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Robert Half Sr. Accountant in Chicago, Illinois
Description
The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m
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The Position:
Point of contact for several of the company's registered and private funds in United States, Canada, Ireland, and Luxembourg, crossing many different fund types and jurisdictions. This role will work with the senior members of the fund administration team as well as own relationships with funds’ third- party administrators and key vendors. Preparation, review and understanding impactful issues regarding fund reporting, including net asset valuation calculations, security valuation, fund budgets & expense analysis is key to this role.
Key support contact for our fund board members. Partner with each fund’s third- party administrators and external auditors to prepare and issue the funds’ financial statements and other regulatory filings, presenting issues to fund board members for review and approval.
Coordinate effectively with teams across the firm in sales, client service, legal, operations, and corporate finance regarding all fund-related items, including overall fund operating procedures, client inquiries, product development, management and performance fee calculations, legal document review, and revenue and expense projections.
Construct analyses regarding product development, and new initiatives, for senior management review, exercising sound business judgement and understanding of our products.
Assist portfolio management teams regarding ad hoc portfolio reporting requests or investor related questions.
Work effectively with all members of the fund administration team across all products to ensure consistency of reporting and processes and assist the team on projects on projects related to all funds in scope, include private hedge funds, US Registered funds, Irish UCITS, Canadian funds and Luxembourg funds as needed.
Utilize Advent Geneva portfolio accounting system to manage monthly performance reporting process
Consistently review the functions’ processes to ensure efficiencies and highlight opportunities for improvement.
Partner with each fund’s third- party tax preparers to generate investor tax deliverables, answering any investor driven questions related to them.
Requirements
Qualifications & Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
2+ years of experience in public accounting or the Financial Services industry
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
Self-starter with a strong work ethic, results orientation, and ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
Strong knowledge of MS Excel and Word required, working knowledge of Powerpoint
CPA designation a plus
To apply to this role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m
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