Vice President, Finance and Accounting Full Time

DigitalBridge Group, Inc. is seeking a Vice President, Finance & Accounting who will be responsible for the accounting, reporting, and day-to-day management of the company’s corporate operations accounting team and long-term incentive compensation programs including oversight of GP-level investment entities and the Company’s stock compensation plan.  This individual will report to the Managing Director in the Corporate Operations Reporting group based out of the LA/OC area and will directly and indirectly oversee over 10 employees across the globe.

• Corporate Accounting
  • Supervise all employees in corporate accounting including the Controller and all supporting staff
  • Oversee monthly close and production of internal financial reports (as integral component of public financial reporting materials), analyses, and certain 10-Q/10-K footnotes for DBRG.
  • Help oversee foreign office accounting staff and sign off on foreign office financial audits
  • Manage critical processes involving income, cost allocations, due diligence billing across entities along with accompanying cash collections
• Upper Tier (GP) Accounting and Long-Term Incentive Plan Administration
  • GP Accounting
    • Review and sign-off on bookkeeping activities including capital calls, distributions, financial statements, paying invoices, etc.
    • Prepare quarterly GP carried interest accrual and GP equity investments accrual
  • Manage the long-term incentive plan which primarily includes GP carried interest and stock plan administration
    • Annual and mid-year stock awards grants, annual vesting and other off-cycle vesting
    • Monthly, quarterly, and annual stock compensation expense reporting
  • Administer board compensation program and assist with proxy filing
• Assist with other ad-hoc analyses, presentations, and transactions as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business-related major
• CPA license is required (does not need to be an active license)
• 10+ years of progressive work experience including some experience at the VP level or equivalent
• Preferable to have prior experience in investment management company or related field and/or public accounting at Big 4 with clients that are in investment management or related fields
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel with prior modeling experience
• Must feel comfortable with presenting financial materials in group setting

Working Conditions:

• Primarily a remote work role; must report-in to the LA office at least once per month and may be more often as required to attend meetings and/or as directed by supervisor
• Some travel may be required (0-10%)