Hedge Fund Accountant--NYC XBAJA1Salary to $80000 + bonus

Accountant with three to four years of relevant hedge fund financial accounting experience.  The individual will assist the Accountant responsible for the firm’s hedge fund, and its fund of funds.The fund, unlike traditional hedge fund strategies, invests in structured finance transactions and uses derivatives to hedge various types of residual risk.   

 

 

Job Responsibilities

• Support structured finance trades and liquid market hedge transactions by liaising with trading group & prime broker

• Perform core operational activities including position & P/L reconciliations and liaising with trading group & prime broker to resolve any variances

• Maintaining the financial statements for the master and feeder funds

• Produce operational management reporting to support the senior management of the firm: includes monthly management reports, P/L attribution analysis

• Work closely with the firms hedge fund administrator to reconcile monthly NAVs

• Produce weekly fund performance estimates to distribute to investors

• Maintain all pertinent transaction and investor documentation on proprietary electronic document management system
• Opportunity to implement with internal technical support team an automated process to support fund reporting

 

Requirements

Bachelor of Science/Art, preferably accounting degree, min GPA 3.0

Three to four years of accounting experience (either hedge fund, accounting in financial service or big 4 experiences)

Proficient in Excel (required) and QuickBooks (preferred) (or like accounting package)

           

Personal Profile         

• Highly motivated individual with a strong desire to learn about structured products and financials instruments in general
• Self starter that is able to task independently on a daily basis
• Able to successfully manage client relationships.
• Able to communicate both verbally in an effective, concise manner
• Able to effectively operate in a open work environment
• Effectively manage multiple priorities and multitask
• Assertively manage requests through prioritization and continuous progress reporting
• Open to a broad spectrum of work content, although initial focus will be a concentration of routine, reporting and maintenance of data
• Team player willing to take on tasks and responsibilities normally outside of the realm of their job responsibilities

 

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.

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