Controllers - Dallas - Vice President, Financial Accounting - 8223883

Goldman Sachs • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is seeking a Vice President, Financial Accounting in Dallas, Texas. This role involves preparing and reviewing various financial reports for private equity investment funds, including quarterly accounting and reporting packages, net asset values, financial statements, and investor capital statements. The position also requires preparing and reviewing monthly and ad hoc reporting requests, such as management fee analysis, cash flow analysis, financial reporting requests, and regulatory reporting (including Federal and SEC requests). Key responsibilities include preparing and reviewing journal entries for daily cash activity, investment activity, currency transactions, credit facilities, fund expenses, and investor contributions/distributions. The role also entails reviewing period-end close transactions like mark-to-market valuations, foreign currency adjustments, and accruals. Additionally, the Vice President will oversee compliance with regulations such as Japanese Regulatory Reporting (JRR), Chinese Regulatory Reporting, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), and SOX internal controls. Collaboration with fund administrators and other divisions within Goldman Sachs is essential for coordinating the year-end audit process with independent auditors.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role OR Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or in a related role.
• Three (3) years of experience with US General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and AICPA Accounting Guide.
• Three (3) years of experience reviewing journal entries, performing account reconciliation, and performing account analysis.
• Three (3) years of experience with debt and equity investments including reviewing unrealized and realized activity, cash interest receivables, original issue discount and capitalized expenses.
• Three (3) years of experience with foreign currency, including experience with derivative contracts, booking unrealized and realized FX (Foreign Currency Exchange) activity and translation of foreign currencies to US Dollar.
• Three (3) years of experience utilizing Excel to create reports and perform analysis using pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts, filtering, data validation, and other “what if” tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review quarterly accounting and reporting packages, including fund-level net asset values, financial statements and investor capital statements for private equity investment funds.
• Prepare and review monthly and ad hoc reporting requests, including management fee analysis, cash flow analysis, financial reporting related requests, and regulatory reporting requests (including Federal and SEC requests).
• Prepare and review journal entries relating to daily cash activity, investment activity, currency purchases/exchanges, credit facility activities, fund expenses, and investor contributions and distributions.
• Review period-end close transactions, including mark-to-market valuation and foreign currency adjustments, accruals, and other transactions.
• Oversee compliance with regulations including Japanese Regulatory Reporting “JRR”, Chinese Regulatory Reporting, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive “AIFMD”, and SOX internal controls.
• Work closely with fund administrators and other divisions with Goldman Sachs to coordinate year-end audit process with independent auditors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager