Associate Director- Fund Accounting, Private Markets SS&C Advent

Within this role you will be responsible for providing the accounting and reporting function for our growing private markets client base. Working for a private markets fund manager would be an advantage. The successful candidate will be expected to have solid written and verbal communications skills, a proven ability to multi-task, and outstanding organisational and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Assist to manage the client deliverables and coordinate with different internal departments in multiple jurisdictions to ensure deadlines are met.
• Review NAV calculation, audited and unaudited financial statements, partner capital statements, management fee calculation, drawdowns, distributions and the underlying work papers.
• Act as one of the daily points of contact for clients, ensure to communicate promptly and professionally with clients and develop ongoing relationship
• Prepare appropriate material and responses for client meetings and other requests.
• Coordinate, support and facilitate the external audit process and other third party reporting s.
• Tasked with broadening exposure within the region by working on investment accounting, fund administration, client servicing and investor servicing.
• Ability to implement new processes and technology to support new business initiatives, improve control and increase operating efficiency.
• Coordinate private markets services across internal functions including Cash, Corporate Secretarial, Legal and AML.
• Networking and communicating across Private Markets and associated internal and external businesses; interacting with Risk & Controls, Legal, Implementations and Sales.

What You Will Bring:

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, general ledgers, financial statements.
• Excellent knowledge of private markets, net asset value calculations and capital activities within the fund administration industry.
• Team player with the ability to lead this will be very important as cross-team interaction is critical to the smooth running of the group.
• Excellent follow-up, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong client service focus, including the ability to effectively respond to client needs.
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA or similar) ideally you will be fully qualified
• Meet internal and external demands and deadlines demonstrating ability to operate on initiative in a controlled environment.
• The ability to analyse a situation (and its potential solution) and think through all steps to its conclusion.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/UK GAAP and IFRS