FP&A and Corporate Finance share ownership.
Drive operational excellence across finance operations, including payments, expense allocations, revenue recognition, invoicing, collections, and treasury, along with governance of offshore service providers.
Lead the transformation of the Corporate Finance operating model to enable the team to scale with the firm.
Identify opportunities for process improvement, apply AI and automation, and streamline work across teams.
Strengthen the control environment across Corporate Finance functions.
Assess existing controls, identify gaps and areas of risk, and drive remediation through to closure in coordination with internal and external auditors.
Represent Corporate Finance in cross-functional initiatives and bring an enterprise-wide perspective to decision making.