Location: North Bethesda, MD (hybrid; at least 3-days mandatory in the office)
Direct Manager: Chief Financial Officer / Chief Compliance Officer
About the Role: Want a front-row seat to how a private equity firm actually runs, not just the accounting function, but the whole engine? This is a hands-on development role for a motivated, detail-oriented finance and accounting professional building toward a future CFO seat. You will work directly alongside our CFO/CCO with full transparency into the firm's financial ecosystem, sitting at the intersection of corporate and fund accounting, fund operations, as well as vendor-partner relations. You will also get exposure to the strategic and decision-making side of the business that most finance roles never touch. The day-to-day is operational and hands-on. The payoff is a toolkit - technical, judgment, and relationship-based - built specifically for someone who wants to run finance at a PE or VC firm one day.
About the Firm: FVLCRUM Funds is a growth-oriented private equity firm, investing in lower middle-market companies, with the goal of generating strong returns while expanding access to opportunity in underserved communities. FVLCRUM takes a capital markets-driven approach to addressing structural gaps in the U.S. economy, pairing disciplined investment strategies with a focus on long-term, sustainable impact. Through its partnerships with management teams, FVLCRUM seeks to scale businesses in a way that aligns financial performance with meaningful social and economic value creation.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and manage daily cash activity, including transaction review and balance oversight across firm and fund accounts; monthly archive of bank statements across loan and deposit accounts
- Maintain daily bookkeeping and general ledger accuracy
- Monitor, review and process weekly accounts payable; ensure compliance, as well as timely and accurate submission of the team's credit card expenses
- Conduct monthly management fee reviews for portfolio companies and prepare corresponding invoices, including pass-through expense billing
- Coordinate with the fund administrator to ensure accurate classification of fund transactions, capital calls and distributions processing and tracking, as well as investor contact information updates
- Support banking relationship administration, including account opening/closing, signatory updates, and wire approval workflows
- Perform first-level review of firm and fund financials, partner capital statements, and quarterly reports, ahead of CFO and partner sign-off
- Prepare weekly budget-to-actual reporting and variance analysis
- Coordinate with the firm's administrative team and provide logistical and material-preparation support for the annual investor meeting and other FVLCRUM events
- Assist with tracking of the firm's compliance calendar, including support for Form ADV updates, annual compliance reviews, and recordkeeping under the firm's written policies and procedures
- Maintain a working checklist of pre- and post-meeting requirements for Investment Committee (IC) and Valuation Committee meetings, and support post-meeting follow-up and workflow execution
- Serve as the primary point of contact for annual fund audits and tax preparation, including managing PBC deliverables, coordinating with the fund administrator, partnering with external tax advisors on K-1 issuance, overseeing estimated tax payments and multi-entity filings, and facilitating related meetings
- Lead an ongoing maintenance and upkeep of entity records with the firm's registered agent, including necessary state filings and good-standing upkeep
- Identify and help implement process efficiencies and automation opportunities across accounting, reporting, and compliance workflows, including AI-enabled tools
- Assist with maintenance and troubleshooting of finance systems and vendor platforms
- Support ad hoc financial analysis, due diligence requests, and special projects as directed by the CFO/CCO and Managing Partners
- This role operates within a lean, high-trust finance and compliance function. Responsibilities will evolve with the needs of the firm, and the ideal candidate will be comfortable taking on new areas of ownership as the platform grows.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or a related field
- 2-3+ years of experience in private equity, venture capital, public accounting, or corporate finance
- Solid grounding in financial statements, fund accounting, and financial planning
- Advanced analytical skills, including financial modeling and data analysis
- Strong Excel proficiency; familiarity with business intelligence or reporting tools
- Comfort working with and around AI tools; you don't just tolerate new tech, you look for ways to use it
- A continuous-improvement mindset; you're always looking for the better, faster, and more accurate way to do something
- Strong communicator who can accurately translate complex financial information and who thrives managing multiple priorities
Nice to Have:
- CPA, CFA or other relevant certification (or actively pursuing one)
- Experience at a Big Four accounting firm, large fund administrator, investment bank or similar large institutional finance environment
- Prior exposure to fund accounting or investor relations in a PE/VC setting
