The posting
Join Hamilton Lane, a global leader in private markets, as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here, you’ll work with ambitious, high‑performing teams built on integrity, candor and collaboration, backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners, giving you the platform to enrich lives, safeguard futures and grow your career.
What We Do As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world, specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2025.
The Opportunity:
The Associate will serve as one of the primary operational contacts for funds. The candidate must have an understanding of partnership tax and compliance. In addition, the position requires assisting the team with assigned duties and organizing special projects. The successful candidate must be able to communicate effectively and operate in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment where priorities often change.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and over-see third-party tax service providers utilized by the funds
- Review of tax return compliance provided by tax service providers, including manage timely completion of tax returns, K-1 delivery and payments
- Support compliance with global investor tax reporting for FATCA and CRS, ensuring accurate documentation, ongoing monitoring, and proactive remediation of compliance requirements as well as review filings in each jurisdiction
- Manage tax calendars to ensure tax return compliance is timely filed
- Act as tax liaison with outside tax advisors, consultants, auditors, and fund administrators
- Coordinate with internal/external departments to ensure that tax issues, positions, policies and guidelines are documented and implemented correctly and consistently across all funds
- Assist with investor requests and inquiries
- Prepare and maintain tax explanations for investing entities
Qualifications:
Must-haves:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related discipline.
- 4+ years of related fund tax accounting or tax compliance experience including peer reviewing and interacting with outside service providers
- Experience with reviewing partnership agreements, carried interest calculations and Forms: 1065, 1120, 1120-F, 1042 and 8804
- Strong working knowledge of the private investment fund industry and technical experience including closed end fund Limited Partnership Agreements, investment structures, tax allocations and carried interest provisions, federal withholding rules, state and local compliance, and international provisions
- Demonstrated ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while effectively managing and prioritizing competing demands.
- Excellent oral and written communications, analytical and organizational skills are required
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Nice-to-haves:
- Demonstrated ability to identify and recommend process improvements.
- Willingness to take initiative, ask thoughtful questions, and contribute ideas to improve team processes
- Eagerness to take ownership of assigned tasks and contribute to team goals
- CPA/MST/MACC/MBA.
Benefits
At Hamilton Lane, our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working, living, raising a family, and eventually retiring. To do this, Hamilton Lane offers the following benefits:
Enhancing Your Physical and Emotional Health
Employees have access to healthcare coverage, mental health resources, health & fitness reimbursement program, and Wellness Rewards Program.
Developing Your Career
Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available, along with continual education and development trainings for you to grow with Hamilton Lane.
Supporting Your Family & Community
For our communities, Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.
For growing family, we offer an adoption reimbursement program, paid time off for new parents and newlyweds, and provide travel support for nursing parents.
Safeguarding Your Financial Wellbeing
Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.
Hamilton Lane is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other classification prohibited by applicable law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].
Hamilton Lane is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Hamilton Lane via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Hamilton Lane. No fee shall be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Hamilton Lane as a result of the referral or through other means.
