Audit Manager
Vaco
Operations
Irvine, CA, USA
Audit Manager POST NUMBER: 477546
Role Summary
Our client is seeking a Senior Manager Consultant with deep, hands?on expertise in Private Equity fund accounting, audit leadership, and financial reporting. This individual will operate as a strategic advisor to executive stakeholders, driving high?impact initiatives across fund operations, financial governance, and audit readiness.
This role requires a CPA, proven experience working directly for a Private Equity firm, and the ability to influence senior leadership in a fast?moving, complex environment.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead high?level advisory work across Private Equity fund accounting, financial reporting, and audit strategy.
- Oversee and enhance fund?level financial controls, governance frameworks, and reporting infrastructure.
- Advise CFOs, Controllers, and Fund Operations leaders on best?in?class Private Equity accounting practices, including capital activity, fee structures, carried interest, and waterfall mechanics.
- Direct audit preparation and execution, ensuring alignment with U.S. GAAP, fair value standards, and investment company guidance.
- Evaluate and optimize fund operations, including process redesign, system enhancements, and operational scalability.
- Provide executive?level insights on fund performance, valuation methodologies, and portfolio?level financial analytics.
- Partner cross?functionally with tax, legal, and investment teams to ensure seamless execution across the fund lifecycle.
- Support strategic initiatives such as fund launches, system implementations, and organizational transformation.
- CPA preferred
- Direct employment experience within a Private Equity firm (not solely as an external auditor).
- Significant experience in audit (Big 4 or equivalent) with a focus on Private Equity or alternative investments.
- Advanced fund accounting expertise, including NAV oversight, capital activity, and complex fund structures.
- 7–12 years of progressive experience in Private Equity finance, audit, or fund operations.
- Strong command of U.S. GAAP, ASC 820, and investment company accounting.
- Proven ability to operate at an executive level, manage multiple high?stakes workstreams, and drive strategic outcomes.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
