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About the Role
This leadership role oversees the accounting and administration of multiple alternative investment funds, focusing on private equity clients. The position requires technical expertise in fund accounting, client relationship management, team leadership, and oversight of fund operations like financial reporting, investor allocations, distribution waterfalls, and audit coordination. Success depends on strong project management, a hands-on leadership approach, and the ability to deliver exceptional client service while developing staff.
Responsibilities
- 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, specifically with respect to alternative investment funds, with a focus on private equity funds
- 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, including offsetable amounts, management fee waiver contributions, etc.
- Review investor allocations and capital account statements
- Review capital call and distribution calculations, sources/uses of cash, allocations, and investor notices
- Create, maintain, and/or review distribution waterfall (carried interest) models, in keeping with the applicable fund terms
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
- 12+ years’ experience in accounting, with a focus on alternative investments funds
- 3+ years’ experience supervising two or more professional staff
- Directly responsible for hiring and termination decisions as well as providing continuous performance feedback to 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
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with advanced Excel skills
- Team player
Skills
- Private equity experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- Project management
- Leadership
- Client relationship management
- Fund accounting
- Financial reporting
- Investor allocations
- Distribution waterfalls
- Audit coordination
- Microsoft Office suite
Location
- Union, NJ
- New York, NY
- Boston, MA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 12+ years’ experience in accounting
- 3+ years’ experience supervising staff
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
Salary/Compensations
- New Jersey: $91,000 - $190,000 USD
- New York: $91,000 - $190,000 USD
- Massachusetts: $95,000 - $190,000 USD
- Potential for annual discretionary bonus and/or equity awards
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid time off, holidays, and parental leave
- Professional development reimbursement opportunity
About the Company
- SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely.
- Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide.
- More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
- SS&C combines proprietary technology with deep industry expertise to support complex financial and health care operations.
- Our teams design, implement, and operate solutions that help clients manage data, automate processes, and scale their businesses with confidence.
- You will work with industry experts, modern platforms, and evolving technologies, gaining exposure to real-world operational challenges and large-scale enterprise environments.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.