Baker Tilly US India | PEFS Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the preparation and review of journal entries, cash reporting, and financial statements, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.
• Manage the quarterly and annual financial reporting process, reviewing reporting packages, analyzing key variances, and providing findings and supporting information to the client-facing engagement team.
• Oversee and review investor capital statements, general-ledger support schedules, account reconciliations, and other fund reporting deliverables.
• Prepare and/or review capital call and distribution calculations and notices, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable fund agreements.
• Support the client-facing engagement team by researching and providing information to assist in resolving complex client or investor inquiries.
• Prepare and/or review management fees, carried interest, waterfall calculations, and other complex fund calculations, as applicable to assigned engagements.
• Partner with the client-facing engagement team to support the timely and accurate delivery of fund accounting and reporting services, escalating technical or operational matters as appropriate.
• Oversee and coordinate the preparation of audit schedules, confirmations, and supporting documentation, working with engagement leadership and external auditors as needed.
• Support the maintenance of client investor portals, ensuring information is accurate, complete, and updated in a timely manner.
• Lead assigned client engagements and special projects, including appropriate client communication based on engagement needs.
• Support larger or more complex engagements through deliverable preparation, internal coordination, and collaboration with the client-facing engagement team.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, standardize workflows, enhance quality, and support the timely delivery of client work.
• Manage, mentor, and develop Seniors, Associates, and Junior Associates by providing technical guidance, performance coaching, and career development support.
• Review work performed by the team, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal policies, and client-specific requirements.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to support resource planning, operational initiatives, and continuous process improvements across engagements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of overall experience, including at least 5 years of relevant experience in private equity fund accounting or fund administration.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to identify issues and propose solutions.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proficiency in accounting systems such as Investran or similar; solid Excel skills.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engagement leadership, internal teams, and other stakeholders.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and capable of meeting deadlines.

Baker Tilly US, LLP

The firm's roots in the United States go back to 1931, when it began as Virchow, Krause & Company, and the current partnership was organised in 1953. It joined Baker Tilly International in 1999 and took the Baker Tilly name in 2009. It has since grown through mergers with ParenteBeard in 2014 and Squar Milner in 2020, among others. Baker Tilly provides audit and assurance, tax, and advisory services, with a CPA firm handling attest work and a separate advisory group handling tax and consulting. In 2023 it formed a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services, called BT Pierian, to add service delivery capacity in India across assurance, advisory and managed services.

The openings are mostly in Bengaluru, with some roles in Gurugram and Kochi. US tax roles at manager and senior manager level ask for CPA, CA or an Enrolled Agent certification. Assurance and internal audit roles prefer CA, CPA or CIA. Other postings cover accounting advisory, transaction advisory, business valuation, corporate finance advisory, FP&A, treasury, cash applications, billing, private equity fund services and managed accounting services. Roles run from associate to senior manager, and the accounting advisory roles in Gurugram ask for CA, CPA or ACCA.

• Industry: Accounting, tax, assurance and advisory services, including managed accounting services
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (U.S. member firm of Baker Tilly International)
• In India: BT Pierian, a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services formed in 2023; finance and accounting roles in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi