Oaktree India | Vice President – Fund Accounting (Global Opportunities, Value Opportunities and Emerging Markets Opportunities)

Responsibilities

• The role will combine technical fund accounting oversight with people leadership, capacity planning and the staged transition of work into the team.
• As the team develops, the role will support the assessment and phased transition of suitable, relatively straightforward preparation work from third-party service providers to the in-house team.
• Resource and Capacity Planning: Assess resourcing requirements, allocate work across the team, monitor capacity and recommend changes needed to support current and anticipated workloads.
• Review Support: Partner with fund accounting teams in other Oaktree offices to onboard reviews for selected co-investment funds and overflow assignments, with clear ownership, timelines, escalation protocols and quality standards.
• Review partner and investor allocations, incentive calculations, capital calls, distributions and other capital activity in accordance with governing documents.
• Review fund and client-specific performance calculations and consolidated information across the strategy, as applicable.
• Controls and Governance: Maintain effective financial reporting controls, review evidence and process documentation, and ensure procedures remain current as responsibilities move between teams or providers.
• Collaborate with Technology and Reporting and Performance teams on automation and reporting solutions, including Power BI or similar tools where appropriate.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from Opportunistic Credit leadership, the investment team, client services and other stakeholders, and perform other duties as required.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve workflows, strengthen controls and increase operational scale.

Requirements

• At least 14 years of relevant accounting or audit experience within public accounting, investment management, fund administration or a combination of these environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams, managing capacity and allocating work across competing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of alternative investment fund accounting, including closed-end funds, co-investment vehicles and complex credit investments.
• Experience reviewing work performed by external fund administrators and supporting service transitions or the development of an in-house operating model.
• Ability to understand and resolve complex accounting and operational issues associated with distressed, opportunistic and event-driven investments.
• Proven ability to lead process improvements, document standard operating procedures and implement effective controls and review standards.
• Strong project-management skills and the ability to plan and execute transitions in a measured, well-controlled manner.
• Experience with Geneva and Geneva World Investor is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word, Teams and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI or similar reporting and visualization tools is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making and communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Communication: Communicates clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, and adapts messages to the needs of different audiences.
• Strong knowledge of U.S.

Oaktree Capital Management

Oaktree was founded in Los Angeles in April 1995 by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, Larry Keele, Richard Masson and Sheldon Stone, who had earlier worked together at TCW. It manages money for institutional clients in alternative strategies, organised around credit, equity and real estate, and is known for distressed-debt investing. Brookfield bought a majority stake in 2019. In India, Oaktree opened an office in Mumbai in 2023 and a second one in Hyderabad's HITEC City in 2025, which lets it hire and develop staff locally to support clients and internal teams worldwide.

All the finance openings are in Hyderabad. They include fund accounting for real estate and for global, value and emerging markets opportunities funds, a fund accounting role in asset-based finance, revenue accounting, treasury risk, and a regional head of treasury. Roles range from manager to vice president. Postings generally ask for a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, with ACA, CA or CPA preferred or strongly preferred, and the revenue accounting role asks for a Chartered Accountant with at least five years of experience.

• Industry: Alternative investment management: credit, distressed debt, equity and real estate strategies
• Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States (majority-owned by Brookfield since 2019)
• In India: Hyderabad office in HITEC City (opened 2025) and an investment office in Mumbai (opened 2023)