Controller, Financial & Accounting Operations, Vice President

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives®.

With over $307 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.

Together with approximately 1,365 experienced professionals globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. To learn more, visit www.blueowl.com

The Role

Blue Owl is seeking a Vice President to join our Management Company Controllers Team to oversee accounting and financial operations across our Expense and Accounts Payables teams. This is critical role that will ensure accounting, related processes and controls are performed timely and appropriately. This role will also have oversight of the Offshore Accounts Payable team, drive automation initiatives to enhance existing processes and controls, deliver insightful analytics and reporting and serve as a key liaison for stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the accounts payable function, including management of the accounts payable team, adherence to process and control framework, upfront accounting coding and reporting of aged items

• Develop near and long-term technology roadmap for expense and payables team partnering with Finance IT

• Collaborate with cross-functional finance teams, including FP&A, to utilize reporting technology to create financial analytics dashboards and other reporting and analysis over accounts payable

• Ensure data integrity and consistency across financial systems and reports

• Manage the general ledger coding for invoice processing, ensuring invoices are recorded correctly and in accordance with appropriate accounting and internal policies

• Manage and oversee the Concur expense management system, ensuring compliance with corporate travel and expense policies, accurate reporting, and timely resolution of issues

• Oversee cash accounting, inclusive of journal entry approvals, management of offshore cash accounting team, monthly bank account reconciliations, and management of bank account openings/closures

• Monitoring of legal matter creation and expense coding, partnering with Legal team where necessary to ensure appropriate invoice recording and processing

• Main point of contact on escalation issues regarding invoicing and accounts payable processing

• Oversee accounting and reporting of Blue Owl fair value investments, including calculation of equity pick-up and mark-to-market adjustments

• Oversee internal, external and regulatory audits over accounts payable

• Partner with Fund Recoverable controller, Compliance and Fund Team controllers to charge invoices across fund complexes and track recoverability

• Oversee fund invoice reallocation process to ensure expenses are aligned and billed to the appropriate fund teams

Offshore Team Management

• Lead and mentor offshore finance teams, ensuring alignment with corporate policies and timelines

• Establish clear performance metrics and conduct regular reviews to maintain operational excellence

• Foster collaboration between onshore and offshore teams to streamline workflows and reporting

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or equivalent preferred).

• 10+ years of experience in accounting and financial operations.

• Strong understanding of accounting standards, process and controls and financial applications.

• Proven experience managing onshore and offshore teams.

• Proficiency in financial systems and automation tools.

• Familiarity with Oracle, EAS or similar accounting systems.

It is expected that the base annual salary range for this New Jersey based position will be $150,000 - $185,000. Actual salaries may vary based on factors, such as skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

Benefits for this role include Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k), Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Short Term Disability insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Family Planning Support, Paid Time Off, and Leave of Absences. All such benefits are subject to the terms/conditions of the Company’s benefits plans and policies.