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, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Senior Fund Accountant - Hedge Funds

Location: Sydney | Hybrid

Get To Know Us:

SS&C GlobeOp is a leading provider of cloud-based fund services, technology and mobility-enabled infrastructure for hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity, and managed accounts

With a base of fund strategies that include fixed income, volatility and active trading, we offer: Middle office, accounting and management products

• Tax services for hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity funds

• Derivatives processing, valuations agent, syndicated bank loans processing

• Regulatory and analytics services

• Managed services IT/data center and business process outsourcing

• All available on a stand-alone basis to institutional clients

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
• Work/Life Balance: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

• Contribute toward a team covering one or more client relationships
• Deliver accurate and timely work product within specified deliverables timelines, and in coordination with the Manager and other team members
• Review/prepare all transaction documentation and supporting files, and understand the features of the investment transactions, accruals, etc.
• Perform bank reconciliations, process journal entries, and prepare supporting financial schedules
• Handle daily/routine client information requests
• Review/prepare work paper files for accuracy and completeness, including capital activity, investment activity, income and expense accruals, valuation adjustments, etc.
• Review/prepare management fee calculations and supporting schedules
• Review/prepare investor allocations and capital account statements
• Review/prepare capital call and distribution calculations, sources/uses of cash, allocations, and investor notices
• Update distribution waterfall (carried interest) models, in keeping with the applicable fund terms
• Preparation of financial statements, notes disclosures, and supporting schedules
• Support the year-end audit process, in collaboration with the team, client, and auditors
• Where applicable, support the tax team with information to prepare tax compliance/reports
• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives

What You Will Bring:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Exposure to Hedge Funds.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, fund structures, and investment products.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, or overseeing financial statements, NAV calculations, and investor reporting.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Proactive and solutions-focused mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
• Leadership, coaching, and people management experience will be highly regarded for Associate Manager and Manager-level opportunities.
• Professional qualifications such as CA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent are highly regarded but not essential for all levels.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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.