Senior Manager - Hedge & Credit Accounting Implementations Lead

About Alpha Alternatives 

Alpha Alternatives, a part of Alpha Group, is a fast-growing global consulting firm focused on digital and operational transformation in the alternative investment industry, including private equity, real estate, private debt, credit, and infrastructure. We are recognized for our deep domain expertise, innovative thinking, and commitment to delivering exceptional value. 

Our consultants work alongside clients to solve complex operational and technology challenges in financial services. At Alpha, we believe in empowering client teams to be change agents and driving sustainable transformation through collaboration, insight, and execution excellence. 

Role Overview 

This is a strategic hire for our hedge fund and private credit capability. You will serve as a primary subject matter expert across hedge fund and private credit technology, operations, and administrator relationships, owning client delivery, shaping our methodology, and building the internal knowledge base that scales the practice. This is not a support role: you will lead engagements, work directly with COOs, CFOs, and operations leadership at hedge fund and private credit clients, and represent Alpha's point of view in competitive situations. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead end-to-end advisory engagements for hedge fund and private credit clients spanning system selection, implementation, and operating model transformation 

• Serve as the primary delivery owner on Geneva implementations, upgrades, and integration workstreams, from discovery through go-live 

• Advise clients on middle- and back-office operating model design including NAV production, shadow accounting, prime brokerage reconciliation, and investor reporting 

• Evaluate and advise on technology ecosystems including order management, treasury, portfolio accounting, and data infrastructure 

• Drive business development activity including proposal development, client presentations, and expansion of existing relationships 

• Further establish Alpha's hedge fund and credit accounting practice infrastructure: reusable methodology, tool kits, proposal templates, and a bench of junior talent 

• Collaborate with our private equity and credit practices to develop cross-platform service offerings for multi-strategy and hybrid fund structures 

Qualifications 

Required 

• 10+ years of experience in hedge fund and/or credit operations, fund administration, or hedge fund-focused management consulting 

• Deep hands-on expertise implementing or supporting SS&C Advent Geneva including chart of accounts design, workflow configuration, reconciliation setup, and reporting build-out 

• Strong command of hedge fund middle- and back-office operations: trade lifecycle, prime brokerage, NAV production, shadow accounting, and multi-asset class accounting 

• Demonstrated ability to own client relationships and lead engagements independently, not just execute under direction 

• Fluency in hedge fund technology landscape including OMS/EMS platforms, treasury systems, data warehousing, and investor portal solutions 

• Experience working at or with leading hedge fund administrators or prime brokerage operations teams 

Strongly Preferred 

• Experience with additional platforms: EZE, Finbourne, Arcesium, WSO, Allvue, Broadridge, Clearwater, Bloomberg AIM, Enfusion, Flextrade. or comparable alternatives 

• Prior consulting or advisory experience - able to structure problems, build deliverables, and present to senior stakeholders 

• Exposure to complex fund structures: multi-strat, credit, quant, or hybrid PE/HF vehicles 

• CPA, CFA, CAIA, or other relevant industry credentials a plus