Accounting Associate - Hedge Fund

ThoughtFocus · India

• Work with pre-onboarding teams like project management and other Forward Deployed teams to understand and gather the scope and client requirements.
• Review and understand key fund organizational documents and operational workflows. This will be required for onboarding Implementing Private Fund’s data into accounting platform.
• Perform various activities like Data Mapping, data transformation, loading and reconciliation platform as a part of client implementations.
• Liaise with various stakeholders within projects during the phases of implementation project.
• Support building/enhancing the implementation tools for seamless & faster onboarding.
• Work with technology teams as needed for assisting/testing in developing bespoke reports and any special requirement identified during requirement gathering phase.
• Manage a team for independent execution of the implementation project.

What You’ll need:

• 2 to 10 years of financial industry experience along with professional certification like CA, MBA, or CFA.
• A background in private capital markets (Hedge Funds) with strong fund accounting and operations domain expertise is required.
• Prior experience of client implementations/onboarding is an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of various Hedge Fund structures, fee calculations, carried interest etc.
• Well versed with GAV/NAV calculations and overall investor allocations process.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel.
• A good understanding of financial products.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work in a very dynamic environment and meet tight timelines.