Manager, Accounting Systems & Processes

Position Information

Hiring Manager:

Assistant Controller

Department:

Fund Accounting

Department Overview

The Fund Accounting Department is responsible for the financial and investor reporting associated with Golub Capital’s private (e.g., non-Business Development Company) investment funds and vehicles. The team provides accounting and / or reporting for internal vehicles, limited partnerships and separately managed accounts pursuant to the governing limited partnership and investment management agreements and, where appropriate, in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Fund Accounting also provides Golub Capital’s management companies and leadership with reporting and analysis in support of existing business and new initiatives.

Key responsibilities include the set up and ongoing maintenance of investment vehicles / capital accounts, monthly closes and ongoing maintenance of each fund’s general ledger, production of quarterly financial and investor reporting, support of annual external audits of approximately 40 financial statements, forecasting fund performance and producing management and regulatory reporting.

To accomplish these responsibilities, Fund Accounting has sub-teams that focus on Private Funds, PEARLS (institutional funds and separately managed accounts) and Reporting. The Fund Accounting Department interacts extensively with Golub Capital’s Operations, Treasury, Tax, Investor Communications, Technology Solutions, Business Development, Business Development Companies, Compliance and Valuation Teams.

Position Responsibilities

Golub Capital is seeking a motivated individual to serve as a key technical leader responsible for designing, system enhancements and automation.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading, designing and enhancing Power Automate flows, Copilot Agents, Power Query solutions and Power BI dashboards to strengthen automation, reporting and month‑end visibility
• Overseeing quality, consistency and support for low‑code solutions across Fund Accounting, ensuring proper intake, review and long‑term maintainability
• Translating business needs into technical designs, UAT plans and release requirements; driving end‑to‑end execution for system upgrades and new tooling
• Serving as  project owner for key platforms (SharePoint, Azure DevOps, Data Warehouse, Wall Street Office, Power BI and in‑house systems), overseeing backlogs, permissions, documentation and release cycles
• Ensuring coverage and continuity during month‑end and quarter‑end cycles to support critical operational deliverables
• Overseeing system stability, release quality and performance across critical applications (DW, WSO, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint, in-house systems pipelines)
• Driving automation of recurring workflows, metrics, reconciliations, month-end processes and reporting deliverables to eliminate manual steps and accelerate close processes
• Mentoring team members on systems knowledge, automation opportunities and technical skill development
• Providing training, presentations and guidance on new system capabilities, workflow changes and automation opportunities
• Partnering with Technology Solutions and other cross‑functional teams to align on enhancements, security standards and process improvements

• Overseeing the full end‑to‑end Investor Statement production process, ensuring completeness, accuracy and adherence to the team’s zero‑error quality standard
• Providing final reviews and approvals of core data elements

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (accounting / finance with systems proficiency preferred)
• 8+ years of relevant work experience in a related business (private equity, leveraged finance, hedge fund)
• Understanding of balance sheet and income statement financials as well as entity consolidations is preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing high performing teams with a focus on building capability, strengthening analytical and systems skillsets and fostering a collaborative culture
• Strong experience with Power BI, VBA, Copilot Agents and low‑code automation frameworks
• Comfortable with a steep learning curve and seeking assistance from a strong and committed peer group
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail
• Exhibits a proven record of accomplishment of analyzing complex issues, taking initiative, thinking critically and developing innovative solutions with creativity and resourcefulness
• Passion for being part of a fast-growing, dynamic environment; this requires strong teamwork, high responsiveness, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, strong intellect and self-confidence
• Enthusiastic about working in office and creating a Gold Standard hybrid work culture

Critical Competencies for Success:

Our Gold Standards define key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions: 

Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.

• Leadership:  Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a supportive and inclusive culture where all feel welcome.
• Achieving Results:  Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and deliver consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results, and they remove barriers to ensure others can contribute and grow.
• Personal Effectiveness:  Role models in this area build strong relationships, treat others with respect and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and are adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Thinking Critically:  Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning and seek diverse perspectives to solve problems. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.

The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.

• Business Partnerships & Collaboration:  Establishes and develops long-term partnerships with counterparts in Technology Solutions and business units across the firm.
• Business, Technology & Data Fluency:  Articulate technology and data concepts in the language of business users and seek out patterns and insights from our data that are potentially impactful to the business.
• Quality & Consistency:  Set firmwide standards for data quality and apply them consistently.
• Innovation & Long-Term Thinking:  Constantly seek better ways to do things and utilize technology, even if the benefits will not be seen immediately. Stay one step ahead of business counterparts by anticipating what they will ask for next.
• User-Centric Thinking: Do everything with the end-user in mind and find ways to remove barriers and make high-quality information easy to find and use.

Critical Competencies for Success

Our Gold Standards Model defines key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions:  Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.

• Leadership:  Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a supportive and inclusive culture where all feel welcome.
• Achieving Results:  Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and deliver consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results, and they remove barriers to ensure others can contribute and grow.
• Personal Effectiveness:  Role models in this area build strong relationships, treat others with respect and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and are adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Thinking Critically:  Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning and seek diverse perspectives to solve problems. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.

The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.

• GAAP and Internal Policy:  Ensures deliverables and processes are executed in accordance with internal procedures, policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”).
• Financial Analysis:  Leverages financial policies, accounting principles, technology, financial analytics and metrics to produce accurate work products and generate insights.
• Firm / Product Knowledge:  Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm's position in the industry, including its products, complex structure and competitive advantage in the marketplace. Monitors industry trends and changes and recognizes their relevancy and implications.
• Client and Investor Focus:  Demonstrates an understanding of investor interests and deliverables and frames decisions with the investor’s view in mind.
• Innovative Mindset:  Leverages a detailed, agile and creative mindset to master processes and responsibilities, as well as drive value-added enhancements, continuous process improvement and proactive learning through new technology, processes and people.
• Communication and Documentation:  Documents processes and procedures and communicates to relevant stakeholders. Adapts the level of detail and specificity based on the needs of the intended audience.

Compensation & Benefits

For Illinois Only: It is expected that the base salary range for this position will be $95,000 to $165,000. Actual salaries may vary based on factors such as skills, experiences and qualifications for the role. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial and / or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation, sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an ‘at-will position’ and the Firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance, Firm or individual department / team performance and market factors.

Golub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Due to the highly regulated nature of Golub Capital’s business and because of the sensitivity of the information that all personnel have access to, Golub Capital performs extensive and thorough pre-hire screens to ensure that its personnel act with expected levels of integrity, professionalism and personal responsibility.

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