12 results for Private Equity Associate in Chicago, IL

Accounting & Finance Associate The salary range for this position is $100,000-$105,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] You know what’s awesome? PTO. You know what else is awesome? A high-paying job that respects your work-life balance so you can enjoy your PTO. This role has perks that are unmatched by its competitors. Plus, this position doubles as a fast-track career advancement opportunity as they prefer to promote from within. Job Description: This individual will assist the Controller in all fund and company-related accounting and reporting duties. The qualified candidate must have demonstrated experience in general ledger maintenance, understanding of GAAP accounting principles, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a busy team. Responsibilities: • Monitor cash balances of multiple Funds, GPs, and the management company • Initiate wire transfers and ACH payments to vendors, investors, and employees • Assist with quarterly financial statement packages to investors • Assist in managing audit and tax engagements • Assist in drafting Capital Call Notices and Distribution Notices for multiple Funds and GPs • Review monthly bills for payment and calculate allocation of expenses • Create bills for quarterly monitoring fees and portfolio company reimbursements • Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and bank fee analysis (cash and other assets) and record journal entries for approximately 15 partnerships • Compile monthly cash transfer logs (external, internal and wire confirmations) • Create monthly restricted stock list and other compliance related items • Maintain various files and records, ensuring organization and relevance

Tax Manager The salary range for this position is $160,000-$170,000 and it comes with benefits, including Medical/Dental, 401k & time off. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Tax Manager. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees 2) They have higher bonus structures 3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance. 4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions) 5) And more… This person will work within the team as a key member and responsibilities will include but not limited to: <ul><li>Supporting portfolio company finance teams (including direct interaction with CFOs, controllers, and FP& A managers) with tax reporting and supporting calculations, such purchase price allocations, transaction cost analysis, and coordinating tax work within required timelines.</li><li>Provide guidance and assistance with technical tax questions and research.</li><li>Understanding the necessary action items and processes needed to accomplish such benefits including purchase price allocations and tax step-up computations.</li><li>Participate in both sell side and buy-side tax due diligence for platform acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and carve outs and gather information, data, legal agreements, etc. for the service providers.</li><li>Monitor transaction tax benefits and tax refunds due after sale of portfolio company.</li><li>Assist coordination of service providers for provisions and compliance.</li><li>Review and summarize purchase agreements for tax deliverables.</li><li>Prepare special tax projects (like transaction tax benefit analysis) for certain acquisitions.</li><li>Provide technical assistance with new federal and state law changes.</li><li>Assist in coordinating the flow of K-1s for the fund in a timely manner.</li><li>Provide IRS audit support and project management.</li></ul>

Accounting Associate The salary range for this position is $90,000- $100,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] The two biggest things on people’s minds right now: ‘Which street festival do I go to next?’ and ‘Where can I find a fresh start?’. NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Job Description:This position will be focused exclusively on the equity funds managed by the firm. This is a newly created position due to continued growth of the firm; it is expected that a successful candidate will be able to expand his/her responsibilities over time. • Interpret fund agreements in order to determine impact on financial reporting and partner capital accounting requirements• Prepare fund level financial statements including balance sheet, schedule of investments, income statement, statement of changes in partners’ capital and cash flows• Prepare required footnotes to financial statements• Prepare investor-level capital account statements• Prepare management fee computations• Preparation of capital calls and distributions, including fund waterfall calculation• Respond to limited partner inquires and additional ad-hoc requests•Prepare required deliverables for year-end financial statement audits• Perform quarterly closing, including quarter-end journal entries

Tax Senior Associate The salary range for this position is $125,000-$130,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Feeling stuck or straight up bored at your current job? Let’s fix that. A high-End Investment firm is seeking a Tax Senior Associate. Perks include including above market pay-rates, top-tier health benefits, plenty of work from home flexibility, and other unique perks that their top competitors can’t to provide. Job Description: <ul><li>Supporting portfolio company finance teams (including direct interaction with CFOs, controllers, and FP& A managers) with tax reporting and supporting calculations, such purchase price allocations, transaction cost analysis, and coordinating tax work within required timelines.</li><li>Provide guidance and assistance with technical tax questions and research.</li><li>Understanding the necessary action items and processes needed to accomplish such benefits including purchase price allocations and tax step-up computations.</li><li>Participate in both sell side and buy-side tax due diligence for platform acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and carve outs and gather information, data, legal agreements, etc. for the service providers.</li><li>Monitor transaction tax benefits and tax refunds due after sale of portfolio company.</li><li>Assist coordination of service providers for provisions and compliance.</li><li>Review and summarize purchase agreements for tax deliverables.</li><li>Prepare special tax projects (like transaction tax benefit analysis) for certain acquisitions.</li><li>Provide technical assistance with new federal and state law changes.</li><li>Assist in coordinating the flow of K-1s for the fund in a timely manner.</li><li>Provide IRS audit support and project management.</li></ul>

Assurance Senior Associate The salary range for this position is $95,000-$105,000 and it comes with benefits, including Medical/Dental, 401k & time off. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Job Description: As part of the Financial Services Industry team, you’ll work with some of the nation’s leading private equity, hedge, and other alternative investment funds. You’ll Responsibilities<ul><li>Serve as the engagement lead on specific client accounts</li><li>Take responsibility for pre-engagement planning, execution, and final deliverables</li><li>Develop detailed engagement work plans</li><li>Illustrate budgets and schedules</li><li>Actively participate in proposals</li><li>Manage a team of staff associates, including interns, while providing regular performance coaching and feedback</li><li>Gain the respect and confidence of the CRZ team through effective client management, timely and accurate communication, and clear and concise direction and leadership</li></ul>

Sr. Financial Analyst The salary range for this position is $95,000-$115,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Feeling stuck or straight up bored at your current job? Let’s fix that. A high-End Investment firm is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst. Perks include including above market pay-rates, top-tier health benefits, plenty of work from home flexibility, and other unique perks that their top competitors can’t to provide. Job Description<ul><li>Prepare and deliver monthly financial reporting packages for assigned entities</li><li>Maintain, review, and analyze all general ledger accounts</li><li>Perform overall income statement and balance sheet analysis</li><li>Oversee the accounting and operations for multiple private investment vehicles</li><li>Assist with accounting and operations of private equity real estate funds</li><li>Support the team in all investment fund accounting</li><li>Analyze processes for improvement</li><li>Recommend and implement process changes where appropriate</li><li>Prepare analyses to support annual financial statement audits and the preparation of tax returns</li></ul>

Accountant The salary range for this position is $100,000-$110,000 plus bonus and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Join the wave of young finance professionals who are swapping their mundane 9-5s for fresh opportunities with Chicago’s top companies. The focus of this position will be on the delivery of financial services to a set of individual clients through accounting, operational activities, and reporting. Job Description: <ul><li>Manage the personal accounting for a variety of the company’s clients, both individuals and trusts. This includes preparing journal entries and finalizing personal financial statements on a monthly basis. This also includes completing a quarterly reporting package with detailed financial analyses, for example, budget vs. actual spending summaries.</li><li>Within twelve months, recommend a new personal financial report, analysis, or graphic to be included with the quarterly reporting package for the individual or trust clients which you manage.</li><li>Manage the annual financial reporting, administration of grants, and recording of documentation for a private foundation. This includes preparation of federal and state tax filings and calculation of the required minimum charitable distributions.</li><li>Within six months, assume responsibility for the company’s cash management activities. This includes initiating weekly cash transfers on behalf of our business entities and individual clients, reviewing individual investor accounts for liquidity limitations, and coordinating monthly income distributions to individual clients.</li><li>Gather and organize all annual tax information necessary for the preparation of income tax filings for our clients.</li><li>Calculate quarterly estimated tax payments for individuals and trusts.</li><li>Prepare annual extension estimates of taxable income from underlying investments.</li><li>Participate in recurring calls with external service providers (public accounting firms).</li><li>Manage the tax compliance calendar and track the ongoing progress of annual tax returns for all entities.</li><li>Prepare tax returns to be reviewed and signed by the CFO (Individual x1, Trust x1, and a Private Foundation x1). Review tax returns prepared by external service providers (Corporations x2, Partnership x8, Individuals x4, and Trusts x27).</li><li>Work closely with CFO and President in any tax planning/modeling on behalf of our clients (e.g., estate planning, charitable tax planning, etc.)</li><li>Coordinate real estate tax payments, required annual state filings for LLCs, and draft responses to federal and state income tax notices, as needed.</li><li>Within six months, manage the annual calculation of after-tax investment returns for each of our underlying partnership investments (excluding private equity).</li><li>Complete a variety of ad hoc projects working directly with the company’s President, CFO, Client Service Manager, or other team members on an as needed basis. This might include projects related to Corporate and Partnership Accounting, Private Equity & Compliance, Payroll, Administration, Debt and Liquidity Planning, or other analyses requested by the company’s clients.</li></ul>

Sr. Accountant The salary range for this position is $90,000-$110,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] The two biggest things on people’s minds right now: ‘When is it okay for me to start making everything pumpkin spice flavored?’ and ‘Where can I find a fresh start?’. NOTE: This position is a career-fast-track opportunity. Whoever fills this role is expected to be promoted quickly. Review both GAAP and Tax books and records, periodic financial statements and capital account statements for various private equity funds, holding companies, and management entities prepared by the company's Fund Accountants. Job Description:• Supervise the monthly/quarterly close process and completion of related support and control documentation (both tax and GAAP).• Prepare calendar with deliverable deadlines; communicate to other team members and hold them accountable for meeting deadlines.• Manage Fund Accountant team to answer questions, provide technical guidance, and review point commentary.• Lead fund accountant team to ensure optimal efficiencies by reviewing processes, including capitalizing on accounting system capabilities.• Prepare and review expense allocations to ensure compliance with the limited partnership agreements.• Communicate with limited partners by reviewing responses or responding directly to accounting related investor inquiries.• Coordinate with public accounting firm auditors to plan interim reviews and yearend audits, respond to questions and information requests, and participate in technical discussions.• Research and apply accounting rules to investment fund transactions by referencing the Audit Guide for Investment Companies.• Apply the limited partnership agreement provisions to investment fund transactions and partner allocations.• Review capital call and distribution allocations and investor notifications.• Prepare and review responses to SEC inquiries.• Assist with various ad hoc projects such as improvements to investor reporting, accounting software upgrades, fundraising, etc.• Support various aspects of the company's Tax function such as reviewing federal and state K-1s, providing information to tax advisors, discrete projects.

Entity Accountant The salary range for this position is $90,000-$95,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Entity Accountant position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees2) They have higher bonus structures3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)5) And more… Overview The Entity Group provides accounting, tax, financial management, legal and transaction support services to numerous entities holding proprietary, private equity and venture capital investments across a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, logistics, insurance, life sciences, hospitality, healthcare and services, among others. The Accountant position reports to the Managers in the Entity Group and provides a unique opportunity for a qualified candidate to leverage his or her accounting, financial analysis, project management, and leadership skills in the oversight of several entities within the group. Key Duties & Responsibilities • Will be assigned to a slate of investment entities; responsible for all aspects of such entities’ accounting, tax, legal and financial management and analysis functions.• Maintain the general ledger accounting for assigned entities including preparing journal entries for investment activity, cash disbursements, cash receipts, payment of expenses and general ledger account reconciliations.• Prepare the tax projections and tax return workpapers for assigned entities (partnerships and corporations) including identification and resolution of tax issues with managers, in consultation with in-house tax experts.• Provide transaction support to the family investment organizations, including drafting board packages and preparing treasury entries upon closing.• Interpret governing documents (e.g. operating agreements and by-laws) and apply the provisions of the governing documents to the management and accounting for an entity.• Provide day-to-day business and accounting support to certain professional service providers such as budget and projection preparation, quarterly billing, processing reimbursable expenses, etc.• Identify, develop and assist with the execution of improvements to internal processes.

Sr. Financial Analyst The salary range for this position is $95,000-$115,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Senior Fund Analyst position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees2) They have higher bonus structures3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)5) And more… Responsibilities: <ul><li>Assist with financial planning deliverables including budgeting and forecasting</li><li>Produce monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements for various entities and stakeholders</li><li>Maintain supporting schedules and workpapers to substantiate certain accounts and transactions</li><li>Reconcile accounts and record accruals as needed</li><li>Prepare audit and tax support as needed</li><li>Assist with investor relations and due diligence requests</li><li>Execute various special projects and other du􀆟es as needed</li></ul>

Accountant - Tax The salary range for this position is $90,000-$95,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Feeling stuck or straight up bored at your current job? Let’s fix that. A high-End Investment firm is seeking a Tax Accountant. Perks include including above market pay-rates, top-tier health benefits, plenty of work from home flexibility, and other unique perks that their top competitors can’t to provide. The Accountant position reports to the Accounting Manager of the Individual/Foundation Group and works well with all of the other professional service providers. Job Description• Maintenance of general ledgers, including preparation of accounting entries for the day to day transactions and other activity. • Preparation of electronic tax work papers and tax returns for individuals, foundations and partnerships, including analysis of tax issues. • Preparation of financial analysis such as tax projections, cash flow and liquidity planning and budgets. • Preparing and maintaining periodic reports, including personal financial statements for family members, private foundation financial reports, summaries of property expenses, valuable articles and insurance policies.

Sr. Tax Manager The salary range for this position is $180,000-$200,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Senior Tax Manager position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees2) They have higher bonus structures3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)5) And more… Job Description:The Individuals/Foundations Group provides accounting, tax compliance and planning, legal, trust administration, business management, financial management, treasury, insurance, and technology services to the enterprises of two wealthy families, including business entities, trusts, individuals and foundations. Key Duties & Responsibilities • Will be assigned to multiple clients, with a focus on not-for-profit entities including 501(c)3 private foundations and supporting organizations and 501(c)4 trusts; responsible for all aspects of accounting, tax, legal and financial management and analysis functions for assigned clients.• Manage and review the accounting for assigned clients including reviewing journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations.• Oversee and manage the tax projection and tax return processes for assigned clients including identification and resolution of tax issues in consultation with in-house tax experts and review of tax projections, tax workpapers and tax returns.• Coordinate and provide transaction support to the family and foundation investment organizations, including drafting board packages, reviewing and coordinating execution of transaction documents, and coordinating treasury support upon closing.• Interpret governing documents (e.g. operating agreements and by-laws) and apply the provisions of the governing documents to the management and accounting for an entity.• Coordinate with external advisors in the execution of responsibilities associated with management of assigned clients.• Provide day-to-day business and accounting management to certain professional service providers such as budget and projection preparation, quarterly billing, processing reimbursable expenses, etc.• Mentor, train and manage staff accountants and managers to meet deadlines and prioritize projects/workload.• Identify, develop and oversee the execution of improvements to internal processes.