Adams Street Partners (“Adams Street”) is a global private markets investment manager that has nearly $73 billion* in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, which fosters a positive and unique culture of collaboration, intellectual rigor, integrity, and a commitment to professional development. For the eighth year in a row, Adams Street was named one of Pension & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2025.
Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm’s investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments. Adams Street is considered a private markets pioneer and was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame in 2000.
The firm was founded more than 50 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.
Adams Street has offices in Abu Dhabi, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Menlo Park, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.
- As of December 31, 2025. Adams Street Partners’ methodology to calculate Assets Under Management (AUM) is based on fund net asset value (NAV), plus unfunded commitments, plus leverage, but excluding the effect of subscription lines of credit. The prior AUM methodology was based on investor commitments minus commitments to fully liquidated underlying partnerships. Such change in methodology was effective July 2026; however, for periods shown prior to December 31, 2025, Adams Street continues to use the previous methodology. This updated methodology more closely aligns with (i) the amount of assets managed on behalf of investors and (ii) the amount of capital available to make direct and/or partnership investments. Amounts stated by investment advisers in regulatory filings (“regulatory AUM”) have a prescribed methodology, which may, in some circumstances, differ from the methodology such adviser uses for other purposes, including marketing efforts. Additional information is available upon request.
Adams Street Partners is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate, Fund Accountant to join the Private Equity Investment Accounting team. Our Fund Accountants gain a broad range of investment accounting exposure by providing accounting support for the Firm’s investment activities.
Specifically, this individual is responsible for various functions within the investment accounting group including:
- Preparation of annual audit reports and quarterly financial statements and capital accounts
- Review of support to determine valuations of investments pursuant to ASC 820. This requires interaction with members of the Adams Street investment teams as well as contacts at the various investment managers
- Interaction with various members of the investment and client service teams to obtain information and provide necessary reports
- Participation in cash reconciliation process
- Completion of client requests and special projects as they arise
We seek an individual who is self-disciplined, demonstrates creative thinking and has the following characteristics:
- Undergraduate degree in accounting is required
- 2-5 years of accounting experience working at a public accounting firm, private equity manager or a fund accounting administrator.
- CPA preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word as well as Adobe Acrobat. Work with database systems and proficiency in data management preferred.
- Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision within a team environment
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$90,000 — $130,000 USD