Finance Associate

Our client, an investment firm active in global liquid markets, is seeking a Fund Accountant to support accounting, reporting and operations across its funds. The firm is open to candidates from public accounting (audit or tax) or a family office.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily and monthly P&L and NAV, and reconcile results with fund administrators and internal records
• Reconcile high volumes of trading activity, cash, positions and margin across prime brokers, futures brokers and custodians
• Account for a wide range of instruments, including equities, futures, options, swaps and FX
• Calculate management and performance fees and maintain investor capital allocations across funds and share classes
• Prepare quarterly and annual fund financial statements, and support the annual audit and fund tax filings
• Analyze financing, borrow and trading costs, and track expense allocations across entities
• Help automate reconciliations and reporting, working closely with operations and technology teams
• Support investor reporting, due diligence requests and ad hoc analysis for senior management

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Mathematics or a related field from a top-tier university (required)
• 2–5 years of experience in one of the following: audit or tax at a public accounting firm, ideally with hedge fund or asset management clients; or accounting at a family office, fund or investment firm
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and investment accounting; partnership accounting or tax experience a plus
• Highly analytical and comfortable working with large data sets
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with SQL, Python or similar tools is a strong plus
• CPA or CPA progress preferred
• Detail-oriented and organized, able to meet daily deadlines in a fast-paced setting
• Curious problem-solver who enjoys improving processes