Citco Canada | Senior Fund Accountant, Fund Accounting – Hedge Funds

Responsibilities

• Provide administration and pricing related services for a portfolio of hedge fund clients in accordance with their administration agreements.
• Work to global procedures and internal best practices.
• Maintaining day-to-day relationships with Citco Internal teams including Operational Support, Middle Office, Pricing, Investor Relations and Relationship Management Fund Accounting teams.
• Perform valuation of hedge fund portfolio holdings.
• Provide analysis of fund performance and prepare performance/P&L related reports.
• Investigate, communicate and resolve valuation/P&L related issues with hedge fund clients.
• Perform price verification and prepare sign-off packages.
• Monitor compliance with various client service agreements.
• Work with all team members to improve product quality and consistency.
• Train and support team members in their development.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of investment process and products to effectively respond to Investment Manager queries.
• Act as liaison with various internal/external parties – e.g., Auditors, Brokers, Legal Counsel and Investment Manager.
• Operate as a contact point for clients; able to respond to and resolve queries or escalate where necessary
• Assist with ad hoc projects

Requirements

• Working knowledge of investment strategies and financial products, including derivatives
• Able to demonstrate that you are comfortable working in an operations model where you have to coordinate and work with various teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated financial reporting, analytical and organizational skills
• Strong Office and Outlook skill set (especially Excel)
• Proven ability to work in a challenging and professional work environment

Citco

Founded in 1948 by A.A.G. Smeets, Citco first worked for private clients and multinational companies in the years after the Second World War, and launched its fund administration business in 1968. The group, whose parent company is The Citco Group Limited, has been majority independently owned since its start. It now serves alternative asset managers, asset owners, investors, banks and corporates with fund administration, middle office, banking, tax and regulatory, corporate secretarial and entity management services.

• Industry: Asset servicing for the alternative investment industry: fund administration, middle office, banking, tax and corporate services
• Headquarters: The Citco Group Limited, a privately held group with offices worldwide