Senior Hedge Fund Accountant-NY allin

Senior Hedge Fund Accountant - NY 250k allin

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New York Hedge Fund‑Senior Fund/Portfolio Accountant – 250k all‑in, 4–7 years of experience, must have fund accounting experience.

Excellent culture, stability, growth, and exposure. Rare role – definitely not your typical fund accounting position.

Our client is seeking a Portfolio Accountant with financial reporting and investor reporting experience to join an experienced team of two accountants, a controller, and a CFO. The role will focus on traditional fund accounting administration, financial reporting, audit, investment operations, regulatory reporting, and investor operations.

• Assist in managing fund administration activities, reviewing and reconciling NAV generation, investor allocation calculation, and statement distribution.
• Maintain accurate shadow book and records of administrators, including all trade and non‑trade related activities from prime brokers, custodial banks, repo and ISDA counter parties.
• Prepare reconciliations of administrators’ books and records against the client’s internal shadow books. Review, research, identify, and resolve discrepancies of cash, positions, trading and income P&L, pricing, corporate actions, dividends, and market values.
• Assist in timely completion of the client’s yearly audit requirements, ensuring the validity of financial statements and distribution to investors and third parties as needed.
• Enhance and improve existing processes, continually developing solutions to identify and eliminate the source of differences.
• Work closely with internal teams for reporting requirements, including Form PF, AIFMD, Annex IV, 13F, and other regulatory filings as necessary.
• Create and improve solutions for changing regulations, research upcoming changes, and work with service providers to ensure all filings are accurate and timely.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for internal and investor requirements.
• Ensure investor requests are resolved accurately and timely.
• Keep CRM system up to date and accurate; validate and present IRR data as needed.

• Minimum of five years of direct experience in alternative investments fund accounting.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, macros, etc.).
• Proficiency in relevant software applications is extremely helpful:
  Excel, Alteryx, SS&C Advent Geneva portfolio accounting system, Backstop CRM system, and other third‑party applications.