Job Description

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

Manager, Fund Accounting – Private Markets - Dublin

Location: Dublin – Hybrid working is on offer.

Get To Know Us:

SS&C GlobeOp, a division of SS&C Technologies, is one of the world’s largest administrators with core competencies in private equity, hedge funds, funds of funds and managed accounts. SS&C has been providing outsourcing and fund administration services since 1995.

Key differentiators for our business are significant staff expertise and high employee retention rates, ownership of underlying technology and impeccable client service. Our growth is largely driven by referrals from satisfied clients.

A leading innovator in alternative investment technology solutions and services, SS&C is also home to the industry’s largest fund administrator: SS&C GlobeOp, helping funds of all sizes from start-ups to today's largest funds.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:

Within this role you will be responsible for providing the accounting and reporting function for our growing private markets client base. Our client base includes existing clients that have grown organically, as well as new clients that we have recently acquired. This opportunity will also enable you to work with a global team to develop our private markets coverage and associated services in EMEA.

Due to the nature of our clients, having prior experience working for a private markets fund manager would be a strong advantage in the position. The successful candidate will be expected to have strong written and verbal communications skills, a proven ability to multi-task, and outstanding organisational and problem-solving skills.

Here are some of the key duties below:

• Lead and manage a team of fund accountants, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment.
• Provide technical guidance and training to junior team members.
• Manage client deliverables and coordinate with different internal departments in multiple jurisdictions to ensure deadlines are met.
• Manage client onboarding and transitions from a fund accounting perspective.
• Oversee the end-to-end fund accounting process, including daily/weekly/monthly NAV calculations, financial statement preparation, and regulatory reporting.
• Review and approve complex accounting entries, reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Act as the primary points of daily contact for clients, ensure to communicate promptly and professionally with clients and develop ongoing relationship.
• Prepare appropriate material and responses for client meetings and other requests.
• Coordinate, support and facilitate the external audit process and other third party reporting
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, GAAP) and regulatory requirements.
• Provide input to client service plans, calendars and timelines.

What You Will Bring:

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, general ledgers and financial statements, within Private Markets.
• Experienced people manager or supervisor who enjoys upskilling and coaching their direct reports.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong client service focus, including the ability to effectively respond to client needs.
• Meet internal and external demands and deadlines by being results orientated and by demonstrating the ability to operate on initiative in a controlled environment.
• Team player with the ability to lead – this will be very important as cross-team interaction is critical to the smooth running of the group.
• Proficiency in fund accounting software (e.g., Geneva, Advent, Multifonds) and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• A professional Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA or similar), nearly or fully qualified.
• University degree (B.A., B.Sc., B.B.S.) in Accounting or Business (preferably majoring in Accountancy or another Financial-related program).

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.

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.