Sr. Associate, Financial Reporting

Founded in 1992, Cerberus is a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $65 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We invest across the capital structure where our integrated investment platforms and proprietary operating capabilities create an edge to improve performance and drive long-term value. Our tenured teams have experience working collaboratively across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to seek strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors. For more information about our people and platforms, visit us at www.cerberus.com.

Job Purpose:

The Financial Reporting team at Cerberus provides fund/investment/portfolio/platform-level performance and exposure analytics across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We are recruiting an experienced associate/senior associate to join our team in supporting the growth of the business.

As a Financial Reporting associate, you will collaborate with teams across the firm to perform quantitative financial analyses and create investor reports or other deliverables for investors, senior management, and external counterparties. Deliverables include bespoke investor reports, investment summaries and responses to due diligence requests, amongst others. 

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Produce comprehensive fund reports detailing fund/investment/portfolio/platform-level performance and exposure analytics
• Update and maintain models used to generate investor reports and other deliverables
• Build and maintain track and transparency reporting for all investment strategies
• Collaborate with Investment Professionals, Sales, Operations, Legal and Marketing to provide value-add financial analysis and complete ad-hoc requests from current/prospective investors
• Monitor cash and trading activity and reconcile against investor reports
• Validate models and lead strategic projects related to automation, deliverable design, and process re-engineering

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• 5+ years of financial analysis, alternative investments, fund reporting or similar experience
• Proficiency manipulating large data sets
• Strong knowledge across alternative investment strategies including credit, private equity, and real estate
• Demonstrated leadership or management experience a plus
• Understanding of fund and portfolio performance metrics (IRR, Annualized Returns, Multiples, P&L Stratification) and complex/varied fee structures
• Understanding of accounting concepts and financial statement analysis (Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statement of Equity)
• Experience producing Fund reports or responding to investor requests a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required (Tables, Dynamic Ranges, Pivot Tables etc.) Proficiency with VBA or other coding language preferred
• Experience in Power BI, SAP Business Objects and SharePoint a plus
• Basic proficiency in Anaplan strongly preferred
• Attention to detail is critical

The base salary for this position is expected to be between $110,000.00 and $140,000.00. The base salary offered to the chosen candidate will be commensurate with a candidate’s relevant experience and other qualifications for the position, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is often a meaningful portion of the compensation package, and a robust benefits package.