Accounting Associate

Description:

Gatewood Capital Partners (“Gatewood” or the “Firm”) is a New York-based private equity firm focused on seeding and anchoring emerging managers in private equity, private credit and other alternative asset classes. Gatewood seeks to provide capital and be a strategic partner to emerging managers to support and catalyse their growth.

Position Description

The Firm is seeking to add an Operations and Accounting professional who will be an integral part of the accounting, operations and administrative aspects of the Firm. This position will report to the CFO and will focus on bookkeeping, accounting and operations of a private equity firm. The professional should be able to effectively communicate within the firm and to external parties, including vendors and investors. The ideal candidate should feel comfortable working in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment and undertake responsibility with limited supervision.

Scope and Responsibilities

The professional will participate in firm bookkeeping, expense recording, vendor payment, wiring, operations, administration, communications and similar functions, with a wide breadth of operational/back office responsibilities. The successful candidate will ideally have at least 1-4 years of accounting and/or operations work experience in the financial sector. This person must be very detailed-oriented and comfortable managing multiple parallel tasks.

Key Requirements - Strong candidates will have:

· At least a bachelor’s degree, with experience in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related field (ideally financial services/Private Funds)

· Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders, including service providers

· A working knowledge of basic accounting principles

· Experience with processing expense reporting, (including foreign travel and currency)

· Experience with processing wires, vendor management and payments

· Eagerness and drive to learn and take on new challenges

· The capacity and potential to grow with the firm in scope and responsibilities

· Ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously and independently (with suitable support)

· Excellent computer skills (including MS Excel and Word)

· Superior writing and communication skills

· Desire to dive into details and manage tasks big and small