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Senior Associate

New York, NY

Job Summary

Working with various products including bonds, swaps, CDOs, ABS, equities, options, FX, repos, and futures. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline. Must have 4 + years’ experience/knowledge as a hedge fund accountant or auditor of hedge funds.

Details

Responsibilities Include:

* Supporting all aspects of ad-hoc reporting

*Performing month-end close processes

*Accurate calculation of fund NAV’s

*Production of investor allocations and calculation of management/ incentive fees.

*Posting accounting entries to ledger

*Working with various products including bonds, swaps, CDOs, ABS, equities, options, FX, repos, and futures

*Working on a global team which is responsible for reconciling cash/securities to outside sources, pricing the fund portfolios, and calculating daily profit and loss.

*Assisting with researching internal differences between the accounting and trade entry systems

*Working with auditors to prepare and present year-end financial accounts

Skills and Knowledge Desired:

* Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline

*Experience/knowledge with hedge funds or fund of fund

* 4 + years’ experience/knowledge as a hedge fund accountant or auditor of hedge funds

*Exceptional organizational and written/verbal communication skills

*Fund Accounting with exposure to operations (ie products and trade process knowledge)

*Financial statement prep/review experience

*Ideal candidate has experience at 1) audit firm, 2) fund or bank and 3) an administrator

*Strong Excel knowledge (Pivot Table, Sumif, V-lookup)

*Effective communicator – controller level

*Geneva and/or Advent software knowledge a plus

*Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

*Individual who takes initiative and ownership of assigned responsibilities

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  • Min Education: BA/BS
  • Min Experience: None