Fund Controller

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE: 

Essential Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Fund Controller to join our prestigious hedge fund's Finance & Tax department. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting oversight of the financial operations and reporting of our diverse fund structures. This role demands an understanding of fund accounting, financial analysis, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership abilities, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial data while driving strategic initiatives to optimize fund performance.

• Support the implementation and maintenance of enhanced accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Liaise with various stakeholders across the firm and with 3rd party fund admin to ensure accuracy and efficiency of daily and monthly NAV process. Non exhaustive list includes:
• Work closely with fund admin on all aspects of NAV
• Produce month end valuation packet
• Shadow investor allocations-experience with open and close ended structures a plus
• Help coordinate and tie out investor capital activity, bank activity, and investor statements
• Ensure all aspects of NAV are in accordance with respective fund documents
• Support internal and external parties with the annual audit
• Assist with regulatory/compliance requests as needed
• Assist with tax requests as needed
• Support ad hoc investor relations requests
• Produce and maintain various fund, investment, and investor reporting metrics

PERSON SPECIFICATION

   WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:

Essential

• 5+ years of experience in fund accounting role at an investment manager

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

Essential

Strong understanding of accounting, operations, tax, investor relations and legal/compliance in respect to investment companies.

• Effective problem solver who takes full ownership of work product and demonstrates strong critical reasoning, analytical, and detail oriented attributes with the ability to multi task
• Ability to interpret and analyse complex legal documents relating to fund structures deal structures, and financial transactions.
• Experience with order management and accounting systems
• Experience implementing shadow accounting systems a plus
• Experience with accounting, valuation, and operational related matters for large array of financial products-equities, credit, structured, liquid and illiquid a plus
• Strong excel skills