Principal Alternatives Fund Accountant

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the worlds largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

What You Will Get To Do:

• Process Portfolio Reconciliations – Positions, Cash, Transaction Reconciliation with Prime Brokers, Custodians, Fund Administrators, ISDA Counterparties, FCM.
• Process Month-End Shadow Accounting – NAV, Trial Balance, and Tax Lots Reconciliations.
• Non-Trading Activity processing – e.g Corporate Actions, Subscriptions & Redemptions, Account Transfers
• Asset Servicing – e.g Swap Financing & Resets, Bond Amortization, Option Exercises
• Break Resolution – Direct communication with 3rd Parties on resolving breaks.
• Communicate reconciliation results with Clients, 3rd Parties and internal stakeholders
• Document requirements, associated workflows and maintain artefact library.
  
  

What You Will Bring:

• 2-12 years’ experience in financial or technology setting
• Strong working knowledge for instrument valuation across multiple asset classes ranging from Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income, Credit, FX.
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle ranging from Pre-Trade Compliance, Order Generation, Order Execution, Trade
• Confirmation, Trade settlements, reconciliation, and reporting
• Prior exposure with use of Portfolio Management and reconciliation software
• Advanced Microsoft Excel with preferred or working knowledge of VBA and Macro Building
• Able to communicate technical details to a range of stakeholders with varying degrees of technical ability
• Analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong emphasis on quality, professionalism, and excellence
• Able to work in various shifts as required
  
  

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.

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