Staff Accountant, Corporate Accounting - Deal Transactions
Carlyle Investment Management, LLC

Job Info

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Position Summary

Position Summary:
The US Payment Operations team is responsible for processing the accounts payable and cash management transactions for the Americas region. This position is responsible for entering deal invoices, critical fund related invoices, and tax filing payments. This position is also responsible for responding to inquiries, individually monitor and maintain current status of all assigned requests, and supporting all deal transactions. The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of accounts payable, is detail-oriented, and demonstrates strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, as well as, excellent organizational and communication skills. The candidate must thrive in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate an ability to navigate ambiguous requests.

Key Duties/Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:
Daily Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external business partners.
• Monitor inquiries received through the Service Now portal: identify, prioritize, resolve, track and/or escalate urgent issues appropriately.
• Submit deal related invoices and fundings (e.g. USRE), critical fund payments, and FX trades.
• Submit tax filing payments in SAP Ariba or PeopleSoft with accuracy and ensure they are being approved timely to avoid aging and backlogs. Requires a strong understanding of bank account instructions (domestic and international) for further credit, intermediary or corresponding bank instructions, beneficiaries, IBANs and swift information.
• Process tax notice payments on behalf of the funds and provide payment confirmation.
• Assist with deal related pay cycles and wire payment confirmations.

Other Responsibilities

• Assist with the outstanding check liability review to determine if payments need to be voided and reissued, or escheated to the respective state.
• Help maintain SOP and SOX documentation, and training materials.
• Special projects as needed.

Qualifications

Requirements:
Education & Certificates

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance field preferred, along with relevant experience in related industry

Professional Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in an Accounting, Banking or Payment processing environment
• Fundamental understanding of Accounts Payable and Accounting

Competencies & Attributes

• Ability to complete tasks in a fast-paced, competing priority, high-volume and deadline driven environment
• Strong communication, organization, time management skills, with a demonstrated track record in performance and accurate, timely task completion
• Strong attention to detail
• Proactive and able to independently identify issues
• Excellent customer service, ability to provide accurate and timely support for internal and external stakeholders
• Strong working knowledge of PeopleSoft, SAP Ariba, Concur Expense, and Microsoft Suite, preferred

Company Information

Company Profile:
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with $276 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 415 investment vehicles as of June 30, 2021. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 1,800 professionals operating in 27 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations. Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Investment Solutions - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.

At Carlyle, we know that diverse teams perform better, so we seek to create a community where we continually exchange insights, embrace different perspectives and leverage diversity as a competitive advantage. That is why we are committed to growing and cultivating teams that include people with a variety of perspectives, people who provide unique lenses through which to view potential deals, support and run our business. As our Chief Executive Officer, Kewsong Lee, stated, "We seek to attract individuals from a broad set of backgrounds and experiences because we know that diverse teams ask better questions and inclusive teams find better answers. Our diverse and inclusive community makes us better partners and ultimately, helps us to build better."

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