Sands Capital
Sr. Associate, Alternatives Finance and Operations
Arlington, VA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 51 days ago
LLMsFinancial AnalysisAccountingExcelTaxCommunicationOrganizational SkillsGAAPFinancial Reporting
About the role
- Sands Capital is seeking a highly organized and self-motivated Sr.
- Associate to join our tight-knit and dynamic Alternatives Finance and Operations Team.
- The work location for this role is Sands Capital's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia on a hybrid schedule of three days per week in-office (including Tuesdays and Wednesdays), or more as directed by your manager.
Responsibilities
- Through the fund administration accounting team, maintaining books and records of all fund structures and related legal entities including the management company, foreign entities and general partner entities.
- Reviewing capital calls, distributions, and financial reporting to limited partners.
- Responding to limited partner and prospective limited partner queries.
- Understanding and ensuring adherence to the specific limited partner arrangements including Most Favored Nations clauses and side letter agreements.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field from an accredited university.
- Ability to accurately analyze and apply US GAAP, income tax basis and cash basis financial reports.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate and explain complex matters to varied backgrounds of expertise.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to work with complex data sets.
- Experience in designing and implementing process improvements and internal control best practices.
- Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, constantly changing environment with the skills necessary to appropriately prioritize workload while handling multiple ongoing projects and deadlines.
- Required Behavioral Characteristics:
- Operating with a high degree of initiative, self-discipline, and motivation.
- Strong consideration to private markets investment industry experience.
- High level of comfort with changing technology and data-driven tools; interest in large language models or AI-enabled tools preferred.
- Financial analysis or analytical experience including the ability to accurately analyze financial documents, create financial analysis responses, and understand the flow of funds in legal structures.
- Highly self-motivated with the ability to successfully collaborate with team members.
Nice to have
- At least 3-5 years of accounting or finance experience (CPA preferred).
- High level of comfort with changing technology and data-driven tools
- interest in large language models or AI-enabled tools preferred.
Compensation
- Creating financial statements and reviewing workpapers for the annual US GAAP audit work.
- Working closely with tax preparers on annual tax returns and filings.
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