Senior Manager – Fund Accounting
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Full-timeRemote FriendlyAccounting/Auditing, Finance
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We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager in Fund Accounting to join our Private Equity and Real Estate Solutions (PERES) team. This hybrid role supports structures that blend UCITS-like features with alternative investment fund characteristics.
This is not a purely managerial position. We need someone who combines deep technical expertise, hands-on involvement, direct client oversight, and the ability to support and guide junior staff—including active participation in day-to-day production when required.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality outputs, maintaining client satisfaction, addressing client requests, and ensuring compliance with internal processes and contractual obligations.
Experience Required
This is not a purely managerial position. We need someone who combines deep technical expertise, hands-on involvement, direct client oversight, and the ability to support and guide junior staff—including active participation in day-to-day production when required.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality outputs, maintaining client satisfaction, addressing client requests, and ensuring compliance with internal processes and contractual obligations.
Experience Required
- Minimum 10 years in fund accounting, with strong exposure to alternative investment fund structures.
- Lead and resolve complex technical topics in fund accounting.
- Provide hands-on support and decision-making on technical matters.
- Review accounting files and NAV calculations in detail, including complex elements such as performance fees, management fees, waterfall models, etc.
- Guarantee timely, accurate production and strict adherence to internal processes.
- Participate in client calls, offering clear technical explanations and driving process improvements.
- Monitor KPIs and implement continuous operational enhancements.
- Communicate and enforce process changes across the team.
- Contribute to transformation and efficiency projects.
- Act as the primary escalation point for clients and intermediaries.
- Build strong, trust-based client relationships.
- Anticipate client needs and ensure satisfaction through proactive engagement.
- Maintain professionalism and clarity in all interactions.
- Work closely with operational teams daily.
- Mentor and guide junior team members, especially during technical reviews.
- Foster a collaborative and positive team environment.
- Motivate and support team members during challenges.
- Drive skill development and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Full mastery of NAV calculation processes, including:
- Investor-side (liability) and Depositary-side (asset) operations.
- Standard and bespoke waterfall models and NAV per share calculations.
- Complex management fee and variable fee structures.
- Ability to interpret legal documentation related to fund structures.
- Strong understanding of alternative investment structures and accounting implications.
- Excellent analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and rigorous.
- Ability to manage priorities under pressure.
- Strong autonomy combined with team spirit.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proactive, responsible, and adaptable in fast-paced environments.
- Hands-on mindset: ready to assist operationally when needed.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office Suite.
- Working knowledge of GP3/GPC (NeoXam).
- Full professional proficiency in French and English.
- A leader who is both strategic and operational.
- A professional combining technical excellence, client leadership, and team proximity.
- Someone equally comfortable reviewing complex files, coaching juniors, managing escalations, and engaging directly with clients.
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