Associate Director, Hedge Fund Accounting

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Associate Director, Hedge Fund Accounting

Locations: Boston, MA; Braintree, MA; Chicago, IL; Coral Gables, FL; Denver, CO; New York, NY | Hybrid 

Get To Know Us:

SS&C is leading the way.  We continue to look for todays and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few.  

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

• Manage multiple fund relationships, including scheduling and meeting all client deliverables

• Maintain/manage client expectations and coordinate deliverables timelines with staff

• Demonstrate strong knowledge of accounting

• Participate in new business discussions with prospects and existing clients

• Prepare and maintain goals and career development plans for all direct reports

• Prepare semiannual performance appraisals and discussions for all direct reports

• Provide guidance and direction to staff on all technical and client-service-related topics

• Review fund governing documents, offering documents, subscription documents, side letters, and investment management agreements, in order to ensure proper application of fund terms

• Review all transaction documentation and supporting files, and understand the features of the investment transactions, accruals, etc.

• Review work paper files for accuracy and completeness, including capital activity, investment activity, income and expense accruals, valuation adjustments, etc.

• Review management fee calculations

• Review investor allocations and capital account statements

• Prepare and/or review financial statements, notes disclosures, and supporting schedules

• Develop/maintain robust review procedures around deliverables

• Manage the year-end audit process, in collaboration with the client and auditors

• Where applicable, support the tax team with information to prepare tax compliance/reports

• Help develop and support targeted, continuing education for all direct reports

• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives

What You Will Bring:

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field

• 12+ years’ experience in accounting, with a focus on alternative investments funds – hedge fund experience a plus

• CPA designation a plus

• Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other comprehensive basis of accounting, with an emphasis on investment partnerships

• 5+ years’ experience supervising two or more professional staff

• Hands-on management style with strong leadership skills and ability to develop staff

• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to multi-task

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Advent Geneva experience a plus

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with advanced Excel skills

• Team player mentality

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers. 

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.