Fund Accountant

POSITION:       Fund Accountant

LOCATION:      Greenwich, CT (Hybrid work environment with both remote and in-person work schedule)

The Fund Accountant will join a four person team focused primarily on the long-short hedge fund, long fund, and the newly formed credit effort. The individual will be part of a fifteen-person Accounting team and work collaboratively with other groups including Technology, Investor Relations, Legal, and Treasury/Operations. The Fund Accountant is encouraged to be a proactive, critical thinker who will focus on maximizing individual potential and impact to the group/firm.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Calculate fund incentive fees, investor balances and liquidity, investor redemption wires, and monthly fund management fees
• Handle various reconciliation processes
• Review, allocate, and process fund expense payments
• Compute weekly and monthly performance estimates
• Prepare monthly NAV package. In doing so, will analyze differences and liaise with the fund administrator to resolve.
• Review monthly investor statements. Prepare/review monthly internal and external reporting
• Help meet various regulatory requirements and filings
• Coordinate with fund administrator and external auditors to produce financial statements
• Play an important role in efficiency initiatives, including IT projects, workflow optimization, and vendor management

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have:

• 4+ years of public/private accounting experience
• An undergraduate degree with a strong GPA
• CPA preferred
• Proficient knowledge of Excel
• Variety of investment product knowledge. Credit experience is a plus.
• Geneva experience is a plus

The ideal candidate possesses the following traits:

• Quality focus: strong attention to detail, work ethic and motivation to continually improve.
• Efficiency mindset: desire to achieve high quality outcomes in an efficient manner.
• Accountability: strong ownership of responsibilities and deadlines.
• Team-orientation: ability to work collaboratively within Fund Accounting, with other departments and vendor contacts.
• Open-minded: willingness to work on a variety of projects, flexible and focused on process improvement
• Intellectual curiosity: drive to learn, grow and contribute to various initiatives.

Viking is an equal opportunity employer.  If you need a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]