Valuations Associate

Total Compensation is targeted at $125K - $160K. To be determined based on candidate's credentials, experiences, and potential value to the department / firm.

Valuations Associate

Position Overview

Our client is a leading, privately held US-based alternative investment firm with a 20+ year track record (~$18 billion AUM). They serve a global institutional investor base from their LA headquarters, supported by a scaled and integrated investment platform.

The firm invests across public and private markets with a focus on corporate credit, private credit, liquid credit, asset-backed finance, and opportunistic strategies. Guided by disciplined underwriting, broad research resources, and strong institutional relationships, the firm provides flexible and solutions-oriented capital to pensions, insurers, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

They are seeking to hire a Valuations Associate to play a central role in the firm’s valuation process, partnering across departments and with external service providers to ensure all securities are priced accurately and in line with established valuation policies and pricing frameworks. This position requires strong analytical skills, comfort working with complex pricing data, and the ability to collaborate with various operational, investment, and oversight teams.

Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

• Coordinate with pricing vendors, auditors, brokers, administrators, and managed account teams to ensure security valuations follow the firm’s valuation policy and pricing matrix.
• Perform analytical reviews of security prices and investigate irregularities across pricing sources.
• Validate the accuracy of pricing feeds and assess their effect on fund valuations.
• Reconcile daily, weekly, and monthly pricing reports to ensure consistency across systems and data providers.
• Research and resolve issues involving new securities, stale pricing data, price variances, and tolerance breaks.
• Conduct independent price research, validate pricing inputs, and ensure ongoing quality control and monitoring.
• Perform backtesting on securities to confirm pricing reliability and identify potential process improvements.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, fund accounting, trading, legal/compliance, portfolio managers, analysts, tax, and other teams to understand transaction details and resolve valuation discrepancies.
• Work closely with external auditors to address valuation-related audit inquiries and assist fund accounting with complex or unusual security issues.
• Prepare reports and analyses for senior management and other internal stakeholders, including ad-hoc research projects.
• Support the valuation committee by preparing materials, generating reports, presenting pricing results, and documenting key outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting (or related field) required.
• Experience at a CPA firm or fund administrator preferred.
• Strong capability with advanced Excel functions and the Microsoft Office suite.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-motivated professional with strong initiative.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Reliable, deadline-driven work ethic.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively across departments in a collaborative environment.