Fund Accountant, Associate​/Senior Associate

A top global alternative investment firm has an immediate opening for a Fund Accountant (Associate/Senior Associate) to support complex credit and real estate strategies. This is an exciting opportunity to play a hands-on role in fund accounting, collaborate across multiple teams, and gain exposure to sophisticated investment structures within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

A top global alternative investment firm has an immediate opening for a Fund Accountant (Associate/Senior Associate) to support complex credit and real estate strategies. This is an exciting opportunity to play a hands-on role in fund accounting, collaborate across multiple teams, and gain exposure to sophisticated investment structures within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

A leading global alternative investment firm headquartered in New York known for its disciplined, multi-strategy approach to investing across credit, private equity, and real assets, partnering with sophisticated investors to drive long-term value across market cycles.

• Accurately prepare and record accounting entries in accordance with firm policy and US GAAP.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate review of the monthly books and records prepared by fund administrators as well as internal reporting of both estimated and final fund PnL & returns
• Review the completeness and accuracy of monthly economic allocations, management fee / waterfall calculations and investor statements.
• Responsible for calculations of investor capital calls and distributions, as well as accurate tracking of unfunded commitments, and recallable distributions for each investor.
• Prepare internal and external deliverables including investor requests, internal data requests, regulatory reporting requests and, from time to time, ad hoc projections of fund/investor data.
• Review payments/reimbursements for fund expenses and management fees and clear the ensuing cash breaks
• Communicate regularly with third party administrators.
• Responsible for the review of quarterly unaudited and annual audited financial statements as well as annual footnote disclosures and financial highlights.
• Interaction with Operations, Investor Relations, Legal, Tax, Financial Reporting and Technology to resolve process and accounting issues.
• Managing and modifying accounting/financial systems, procedures, and processes, as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Experience with a wide assortment of financial products, including fixed income securities, equities, repos, and financial derivatives.
• Experience with private equity and hedge funds, as well as other complex fund structures.
• Team player and detail oriented.
• Must work well in a very dynamic and deadline driven culture.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word) required. Alteryx and Power Bi experience a big plus.
• Experience with consolidated and combined presentation of financial statements
• Strong understanding of information systems, relationship tables, and the role data plays in efficient processes. Data warehouse experience is a plus.