Fund Accountant

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

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