Apex Group India | Senior Account Manager - Fund Accounting

Core responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end private equity fund accounting function across multiple vintages, strategies (buyout, growth, venture, co-invest, secondaries), and structures (LP funds, feeder funds, parallel vehicles, SPVs).
• Own the platform, process, people, and client service pillars to deliver accurate, timely financial reporting, investor servicing, and regulatory compliance at scale.
• Serve as a critical liaison with Front Office, Investor Relations, Tax, Compliance, and external administrators/auditors.
• Partner with Tax for K-1/Investor tax packs and jurisdictional complexities.
• Drive QA/QC reviews and exception management.
• Maintain SLAs for response times and accuracy.
• Ensure change governance, cutover plans, and risk controls.
• Implement robust reference/master data management and reconciliation frameworks.
• Controls & Security: Implement SOX-style internal controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, and role-based access.
• Build succession plans and career paths; cultivate a high-performance culture.
• Workforce Planning: Align capacity with demand (fund launches, transactions, audit cycles).
• Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game.
• Champion automation for capital calls/distributions, waterfalls, and management fee/carried interest calculations.
• Optimize onshore/offshore mix and leverage managed services/administrators where strategic.

Requirements

• Communications: Produce clear, executive-ready materials—dashboards, variance analyses, waterfall summaries, and board/regulatory packs.
• Experience: 14+ years in private equity fund accounting or alternatives; track record leading multi-fund portfolios and complex structures (multi-currency, feeders, parallel funds, SPVs).
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate firm strategy into operating model, tech roadmap, and staffing plans.
• Communication: Executive presence; crisp written and verbal communication for LPs, boards, and auditors.

Apex Group

Set up in 2003 with its first office in Bermuda, Apex Group was founded by Peter Hughes and works for allocators, asset managers, family offices, corporates and financial institutions. Its services include fund administration and middle office work, transfer agency, depositary and custody, corporate and management company services, banking, regulatory and compliance support, and ESG services through its Holtara business. The group's India operation was founded in 2008 and has grown to offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Gandhinagar. In 2021 Apex became one of the first global fund administrators approved to operate in GIFT City, where it now has an office.

Much of Apex's finance work in India is fund accounting for hedge funds, closed-ended funds, private equity and real asset funds, with roles from fund accountant up to supervisor and senior account manager. Other finance roles cover financial reporting from associate to vice president (including Workiva implementation), middle office, corporate accounting, global payments, tax, regulatory services and transfer agency. Postings usually ask for a B.Com, M.Com or MBA (Finance), and many name CA, CMA, CFA, CPA or ACCA; some roles are open to CA or CMA freshers.

• Industry: Financial services for funds and asset managers: fund administration, middle office, transfer agency, depositary, corporate and banking services
• Headquarters: Apex Group Ltd; founded in 2003 in Bermuda, where it opened its first office
• In India: India operation since 2008, with offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Gandhinagar (including GIFT City)