Accounting Manager - (US-NY-New York)

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Accounting Manager - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $90K - $100K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: ABAJA209

Plans and directs accounting activities within a finance department or division of an organization by performing the following duties, personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (includes the following, but not limited to.)

o Assists in the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities, and procedures relating to financial management, budget, and accounting.
o Supervises and participates in the preparation of various financial statements and reports.
o Monthly/Quarterly GL closing.
o Preparation of journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
o Preparation and /or review of the Annual & Quarterly STAT financial statements for P&C insurance companies.
o Account roll forward preparation for various GL accounts as required by the outside auditors.
o Reconciliation of monthly bank statements and preparation of required journal entries to adjust account balances.
o Reconciliation of inter-company account balances, analysis of Premium Tax and assessment accounts.
o Coordinates preparation of external audit materials and external financial reporting.
o Reviews financial statements with management personnel.

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Accounting software.

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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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Concepts In Staffing
9 East 37 Street
New York, NY 10016

 

UNIX Admin NYC up to $120000 + bonus SBNRJA76

strong (not necessarily senior) Unix Systems Administrator with solid trading floor support experience. 

The person should have very solid Unix (Linux, Solaris) skills, and solid experience supporting the trading floor.  Strong communication and presentation is key.

Comp is flexible, but this is not a manager or a senior architect, just a solid person.

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Broker Liaison - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

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Broker Liaison - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

Compensation: $50K - $65K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: CJABROK

Collectively, this group is responsible for insuring that client data is flowing as expected when new interfaces are implemented or new clients go live
Process and coordinate account requests from internal operations staff on behalf of our clients. This includes setting up account relationships with brokers and establishing daily feed requirements
Escalation point for the Data Support Delivery Team when data problems are encountered. The Broker Liaison will be expected to be available to assist the Data Support Delivery Team when external interactions are necessary
Liaise with operations staff to address their concerns regarding new requests.

Technical Expectations/Professional Practices:
· Candidates must have demonstrated ability to work with external clients, vendors and brokers as well as developing good working relationships with each of these groups
· Candidates must have good business analysis skills. They will be required to provide specifications to the development team for new interfaces that are required for various data interfaces
· Candidates must have good problem solving skills. They will be required to research problems reported by their user community to determine if an actual problem exists or additional training is required. When actual problems exist, they need to, as appropriate, recommend workarounds until an actual resolution can be implemented
· Candidates must have the ability to explain difficult concepts to users in terms that they can easily understand. This should include developers, technical users and non-technical users
· Candidates must have a strong understanding of financial products and strategies that a hedge fund might use. Working knowledge of trading, risk and processing characteristics of equity, fixed income and OTC products.
· Candidates must have knowledge of the financial services industry, its products and practices, and a strong interest in further development and learning
· Candidates must have an affinity with Information Technology, and need to have experience working with multiple file formats, navigating database tables, etc.
· Strong experience with Microsoft Word and Excel


Management/Leadership Expectations:
· Gather and document requirements
· Product release planning and execution
· Coordination with Data Delivery Support Team with respect to production issues
· Coordination with Development Team with respect to interface development
· Good organization and planning skills
· Strong communication, presentation and writing skills
· Strong quality results orientation and desire for continuous learning
· Ability to build strategic working relationships
· Detail oriented
· Good follow up skills and work load management
· Contribute to team success


Qualifications required:
· A minimum of 3 years experience in the financial services industry
· A business or computer science Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution is desired
· Must possess excellent oral and written communications skills
· Some US and global travel may be required

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

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Concepts In Staffing
9 East 37 Street
New York, NY 10016

Systems Administrator Newark, NJ

Code CBFEJA3

 

Systems Administrator  62k max

The successful candidate must be team-oriented, possess good organizational, written, and oral communications skills, as well as the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects.  The candidate should be comfortable working across all business and technical boundaries and be capable of brokering solutions with a diverse customer base.

Responsibilities

·          Manages multiple servers in a production environment, ensuring that each server has 100% uptime.

·          Troubleshoots problems with networks, web services, mail services and custom applications.

·          Maintains a broad knowledge of operating systems, applications, networking, and hardware.

·          Monitor system logs and activity on all servers and devices.

·          May lead or guide the work of other staff engaged in similar functions.

·          Attend and actively participate in weekly meetings.

·          Coordinate with development team to schedule software releases.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Education to a degree level: minimum BS/BA, preferably in Computer Science.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business application support with off-the-shelf and internally developed applications including.  Experience in diverse technical environments including but not limited to midrange Unix, Linux, distributed Intel based platforms running Microsoft software, and web-based environments.
• Candidate should have solid relational database knowledge and experience, particularly with MS SQL Server, and MS Access.
• Candidate should have strong networking support experience, as well as experience in desktop end user support.
• Strong project management experience is required.  Ability to grasp problems both from a business and technical standpoint and to develop and implement appropriate solutions.  Solid understanding of the project management lifecycle.
• Technical skills: Microsoft OS and applications, strong business application support experience, SQL Server, IIS, experience managing servers and server based applications, publishing industry experience a plus.
• Must be highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Experience managing multiple projects with continuous deadlines.
• Motivated self-starter able to work independently and as part of a team.

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com  ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

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

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Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

 

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Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

Compensation: $100K - $110K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: CPARJA3

Description:
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly Net Asset Value preparation, which includes:
• Cash and Portfolio Reconciliations
• Income and Expense Accruals
• Partner/Shareholder Allocation calculations
• Financial Statement preparation
• Other Ad Hoc Reports as needed
• Interact daily with P&L team on valuations and price analysis
• Interpret confirmation letters from counter parties to set up Derivative instruments in Accounting System

Qualifications required:
• 5 years experience in managing a team of Fund Accountants, Senior Fund Accountants and Supervisors
• 7-10 years of fund accounting experience in either a Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Administrator, Mutual Fund or other financial institution where the accountant has gained financial products knowledge
• Previous Financial Statement Preparation experience
• Advanced knowledge in complex Derivatives
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Economics a must
• CFA preferred, CPA a plus
• Good communication skills
• Working knowledge of Excel and Word essential

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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BTW, I will try to get in contact with you by email or phone within a day or two; if I don’t, drop a quick email to me.

In addition, I will also be emailing you about other job opportunities as I learn about them. Please let me know if you do not wish to receive information about other job opportunities.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Concepts In Staffing
9 East 37 Street
New York, NY 10016

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Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NY-New York)

From Jeff Altman: The Big Game Hunter

Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $80K - $100K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: CJAOSP66

The team is responsible for providing all accounting functions and preparation of financial statements, partner allocation P&L flow, assure fund operation is within the guidelines of offering document, provide comments on offering documents, provide assistance and guidance on accounting standards and best practices. The team consist of highly skilled Chartered Accountants, MBA’s, and CFA’s who are trained to provide highly accurate, timely and efficient services, ensuring 100% accuracy and providing world class customer service.

Description:
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly Net Asset Value preparation, which includes:
• Cash and Portfolio Reconciliations
• Income and Expense Accruals
• Partner/Shareholder Allocation calculations
• Financial Statement preparation
• Other Ad Hoc Reports as needed
• Interact daily with P&L team on valuations and price analysis
• Interpret confirmation letters from counter parties to set up Derivative instruments in Accounting System

Qualifications required:
• 5 years experience in managing a team of Fund Accountants, Senior Fund Accountants and Supervisors
• 7-10 years of fund accounting experience in either a Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Administrator, Mutual Fund or other financial institution where the accountant has gained financial products knowledge
• Previous Financial Statement Preparation experience
• Advanced knowledge in complex Derivatives
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Economics a must
• CFA preferred, CPA a plus
• Good communication skills
• Working knowledge of Excel and Word essential

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.

To receive my free job search ezine, Head Hunt Your Next Job, search available positions, sign up to receive a daily digest of positions anywhere in the USA, use my job lead search engine, Job Search Universe or find out about my VIP service, go to www.jeffaltman.com. You can subscribe to my free ezine, Natural Selection, designed to help HR professionals, managers and business owners make even smarter business decisions at www.thebiggamehunter.net.

BTW, I will try to get in contact with you by email or phone within a day or two; if I don’t, drop a quick email to me.

In addition, I will also be emailing you about other job opportunities as I learn about them. Please let me know if you do not wish to receive information about other job opportunities.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Concepts In Staffing
9 East 37 Street
New York, NY 10016

Senior Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

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Senior Fund Accounting Manager - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

Compensation: $130K - $150K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: CPARJA11

This senior manager is responsible for reviewing all funds in their group, managing a group of staff people (Fund Accountants/Senior Fund Accountants/Account Managers), responsible for training and development of staff, and acting as main point of contact for external auditors.
Qualifications required:
• Review of Daily/Weekly P&L/NAV estimates
• Review Monthly Net Asset Value preparation, which includes:
• Cash and Position Reconciliations
• Expense Accruals
• Review all capital activity that pertains to the funds
• Partner/Shareholder Allocation calculations/schedules – includes review of
admin/management fees/incentive fees calculations
• Monthly Financial Statement preparation and preparation of the YE financial statements and financial highlights
• Implementing training initiatives
• Other Ad Hoc Reports
• Client relationship manager and the main client contact person
• Special Projects as needed

Qualifications required:
• 5-10 years of fund accounting experience in either a Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Administrator, or other alternative investment financial institution where the accountant has gained financial products knowledge.
• Strong Excel experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Financial Statement Preparation
• CPA/CFA/MBA is a plus

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.

To receive my free job search ezine, Head Hunt Your Next Job, search available positions, sign up to receive a daily digest of positions anywhere in the USA, use my job lead search engine, Job Search Universe or find out about my VIP service, go to www.jeffaltman.com. You can subscribe to my free ezine, Natural Selection, designed to help HR professionals, managers and business owners make even smarter business decisions at www.thebiggamehunter.net.

BTW, I will try to get in contact with you by email or phone within a day or two; if I don’t, drop a quick email to me.

In addition, I will also be emailing you about other job opportunities as I learn about them. Please let me know if you do not wish to receive information about other job opportunities.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Concepts In Staffing
9 East 37 Street
New York, NY 10016

 

 

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