REPORTING ASSOCIATE - IRVINE
Pathway seeks a Reporting Associate to join its growing Monitoring and Reporting team. This role will support a range of portfolio monitoring, investment performance, and investor reporting activities, with particular responsibility for reporting processes supporting interval funds and other daily-NAV investment vehicles. The Associate will collaborate closely with the Investment, Marketing, Operations, Fund Accounting, and Client Service Teams, take ownership of key recurring reporting processes, and help identify and resolve reporting and data exceptions. Pathway is a leading private market fund-solutions provider, with a team of ~250 individuals globally and more than $95 billion in assets under management.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze financial statements of private equity partnerships, including partnership and portfolio company valuations, cash flows, investment performance, and significant developments requiring further analysis.
- Prepare and review recurring client and investor reports, including daily roll-forward reporting to investors; validate and reconcile underlying data, investigate material changes and exceptions, and ensure accurate and timely delivery.
- Support reporting for interval funds and other daily-NAV investment vehicles, including monitoring valuations, cash flows, capital activity, pricing inputs, and other drivers of daily reporting and NAV-related deliverables.
- Review significant portfolio, investment, and manager-level events and assess whether an idiosyncratic adjustment or other reporting treatment should be considered; coordinate analysis, documentation, and approvals with the appropriate internal teams.
- Own key aspects of the quarterly performance reporting process, including updating, validating, and reconciling portfolio and investment performance data and performing quality-control reviews.
- Partner with the Investment Teams, Marketing, Client Service, Fund Accounting, and Operations to analyze and communicate portfolio performance and provide reporting and analytical support for RFPs, due diligence, and other client requests.
- Research and resolve complex data integrity and reporting exceptions across internal systems and reports, identifying root causes, escalating issues as appropriate, and implementing sustainable solutions.
- Maintain supporting documentation, controls, and review evidence for recurring reporting processes, and support the onboarding of new funds, reporting requirements, and reporting capabilities.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy, control environment, and scalability of monitoring and reporting processes, including enhanced tools and automation.
- Provide review and guidance to junior team members and perform complex ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and research projects for internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- 4-7 years of relevant experience in private equity reporting, investment management, fund accounting, operations, audit, consulting, or a related field; experience with private equity performance and investor reporting strongly preferred
- Experience supporting interval funds or other daily-NAV / frequently priced investment vehicles, including an understanding of the recurring daily valuation and reporting cycle, strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, business economics, or a related field with a record of high academic achievement
- Strong understanding of investments, financial markets, private equity concepts, investment performance, and valuation-related reporting
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and a strong control mindset
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across investment, accounting, operations, and client-facing teams
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of processes, exercise sound judgment, manage multiple priorities a nd deadlines, and appropriately escalate issues; ability to provide effective review and guidance to junior team members
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with investment reporting, portfolio monitoring, accounting, or data-management systems strongly preferred
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to maintaining a workplace free from harassment and discrimination.
We do not offer visa sponsorships at this time.
