Team Lead, Forge

• Success in this role would require a self-starter mentality, being adaptable to an evolving workplace, eager and willing to educate, and determined to add value through high-quality work and thoughtful insights
• 4-6 years of professional experience in audit, accounting, or fund administration
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Working knowledge of US GAAP
• Experience preparing and reviewing financial statements and footnotes
• Experience working with external auditors and tax providers
• Sound organizational skills, timeline management skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated understanding of business process development and improvement
• Comfort performing in fast, high-pressure situations with little supervision
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong with Excel
• Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time in an office setting or in home office setting while working
• Forge implements a mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, which applies to all employees. All employees covered by this policy are required to be fully vaccinated as a term and condition of employment at Forge

Desirable

• The Team Lead, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration's, primary function would be to work on quarterly and year-end reporting requirements related to Forge’s special purpose vehicles (“SPV”)
• On a quarterly and annual basis would be responsible for valuing various issuers using Forge’s approved valuation methodology
• Additionally, be responsible for the monthly close process of the SPV trade data to the accounting software, SS&C Advent Geneva, and would be heavily involved in the year-end external financial statement audits
• Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: a.) assisting with K1 preparation; b.) assisting with fund exits by preparing DTC transfer instructions; c.) maintaining the client inbox/ client service; and d.) working with the Principal of Forge Global Advisors LLC on various requests
• Gather data sets from Forge’s internal platform, EDGAR, and Pitchbook to value an issuer
• Manage the quarterly reporting requirements relates to Forge’s SPVs
• Prepare financial statements and footnotes for Forge’s SPVs
• Manage the audit confirmations sent to and received from clients
• Respond to auditor requests
• Key contributor in the monthly close process for any SPV trades
• Collect and collate investor brokerage account information for any liquidity events in the SPVs
• Assist in responding to client service requests through group mailboxes
• Help provide data and field questions to our third party K1 preparer