Fund Accountant
New York, New York • $80,000 - $100,000
About the Company:
Our client, a global investment and advisory firm, is seeking a Hedge Fund Accountant to join its Accounting team. Reporting to the Fund Controllers, this person will join a highly collaborative team and assist the Fund Controllers with responsibilities for completing the month end financial close process, preparing monthly financial statements, overseeing the fund administrator, assisting in year-end audits, reviewing tax information, and performing other responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned from time to time.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly closing package to support the calculation of the Fund’s NAV including working with an external fund administrator when necessary
- Provide financial information and reporting to internal management, external counterparties and investors
- Coordinate investor transactions including subscriptions and redemptions
- Prepare month-end investor statements
- Monitor expense budgets and accruals
- Coordinate with external auditors on agreed-upon procedures work and annual audits/financial statement preparation
- Coordinate with external tax preparers in the tax return and K-1 process
- Work on projects to improve overall processes and accounting procedures
- Interact with senior management, corporate accounting, internal operations, analysts and legal department
Requirements:
- Strong communication (written and verbal), analytical and spreadsheet skills.
- 2-4 years prior public accounting/fund accounting experience; exposure to hedge fund, private equity, mutual fund, CLO, or similar accounting is required
- CPA Strongly Preferred
Compensation & Benefits:
- $80,000 – $100,000
- Comprehensive benefits package
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