Job Description
Main Duties/Responsibilities of the Role
This is a newly created, mid-level role that bridges fund accounting and product control. The successful candidate will support the accurate production of daily and month-end NAVs and fund financial data, while also contributing to the firm's T0/T1 P&L production and valuation control process across a range of products. The role requires a solid grounding in fund accounting principles combined with genuine product knowledge — an understanding of how different instrument types behave, price, and settle — and offers strong development potential for someone looking to build a career spanning both fund finance and product control.
The candidate will work closely with fund administrators, the Product Control & Valuations team, portfolio managers, Risk, Operations, and Technology, acting as a key link between the fund accounting and P&L/valuation functions.
Fund Accounting & NAV Support
- Support the end-to-end NAV production process, including daily and month-end NAV review, checks, and sign-off across assigned fund structures.
- Assist in the preparation and review of month-end valuation packets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with fund documentation.
- Perform shadow accounting and reconciliation against third-party fund administrator records; investigate and help resolve breaks in a timely manner.
- Support investor capital activity reviews, bank reconciliations, and investor statement tie-outs.
- Help ensure NAV-related processes are carried out in line with fund documents, accounting standards, and internal policies.
P&L Production & Valuation Control
- Support the timely and accurate production of T+0 and T+1 P&L, and assist in explaining P&L movements to senior stakeholders.
- Perform verification and checks of pricing inputs and models — e.g., pricing sources, curve models — including reviewing counterparty valuations.
- Assist with daily and monthly valuation reviews across the firm's portfolio, covering a range of products including fixed income, credit, equities, FX, and commodities.
- Review reconciliation reports and help provide explanations for stale prices, outsized moves, mark overrides, cash breaks, and reconciliation differences versus the administrator.
- Support the implementation of valuation policy and contribute to system and process improvement initiatives with the Trading COO and Technology teams.
Stakeholder Management & Controls
- Act as a day-to-day point of contact between fund accounting, product control, portfolio managers, Risk, Operations, and fund administrators to resolve NAV- and P&L-related queries.
- Assist with the coordination of external audit requests and support regulatory and compliance reporting obligations (e.g., AIFMD, Form PF) where relevant to fund data.
- Contribute to the design and maintenance of accounting and valuation controls, flagging control gaps or process improvement opportunities.
- Support ad hoc reporting and data requests from investor relations and senior management.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Work Experience/Background
Essential
Desirable
- 3–6 years of relevant experience in fund accounting, fund finance, or product control within an asset management, hedge fund, or fund administration environment.
- Experience within a hedge fund or alternative asset manager, ideally with exposure to global macro or multi-strategy funds.
- Working knowledge of a broad range of financial products (e.g., fixed income, FX, equities, listed and OTC derivatives, or commodities).
- Direct experience with commodities or listed derivatives cleared at a PB, FCM, or other cleared exchange.
- Experience with NAV processes and/or liaising with third-party fund administrators.
- Exposure to closed-ended or hybrid fund structures.
- Experience with reconciliations, price testing, or month-end control processes.
- Familiarity with corporate actions, tax, or security/reference master data for listed products.
- Solid understanding of market behaviour and ability to relate market events to P&L or valuation movements.
- Prior exposure to Bangalore or another offshore finance centre operation.
Technical/Business Skills & Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
- Good working knowledge of fund accounting principles, NAV mechanics, and financial reporting in an investment management context.
- Familiarity with shadow accounting systems or fund accounting/order management platforms.
- Genuine product knowledge across asset classes — understanding how instruments are priced, valued, and settled.
- Experience with valuation or operational accounting for illiquid or alternative assets.
- Highly process-oriented with a strong controls mindset and close attention to detail.
- Exposure to AIFMD, Form PF, FATCA/CRS, or other alternative fund regulatory reporting.
- Effective communicator, comfortable liaising with traders, portfolio managers, and fund administrators.
- Experience with automation or process improvement initiatives in fund finance or product control.
- Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; comfortable working with large data sets.
- Highly motivated self-starter with intellectual curiosity and a results-oriented mindset.
Essential
Desirable
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Progress towards or completion of a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA) or CFA.