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Fund Controller, Private Credit Fund Recruiters
No postings. No stacks of resumes. No chasing. You interview a short list.
Financial Headhunters: Hire a Fund Controller who audits credit accounting cycles instead of transferring data between internal and third-party systems.
This is what we do all day: recruit accounting, finance, banking and insurance professionals.
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
Need someone now? Call 305-306-4829.
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
- Controller
- CFO
- VP Finance
- FP&A Director
- Accounting Manager
- Director of Accounting
- Assistant Controller
- Tax Director
- Treasury Manager
- Internal Audit Director
- Senior Accountant
- Financial Analyst
- Head of Financial Reporting
- Commercial Lender
- Chief Credit Officer
- Business Systems Finance Lead
- No upfront fee
- Pay only if you hire
- Accounting, finance, banking and insurance
- We reach people who aren’t on job boards
- Replacement terms on standard searches
01
What does this hire really come down to?
A private credit fund controller has to connect the fund ledger with the loan records that support it. We ask who checks accrued interest against cash received and how amendments reach the accounting team. A controller used to equity investments may not have owned that handoff. Before approaching candidates, we clarify what your administrator prepares and which borrower-level questions the controller must investigate before approving the fund reports.
Your new controller manages the link between internal cash positions and the fund administrator. You need a person who cross-references debt schedules against interest payment dates to identify calculation errors before they reach your LPs. This person manages the timing of capital calls and distribution notices.
You pay for direct oversight of your financial data. This person identifies why an administrator failed to track a specific covenant in the loan agreement. They do not wait for external systems to flag issues. They build the internal checks that stop reporting delays.
02
What do we check before you see anyone?
- 01We ask how they calculate debt waterfalls to determine if they verify logic manually or if they rely on administrators to provide correct numbers.
- 02We identify if they review every line of the administrator report or just check the final cash balance.
- 03We ask how they apply ASC 946 to specific credit assets to see if they understand the difference between asset types.
- 04We ask how they align cash reserves with credit line drawdowns to verify they prevent overdrafts.
- 05We require examples of how they used ERP data to build reports that influenced investment team decisions.
- 06We confirm they can explain credit performance to non-accountants without relying on jargon.
03
Where do we find them?
We look at accountants in audit firms who verify private credit portfolios. These candidates leave because they want to own the reporting process instead of auditing the work performed by others.
We talk to finance leads at other credit shops who handle the full reporting lifecycle. These people change jobs because their current firm grew too large and now restricts them to a single accounting silo.
To find candidates who actively manage debt waterfalls rather than relying on administrators, we look at finance leads currently embedded within mid-sized credit platforms where they remain responsible for the entire reporting lifecycle. These individuals often consider a move when their firm introduces rigid software layers that disconnect them from the underlying loan data. We identify this group by asking candidates to describe the last time they found a discrepancy between the administrator output and their own manual shadow accounting. If they state that they simply query the administrator for an explanation, they are not suited for your requirement of direct oversight. If they explain that they rebuilt the model in Excel or updated the internal validation script to catch the error, they demonstrate the granular control you need to protect your debt metrics.
We also source from specialized third-party administrators where the staff is limited to specific fund structures and seeks a path toward internal fund control. These professionals often seek a transition to your fund because they want to influence investment decisions rather than just logging transactions for multiple clients. We determine if they can provide this change by asking how they handle covenant tracking when the loan documents are ambiguous or incomplete. If the candidate relies on a standardized system to generate reports, they may lack the ability to handle the complex, manual reconciliation needed here. However, if they explain their process for reading the legal agreement to write their own internal tracking requirements, they confirm they can manage the fund data with the precision you expect.
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Which hiring mistakes should you watch for?
- 01Hiring someone who worked in private equity general funds but never managed credit-specific debt structures or complex waterfalls.
- 02Choosing a candidate based on the size of their previous employer rather than asking them what reports they personally wrote or corrected.
- 03Expecting a candidate to work effectively because they held the same title, even though their previous role may have outsourced all technical accounting.
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The search in three steps
- 01We define the technical accounting bottlenecks your fund faces to set requirements for the hire.
- 02We reach out to controllers currently managing similar credit structures to see who is ready to move.
- 03We give you a shortlist of candidates who already perform these exact tasks so you can compare their technical answers.
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Which related hiring decisions are worth comparing?
How your Fund Controller search runs
How does The Six-Step Search work?
One sequence, from a well-defined seat to a shortlist you can judge.
Search Calibration
We start with a call about the seat, the books, the owners and the people the hire will work with. We learn what the role must fix in the first year and what would make a candidate wrong even if the resume looks right.
You get: A written search brief: scope, must-haves, deal-breakers and the pay range, agreed with you.
Market Mapping
We map the companies and institutions where the right people already work: similar size, similar ownership, similar complexity, in your market and in others.
You get: The target list of companies and institutions we will search, reviewed with you before outreach.
Professional Contact Intelligence
We find direct ways to reach the people on the map. Most are employed and not reading job boards, so reaching them takes real research.
You get: Direct routes to people who are not on job boards, researched for your search.
Persistent Personalized Outreach
We call and write to people individually and follow up. Interest varies, so we discuss the actual opportunity rather than promising a particular response.
You get: One-to-one conversations about your actual role, followed up, never a mass email blast.
Live Candidate Qualification
We speak with every candidate before you do. We check scope, systems, reporting lines, compensation expectations, location and why they would move.
You get: Only candidates we have spoken with, checked on scope, systems, pay, location and motive.
Candidate Intelligence and Process Support
You receive a short written brief on each finalist covering what they have done, where they are thin and what they want. Then we help with interviews, references and the offer.
You get: A short written brief on each finalist, plus help with interviews, references, counteroffer risk and the offer.
Questions people ask
How soon can we expect to see qualified candidates for this role?
The timeline depends on how specific your waterfall requirements are and how many firms currently hold these assets. We estimate the interview schedule after we analyze your deal complexity.
What process do you use to evaluate if a candidate can manage our internal debt metrics?
We ask them to explain how they handle specific waterfall errors and debt reporting delays. Their answers show us if they fix issues themselves or push tasks back to the administrator.
How do you help us handle a situation where our chosen candidate is countered?
We talk to candidates throughout the interview process to learn why they want to leave their current firm. If a counteroffer happens, we discuss their original motivation for changing jobs.
How do you reach out to candidates without exposing our firm?
We reach out as an anonymous representative. We only share your firm name once we verify the candidate has the specific technical skills you require.
What are the financial terms if we decide to hire one of your candidates?
You pay a fee only if you hire a candidate we present. The agreement is tied to the successful completion of the search.
What is the fee for a Fund Controller search?
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire. The fee and terms are agreed in writing before we start.
What about counteroffers on a Fund Controller hire?
We ask every Fund Controller candidate early why they would move and what their employer might do to keep them. Counteroffer risk goes in the written brief before you make an offer.
What is your guarantee?
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
What don't you do?
We do not post your Fund Controller job and forward whoever applies. We do not send stacks of unscreened resumes, and we do not recruit outside accounting, finance, banking and insurance.
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