Summary
Looking for an Associate to join the team.
Company Information:
Alternative Investment Firm
Job Description:
- Maintain internal books and records for the firms funds of hedge funds and managed account platform
- Review the fund administrator’s monthly net asset value calculations by reconciling cash balances, investment positions, payables and receivables, and capital activity
- Monitor daily trading and margin reporting provided by the fund administrator, prime brokers, and trading counterparties
- Assist with various operations and treasury processes, including daily cash management and FX hedging
- Serve as a business analyst to identify and implement software system improvements and manage various automation projects to accommodate growing business complexities
- Prepare various weekly, monthly, and quarterly investor reports
- Respond to ad hoc investor data requests and day-to-day investor inquiries
- Assist with preparing fund audited financial statements and annual tax filings
- Represent Operations to other groups throughout the firm, such as the Investment Committee and Technology, on topics ranging from liquidity to fund formation to NAV review automation
- Liaise with third-party providers, including administrators, lenders, vendors, and auditors
Requirements / Qualifications:
- 2-4 years of relevant experience in operations and fund accounting within the financial sector
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field of study
- Strong knowledge of financial statistics, ratios, calculations, and performance concepts
- Strong Excel skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and high standards
- Unquestionable work ethic and initiative
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and confidently in written and verbalcommunications
- Commitment to improvement
- Team player mentality
- Excellent analytical skills and good judgment
- Preferred Experience:
- Accounting system software implementation, maintenance, enhancements, etc.
- Knowledge of SQL and developing macros
- Production of investor or management reporting and communications
- Relevant product knowledge and sufficient understanding of fund and trade operations