Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Red Cedar Advisory Services is seeking a detail-oriented and systems-driven Fund Administrator / Fund Accountant to support private equity and real estate investment clients. The role involves fund accounting, investor operations, and platform execution with a focus on accuracy and high-quality communication. The ideal candidate will possess the necessary skills to manage investor platforms and produce client-ready work with minimal revision.
Responsibilities
- Execute workflows within InvestNext and/or AppFolio Investment Manager (AIM), including:
- Setting up subscription documents for eSignature
- Creating and managing capital raises
- Drafting and processing capital calls and distribution plans
- Preparing and auditing investor distributions
- Troubleshoot discrepancies between platform activity and underlying accounting records
- Maintain organized and accurate investor records and transaction histories
- Record and reconcile fund-level transactions in QuickBooks Online or equivalent systems, including:
- Investor capital contributions and redemptions
- Investments into underlying deals
- Cash inflows from investments (interest, distributions, returns of capital)
- Fund-level operating expenses
- Perform account reconciliations and tie-outs to supporting schedules and investor reporting
- Interpret operating agreements to understand distribution structures (preferred return, catch-up, promote, etc.)
- Draft distribution models within InvestNext and/or AppFolio Investment Manager based on waterfall terms
- Build and maintain Excel-based audit models to validate platform-generated calculations
- Collaborate with the U.S. team for review, refinement, and final approval
- Draft client communications, summaries, and explanations for internal review
- Prepare clear, organized documentation of workflows, assumptions, and outputs
- Communicate effectively with U.S.-based team members via Slack, email, Loom, and virtual meetings
Skills
- 2–5+ years of experience in fund accounting, syndication accounting, private equity accounting, or real estate accounting
- Hands-on experience with one or more investor management platforms: InvestNext, AppFolio Investment Manager (AIM), Juniper Square, Agora, IMS, Cash Flow Portal
- Experience using QuickBooks Online or similar general ledger systems
- Strong understanding of: Capital contributions and distributions, Single-asset syndications and multi-asset fund structures, Preferred returns and waterfall concepts
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including building audit models and reconciling outputs
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Strong written English communication skills with the ability to produce client-ready work
- Private placement real estate funds
- Real estate syndications
- Real estate sponsors and capital raisers
- Family offices
- Boutique fund administration firms
- Real estate investment management firms
- Investor onboarding
- Subscription processing
- Capital raises
- Capital calls
- Investor distributions
- Preferred return calculations
- Waterfall calculations
- Investor reporting
Company Overview
Red Cedar is a tech enabled advisory services firm, with a focus on accounting, information systems, human resources and operations. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Royal Oak, MI, US, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is http://redcedar.io.