Associate, Finance

Associate, Finance

The Opportunity

Nearwater Capital is seeking an Associate to join our finance team as we bring an outsourced reporting function in house and build out financial reporting, consolidation, and the underlying systems that support it. You will support day to day accounting and management reporting while also getting hands on exposure to systems implementation, in a dynamic, deal driven environment with a complex and evolving portfolio of structured finance transactions.

This is a strong opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to build broad reporting, consolidation, and systems experience inside a growing firm, with direct exposure to senior leadership.

What You'll Do

Support day to day accounting and financial reporting for the firm, including entity level and consolidated reporting across legal entities, intercompany eliminations, and multi currency reporting.

Help bring in house work currently performed by a third party, building process and controls alongside more senior team members.

Assist in the preparation of external financial statements and internal management reporting in accordance with US GAAP (IFRS exposure a plus).

Help produce and maintain KPI/KRI reporting used by the business and risk teams, including spreads, transaction costs, margin, new counterparty costs, fail charges, and liquidity metrics.

Support management company accounting and reporting.

Respond to ad hoc reporting requests from senior leadership and other stakeholders, slicing data in different ways to support business development and decision making.

Support the evaluation and implementation of systems that underpin reporting and consolidation, whether a dedicated consolidation/reporting platform (e.g. OneStream, Workiva, SAP BPC) or a general ledger/ERP system (e.g. NetSuite).

Assist with maintaining the Global Chart of Accounts framework and supporting change control standards across entities.

Support technical accounting analysis on complex transactions (e.g. business combinations, goodwill impairment, investment structures) under the guidance of senior team members.

Help build KPI dashboards and executive financial packs using available reporting technology.

Coordinate with FP&A, tax, legal, and external auditors on reporting deliverables and timelines.

What We're Looking For

3+ years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, or public accounting. Background in banking, broker dealer, asset management/private equity, or other financial services strongly preferred.

A path through public accounting/audit (Big 4 or similar), particularly with investment management or financial services clients, is a strong and valued route into this role.

Comfort with, or strong interest in learning, complex products such as derivatives. Structured finance exposure is a plus but not required.

Some exposure to global entities, multiple jurisdictions, or foreign currency reporting is a plus; experience in our specific locations (New York, Dublin) is a plus.

Exposure to consolidation processes across entities; does not need to have owned it end to end.

Interest in or early exposure to systems implementation (e.g. OneStream, Workiva, SAP BPC, NetSuite) is a plus, not a requirement.

Strong US GAAP technical foundation; IFRS exposure is a plus.

CPA or actively pursuing CPA preferred.

How You Work

You are detail oriented and reliable, with strong ownership over the accuracy and quality of your own work.

You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and enjoy learning how a growing organization builds its processes and controls from the ground up.

You communicate clearly and are comfortable interacting with more senior stakeholders, including finance leadership and external partners.

You have a growth mindset: willing to make and learn from mistakes, and comfortable with speed over perfection where appropriate.

What You'll Get

A front-row seat to building a function from scratch, including hands-on exposure to bringing a third-party process fully in house.

Direct exposure to complex, structured finance transactions as part of day-to-day work, not simplified or abstracted.

Regular, direct access to senior leadership and external stakeholders, including auditors, tax advisors, and lenders.

Hands-on involvement in reporting and consolidation systems as they're evaluated and implemented.

A fast-paced, high-ownership environment where accuracy and impact are valued, and early ownership is genuinely expected.