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Associate Specialist – Fund Administration – Hedge Fund Services

Associate Specialist – Fund Administration – Hedge Fund Services

CompanyNorthern Trust
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Salary$95600 – $162400
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years of accounting experience
  • Experience with hedge funds or private equity funds investor allocations, management fee, and performance fee calculations
  • Bachelors degree with emphasis in accounting
  • CPA strongly preferred
  • Big 4 public accounting experience preferred
  • Excellent Excel and MS Office skills

Responsibilities

  • Review monthly/quarterly fund investor allocations, management fee, and incentive fee calculations
  • Review fund documents in order to interpret and execute allocation requirements
  • Build allocation models to support bespoke fund and client requirements
  • Work directly with clients, including CFOs and fund controllers, for onboarding, monthly/quarterly deliverables, and escalations
  • Serve as a client escalation point for issues, providing direction and judgment calls for internal team while providing necessary client communication to resolve external issue
  • Collaborate with other team members to build scalable operations to meet the service needs of a large portfolio of clients
  • Consistently look to streamline and automate the reporting/analytical process with the use of technology
  • Work closely with technology resources to troubleshoot issues and scope new or desired functionality

Preferred Qualifications

  • CPA strongly preferred
  • Big 4 public accounting experience preferred