Job Description

Management Company Controller – Alternative Asset Management

New York City | Corporate Accounting & Finance Leadership

The Opportunity

Madison Davis is partnering with a leading alternative asset management firm on a high-priority Management Company Controller search within its corporate accounting and finance organization.

This is a senior, highly visible opportunity for an accomplished CPA looking to take on broader accounting leadership responsibilities within a sophisticated, multi-entity investment platform.

Working closely with the CFO and senior finance leadership, this individual will take significant ownership across management company accounting, corporate accounting, consolidated financial reporting, complex transactions, and strategic finance initiatives.

Unlike traditional accounting positions focused on a narrow set of responsibilities, this opportunity provides exposure across the firm's investment businesses, subsidiaries, and broader financial infrastructure. The successful candidate will be expected to operate independently, take accountability for critical accounting deliverables, and serve as a key partner to senior leadership.

The firm is seeking an ambitious accounting professional with a strong technical foundation, demonstrated operational accounting ownership, and the potential to progress into broader Head of Accounting, Corporate Controller, or CFO-level leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead key components of the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close across multiple entities.
• Oversee management company and corporate accounting activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Review consolidated financial statements, subsidiary reporting, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial analyses.
• Prepare and review consolidated monthly financial reporting packages for the CFO and senior leadership.
• Provide accounting oversight across subsidiaries, investment-related activities, and complex legal entity structures.
• Evaluate complex transactions, technical accounting matters, and their impact on financial reporting.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Valuations, Financial Reporting, and other business functions.
• Coordinate with subsidiary accounting teams to strengthen reporting consistency, controls, and accountability.
• Lead process improvements, accounting automation, and systems implementation initiatives.
• Serve as a senior accounting resource to executive leadership on financial reporting and operational matters.

Qualifications

• CPA required.
• Big 4 public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience preferred.
• Strong background within alternative asset management, private equity, private credit, mortgage investments, or broader financial services.
• Combination of public accounting and hands-on management company/corporate accounting experience highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ownership of monthly and quarterly close processes, financial reporting, and accounting deliverables.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, consolidations, and multi-entity structures.
• Experience operating within a lean accounting organization with significant individual responsibility.
• Ability to independently manage complex accounting matters and interact directly with CFO-level leadership.
• Experience with systems implementations, process improvements, or accounting transformation initiatives preferred.
• Strong leadership capabilities and ambition to advance into broader financial leadership responsibilities.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

Direct CFO Exposure: Work closely with executive leadership and play an important role in the firm's financial reporting and accounting operations.

Broad Controllership Ownership: Gain exposure beyond traditional management company accounting, including subsidiaries, investment-related accounting, consolidated reporting, and complex transactions.

Sophisticated Investment Platform: Join an established alternative asset manager with a diverse financial infrastructure and multiple business lines.

Meaningful Leadership Responsibility: Take accountability for critical accounting deliverables and help shape the efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting function.

Strategic Initiatives: Play a significant role in accounting transformation, systems implementations, and process improvement projects.

Long-Term Career Growth: Position yourself for continued advancement toward Head of Accounting, Corporate Controller, or CFO-level leadership.

Interested?

If you're a Big 4-trained CPA with hands-on management company accounting and controllership experience within alternative asset management or financial services , we'd welcome a confidential conversation.

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