Address: 79 Wellington Street West suite 2100, Toronto, ON Canada M5K 1G8
Annual compensation: $92,500 annually / 44 hours per Week
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full time
Language of Work: English
Benefits: Health benefits, and financial benefits
Dawson Partners (“Dawson”), based in Toronto, is a fast-growing private equity firm focused on accelerating liquidity on private equity portfolios through structured solutions. Dawson seeks to provide customized and flexible liquidity solutions for private equity investors through the use of structured solutions with existing investors or outright purchases of portfolios which are subsequently structured into different securities. Dawson currently has US$15B of assets under management across our funds. Dawson is seeking diverse, energetic, and dynamic individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance, entrepreneurial environment. The Analyst will be an integral member of the Corporate Finance team and will focus on corporate accounting and reporting, accounts payable and expense reports.
Job Duties:
- Responsibility of day-to-day operations for the management company and other corporate entities including full cycle fund accounting
- Produce monthly reporting packages including financial statements, intercompany billing and cash forecasts
- Assist with federal, provincial and foreign tax preparation
- Participate in the management company audit process
- Review and process employee expense reports using Workday System
- Responsible for managing the accounts payable function for the management company and funds
- Monitor compliance with various policies and procedures
- Assist with department strategic projects and initiatives
- Help identify and implement solutions which improve efficiency and effectiveness through the elimination, simplification, and automation of processes.
Education, Experience & Capabilities
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or equivalent; professional accounting or finance designation (CPA, CFA) considered an asset but not required
- 3+ years of relevant experience working in a finance department; in the Private Equity or Investment Management industry
- Minimum of 6-months experience required in Private Equity.
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building and verbal and written communications skills to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across all levels of the organization
- A problem-solver with strong business acumen and technical expertise guided by an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to embrace a changing environment
- Meticulous attention to detail and with a mindset for automation and efficiency
- Ability to:
- Interface and maintain effective relationships with teams and employees across all levels
- Multitask, meet pressing deadlines and make sound decisions based on priorities and risks
- Highly ethical, impartial, diplomatic, respectful, flexible, organized, adaptable, patient and accountable
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Basic experience with SQL is considered an asset.
- Experience using Workday is considered an asset.