Assistant Vice President, Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting

Our Company

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with over $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1400 employees and offices in 25 cities worldwide.

We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com.

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Responsibilities

The Assistant Vice President of Corporate Accounting is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the strategic oversight of the global corporate accounting function. Acting as a critical bridge between accounting execution and executive leadership, you will ensure the integrity of financial reporting, drive technical accounting policy, and lead global consolidations. You will directly manage a high-performing team of Senior Managers and offshore resources, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and SEC regulations while spearheading process transformation.

• Provide final review of all external reporting (Form 10-K, Form 10-Q) and debt covenant packages, ensuring narrative disclosures accurately reflect the company’s financial health and strategic direction.
• Lead the preparation and submission of quarterly reporting packages to Brookfield, serving as the primary liaison with Brookfield’s corporate reporting team to ensure alignment on accounting policies, reporting timelines, and data requirements.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on complex technical accounting (ASC 842, M&A, equity-method accounting, fund consolidation, and segment reporting). Lead the implementation of new FASB/SEC standards and draft high-level accounting memos.
• Oversee complex intercompany accounting and eliminations, ensuring transactions are properly documented, reconciled, and consolidated to prevent misstatements at the parent level.
• Drive the evolution of the Workday ERP environment, automating manual processes, optimizing the global close cycle, and improving financial data transparency.
• Manage and develop the Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting and oversee offshore teams in Hyderabad. Balance routine reporting with high-impact project work to foster professional growth.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for external auditors and internal audit teams. Present financial results and control frameworks to senior leadership including the SVP, MD, and CFO.
• Partner with International Accounting team, Tax, Treasury, Corporate Finance, and Legal to support earnings releases, tax planning, and capital markets transactions.
• Oversee the SOX compliance framework for corporate accounting, ensuring a robust control environment that scales with the company’s growth.

Qualifications

• 10–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a subsidiary-to-parent reporting structure, including reporting to a large public parent company.
• Strong understanding of business operations and their link to accounting, with the ability to initiate and lead process improvements and develop standard operating procedures.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate and resolve complex accounting issues.
• Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems.
• Public accounting experience a plus.
• Specific experience with Workday systems a plus and,
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes

• The successful candidate must have great organizational skills and be able to handle complicated work efficiently and effectively.
• Self-starter with the ability to take initiative, ask questions, detect problems and provide solutions.
• Ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing activities/resources and manage projects/processes under tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze data and problem solve.
• Must be a team player with strong work ethic and,
• The successful candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience); CPA required.

Base Salary Range

$140,000-$180,000 + discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits package

Equal Opportunity Employment Policy

Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.

For positions based in Los Angeles

For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.