Baker Tilly US India | PEFS Senior Associate

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review daily journal entries and cash reporting, ensuring accuracy and flagging discrepancies for management.
• Assist in preparing quarterly and annual reporting packages and financial statements, providing insights and identifying key variances.
• Support capital calls and distributions preparation, ensuring correctness and timeliness for management approval.
• Review and coordinate the preparation and delivery of capital call and distribution notices, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and clarity, while addressing potential client or investor concerns.
• Draft and review investor correspondence, responding to inquiries and escalating complex issues as needed.
• Manage client investor portals and ensure information is accurate and up-to-date.
• Mentor or guide junior associates and associates on processes and technical aspects when needed.
• Take ownership of assigned projects, including special assignments from management, with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• 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 communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with clients, investors, and team members.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment while consistently 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