Manager- Fund Accountant

Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to provide effective technical support to the process and actively resolve client issues directly or through timely escalation to meet process SLAs.

• The candidate will need to review the daily tasks of team members as outlined below:

• Daily journal entries for their respective entities
• Review the monthly/quarterly work papers
• Review quarterly Capital Account Statements

• The candidate will be responsible for the work allocation and deliverable management of 20+ analysts.
• The candidate will need to liaise with the onshore counterparts in NY, in order to set the deliverable timelines and expectations around the deliverables and ensure the deadlines are met.
• Implement process improvements to reduce production times and increase accuracy
• Act as a single point of contact at COE for issues like trouble shooting and training new joiners.
• Manage and execute conversion of Private Equity Funds from other accounting applications to Investran
• Customize the reports on Investran and other accounting ERP and support the client requirements
• Review Limited Partner and General Partners/Shareholder Allocation, calculations/schedules-includes review of Admin/Management fees/Waterfall/Claw back calculations etc.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Candidate must be a Post Graduate or a CA or CFA, with knowledge of accounting and finance.
• 10-12 years of fund accounting experience
• Fluent in English
• Strong project management skills
• Attention to detail
• Team player
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word)
• Knowledge and experience with Investran and Anaplan will be an advantage

• Build capability to ensure operational excellence and maintain superior customer service levels of the existing account/client
• Undertake product trainings to stay current with product features, changes and updates
• Enroll in product specific and any other trainings per client requirements/recommendations
• Partner with team leaders to brainstorm and identify training themes and learning issues to better serve the client
• Update job knowledge by participating in self learning opportunities and maintaining personal networks