Head of Secondaries Accounting

Mission Staffing · New York

FULL TIME

Job Description

A leading global alternative investment manager is seeking a Principal to help scale its rapidly growing private markets secondaries platform, which has around $15B in AUM and continues to expand across multiple investment vehicles and product offerings.

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee accounting, operations, and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio of private markets secondaries products

Build and enhance scalable infrastructure, processes, and controls to support continued AUM and product growth

Drive automation, process improvements, and data governance across third-party administrators, vendors, and portfolio monitoring systems

Oversee fund-level budgeting and help improve liquidity modeling and financial projections

Support new product launches, infrastructure development, and fundraising initiatives

Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across investments, investor relations, operations, tax, legal, technology, and finance

Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary Range: $200K - $315K

Total compensation Range: $350K - $550K, plus equity

Manhattan office location with a 3–4 day in-office schedule

Significant exposure to senior leadership, complex investment structures, and strategic business initiatives

Strong long-term career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platform

Ideal Background

13+ years of private equity secondaries fund accounting experience, either exclusively or combined with other relevant private markets experience

Strong technical knowledge of fund accounting, financial reporting, and complex fund structures

Experience building infrastructure, improving operational processes, and supporting a growing investment platform

Company	Mission Staffing
Location	New York
Type	FULL TIME
Niche	Business services and administration managers

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Head of Secondaries Accounting

Job Description

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members

Compensation & Benefits

Strong long-term career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platform

Ideal Background

CPA or progress toward the CPA preferred, but not required

Explore 1M+ Live Opportunities.

Head of Secondaries Accounting

Job Description

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team membersCompensation & Benefits

Strong long-term career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platformIdeal Background

CPA or progress toward the CPA preferred, but not required

This is a newly created senior leadership opportunity for an experienced private equity secondaries fund accounting professional to help shape the operating model, build scalable infrastructure, and drive strategic initiatives across a growing business.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic and operational projects while mentoring and developing junior team members

Compensation & Benefits

Strong long-term career growth potential within a premier global alternative investment platform

Ideal Background