SS&C Technologies UK | Associate Director - Hedge Fund Accounting

Responsibilities

• Within this position you will take on a leadership role at the centre of hedge fund operations, where you’ll guide a team, oversee NAV and P&L reporting, and ensure the delivery of accurate, high-quality financials for sophisticated clients.
• This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced fund accounting professional ready to expand their leadership impact in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
• Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme.
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career.
• You’ll partner closely with clients and auditors, contribute to new product initiatives, and play a key role in driving operational excellence across complex fund structures.
• Provide coaching, training and leadership as necessary to the client service team.
• Review all work product prepared by accounting staff including monitoring and pricing of P&L, NAV’s and economic allocations.
• Contribute to internal project initiatives regarding new product development, testing and implementation.
• Coordinate overall work plan for US client service group accounting staff, which includes managing and monitoring work in progress.
• Manage client relationships and satisfaction.
• Establish a plan for new client setups, reorganizations and conversions.
• Resolve fund accounting inquiries escalated to a supervisor.
• Provide technical accounting/industry knowledge to our clients.
• Coordinate, manage and monitor the external audit process.
• Review client financial statements, partner capital statements and other required financial reporting.

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, general ledgers and financial statements, within the Hedge fund industry.
• Knowledge of Hedge funds, net asset value calculations and capital activities, stemming from your background within fund administration.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong client service focus, including the ability to effectively respond to client needs.
• Ability to analyse a situation, and its potential solution, working through all steps to its conclusion.
• Prior experience with various products including equities, fixed income, repurchase agreements, futures, FX, Mortgages and options would be an advantage.

SS&C Technologies

Founded in 1986 as Securities Software & Consulting, SS&C started out in Bill Stone's basement and is now headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol SSNC. The company provides software and outsourced front-, middle- and back-office operations to financial services firms and healthcare organisations. Acquisitions such as GlobeOp (2012), Advent Software (2015) and DST Systems (2018) built up its fund administration and investor services business.

• Industry: Software and outsourced operations for financial services and healthcare: fund administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, investment and tax software
• Headquarters: Windsor, Connecticut, United States (SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.)