Careers

Title: Senior Associate – Fund Administration

Location(s): Evansville or US-remote

At Bridge Alternatives you will find professional growth opportunities in a variety of roles. We seek the best of the best to join our strong, competitive, entrepreneurial team in a fun and challenging work environment. We believe in recognizing our partners in many ways. A few examples are:

Career development opportunities, ability to guide your career growth
Competitive compensation & benefits
Strong, authentic & fun culture
Work from office or home options available
Team oriented role but in a very autonomous work environment

About the job:

The Fund Administration team is the backbone of our firm’s financial operations, working directly with our clients, which include leading private equity, venture capital, and fund of funds firms. The team is responsible for maintaining client general ledgers, calculating NAV, preparing financial statements, and managing capital activities such as calls, distributions, and partner capital accounts. We work closely with our clients’ teams and face off with external parties including auditors, tax advisors, and legal counsel to ensure smooth audits, tax reporting, and financial operations. Our team also supports investor reporting by preparing capital account statements, waterfall calculations, and performance reporting. By delivering accurate, timely, and client-focused fund administration services, we help strengthen investor confidence, drive operational excellence, and support our clients’ growth and success.

Responsibilities:

Prepare and review daily reconciliations and reporting work of associate accountants (where applicable), providing feedback and guidance.
Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including balance sheets and profit and loss statements.
Handle client communications and manage ad-hoc requests, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
Assist in preparing working papers and schedules for annual audits and coordinate with auditors.
Conduct training sessions for junior staff and provide mentorship to enhance their skills and performance.
Ensure all fund administration processes comply with relevant regulations and internal policies.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA or CA certification preferred.
3-5 years of experience in fund administration or a similar role.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all tasks.
Willingness to travel, as needed.

Bring yourself. Bridge Alternatives is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.

To all recruitment agencies: Bridge Alternatives does not accept agency resumes.

Title: Manager – Fund Administration

Location(s): Evansville or US-remote

Career development opportunities, ability to guide your career growth
Competitive compensation & benefits
Strong, authentic & fun culture
Work from office or home options available
Team oriented role but in a very autonomous work environment

About the job:

Responsibilities:

Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including balance sheets and profit and loss statements.
Oversee daily equity, position, and cash reconciliations, investigating any discrepancies.
Direct client interaction: Handle client communications and manage ad-hoc requests, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
Assist in preparing working papers and schedules for annual audits and coordinate with auditors.
Ensure accurate accrual and classification of expenses for income tax purposes.
Lead and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
Ensure all fund administration processes comply with relevant regulations and internal policies.
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA or CA certification preferred.
5-7 years of experience in fund administration or a similar role.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all tasks.
Willingness to travel, as needed

Qualifications:

To all recruitment agencies: Bridge Alternatives does not accept agency resumes.

Title: Associate – ManCo

Location(s): Evansville, IN

A few examples are:
• Career development opportunities, ability to guide your career growth
• Competitive compensation & benefits
• Strong, authentic & fun culture
• Work from office or home options available
• Team oriented role but in a very autonomous work environment

About the job:
Bridge's ManCo team runs the finance and operations function for the management companies
of alternative asset managers. We are one of two arms of Bridge's professional services group, alongside our OCFO practice. Scope is built client by client: some engagements are a full outsourced back office, while others cover a defined set of functions alongside a client's internal team. Depending on what a client selects, the work can include books and records and the monthly close, cash and expense management, management fee billing and collection, fund-reimbursable expense administration, payroll and HR administration, and budgeting and forecasting. The responsibilities below describe the full range of ManCo work, and any individual engagement will include a subset of it.

As an Associate you learn the ManCo engagement from the ground up: recording and coding activity, reconciling cash and corporate card spend, and preparing the monthly close package under the direction of an engagement lead.

Responsibilities:
• Record and code day-to-day management company activity in the client's accounting
system, and maintain the supporting documentation
• Prepare monthly bank, corporate card, and bill pay reconciliations, and research items that do not clear
• Review spend transactions for the required coding fields and receipt compliance, and
compile exceptions for the engagement lead
• Prepare monthly close workpapers and draft financial statements, including profit and loss and balance sheet, for review
• Maintain the intercompany schedule by entity, tracking costs the management company pays on behalf of funds, general partner entities, and other related parties
• Prepare management fee calculations and invoices for review, and maintain the
schedule of fees earned versus fees received
• Support payroll processing, reconcile payroll and benefit entries to the general ledger, and assist with vendor onboarding, Form W-9 collection, and annual Form 1099 preparation
• Participate in routinely scheduled client calls, close out assigned follow-up items within committed turnaround times, and work accurately across several engagements and platforms at once

Qualifications:
• 1-2 years' experience in the accounting field. Management company, corporate, or private company accounting preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Exposure to a full monthly close cycle
• Familiarity with alternative asset structures, including management companies, general
partner entities, and funds, is helpful
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong accounting, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• Strong technology skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel and a cloud general ledger. QuickBooks Online experience preferred, with the ability to learn client-specific accounting, spend management, and payroll platforms quickly
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit
• Willingness to travel, as needed
Bring yourself. Bridge Alternatives is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran
status.

To all recruitment agencies: Bridge Alternatives does not accept agency resumes.

Title: Senior Associate – ManCo

Location: Evansville or U.S. Remote

At Bridge Alternatives, you will find professional growth opportunities in a variety of roles. We seek the best of the best to join our strong, competitive, entrepreneurial team in a fun and challenging work environment.

We believe in recognizing our partners in many ways. A few examples include:

* Career development opportunities and the ability to guide your career growth
* Competitive compensation and benefits
* Strong, authentic, and fun culture
* Work-from-office or work-from-home options
* A team-oriented role within a highly autonomous work environment

About the Job
Bridge's ManCo team runs the finance and operations function for the management companies of alternative asset managers. We are one of two arms of Bridge's professional services group, alongside our OCFO practice.

Scope is built client by client. Some engagements are a full outsourced back office, while others cover a defined set of functions alongside a client's internal team. Depending on what a client selects, the work can include books and records and the monthly close, cash and expense management, management fee billing and collection, fund-reimbursable expense administration, payroll and HR administration, and budgeting and forecasting.

The responsibilities below describe the full range of ManCo work, and any individual engagement will include a subset of it. As a Senior Associate, you own the monthly close for assigned engagements, work directly with client personnel, and build the schedules that drive fee billing, intercompany settlement, and cash planning.

Responsibilities
* Own the monthly close for assigned engagements and deliver the complete close package by the committed close date.
* Own the general ledger for your clients, including the chart of accounts, recurring journal entries, and accrual schedules.
* Review reconciliations prepared by Associates and resolve failed or miscoded syncs between the client's spend management platform and the general ledger.
* Own the intercompany schedule by entity and drive balances to settlement through reimbursement or documented allocation.
* Calculate, invoice, and track collection of management fees in accordance with each fund's governing documents, and maintain accruals, unpaid balances, and applicable fee offsets.
* Map and accrue fund-reimbursable expenses and prepare reimbursement requests for coordination with the fund administrators.
* Build and maintain cash flow and expense forecasting models, and process payroll runs, benefit remittances, and state payroll tax registrations where those services are in scope.
* Lead routinely scheduled client calls, manage the open items list through to closure, and coordinate with fund administrators, auditors, and other service providers.
* Train Associates on recurring processes and review their work before it reaches the engagement lead.

Qualifications
* 2–4 years of experience in the accounting field. Management company, corporate, or private company accounting experience preferred.
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
* Experience owning a monthly close cycle end to end, including reconciliations and financial statement preparation.
* Working knowledge of payroll processing and multi-state payroll tax basics is helpful.
* Familiarity with alternative asset structures and fund governing documents is helpful.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Strong accounting, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
* Excellent time management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to multitask.
* Comfort building financial models and forecasts in Excel.
* Strong technology skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel and experience with a cloud general ledger. QuickBooks Online experience preferred, with the ability to learn client-specific accounting, spend management, and payroll platforms quickly.
* Strong entrepreneurial spirit.
* Willingness to travel, as needed.

Bring Yourself
Bridge Alternatives is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender,