Fund Accountant

Job Description

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is seeking a highly qualified Fund Accountant to join their Fund Accounting team in New York. This role involves accounting and reporting related to the Funds, interacting with various internal and external parties.

Responsibilities:

• Work on all aspects of the month-end close process, including estimated reporting and issuing monthly final statements to investors.
• Review and reconcile monthly workbooks between Schonfeld and the administrator.
• Review the calculation of portfolio manager performance fees and investor subscription/redemption requests.
• Reconcile P&L breaks between the internal system and the administrator.
• Review portfolio manager budgets and monthly funding requests.
• Create and maintain various workpapers (e.g., accrual tracker, portfolio manager terms, new issue P&L calculation of investor capital and fees).
• Assist with the annual fund financial statement audit process and related tax statement preparation.
• Help with internal regulatory and compliance reporting and ad hoc interdepartmental requests.
• Work on ad-hoc and longer-term team projects.
• Utilize internal accounting software, Geneva, to book and upload monthly accounting entries.
• Assist with monitoring and maintaining appropriate financial controls, policies, and procedures.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel (e.g., pivot tables, v and h lookups, index match, etc.).
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience in alternative investments asset managers.
• Process and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic and team-focused attitude.
• Able to adapt to frequent changes in the business operating environment.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Able to work well independently and coordinate with various individuals internally and externally.
• CPA preferred but not required.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work with a global multi-strategy investment platform.
• Exposure to various aspects of fund accounting and reporting.
• A collaborative and teamwork-oriented culture.
• Learning and educational opportunities.