Associate - Legal Entity Controllership

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives®. With over $319 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation. Together with over 1,380 experienced professionals globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. To learn more, visit  www.blueowl.com The Role: Blue Owl is seeking an Associate to join the Legal Entity Controllership team, with primary responsibility for overseeing the firm's consolidated General & Administrative (G&A) accounting framework. The consolidated G&A construct serves as the foundation through which firmwide operating expenses are recorded, reviewed, and consolidated across the management company's legal entity structure. This framework is critical to the monthly close process and helps ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the firm's operating expense reporting. This is a highly visible, hands-on role with significant opportunities to drive process improvement and operational efficiency. The Associate will own key aspects of the month-end close process, maintain the consolidated G&A expense base, and ensure the accuracy of the accruals, reconciliations, and controls that support it. Key Responsibilities Consolidated G&A Accounting (Primary Focus) Month-End Close Own the month-end close process for the consolidated G&A expense base. Prepare and record journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and prepaid expense amortization. Ensure expenses are recorded accurately within the appropriate legal entity and natural account in accordance with the close calendar. Accrual Management Assess and validate the completeness and accuracy of the G&A accrual population each reporting period. Partner with business stakeholders and functional teams to identify and capture all relevant expenses. Variance Analysis Perform period-over-period and budget-to-actual variance analyses. Collaborate with FP&A to explain key drivers, distinguish timing differences from structural changes, and support management reporting. Reconciliations and Controls Reconcile G&A-related balance sheet accounts, including accruals, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable interfaces. Investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner. Maintain a clear audit trail from source documentation through recorded balances. Process Improvement & Automation Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance reporting processes. Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual journal…