Senior Fund Accountant - eFinancialCareers
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Permanent
- Competitive salary
Job Description:
Full job description We are looking for a Senior Fund Accountant!
This role goes beyond traditional NAV production, requiring individuals who can take ownership of complex funds, challenge external counterparts, and operate in a stakeholder-facing, high-accountability position.
Key Responsibilities
*Review and oversee the end-to-end NAV production process, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness
*Act as a key control point between fund administrators, custodians, and internal stakeholders
*Investigate and resolve NAV breaks and valuation discrepancies, identifying root causes
*Perform and review cash, position and pricing reconciliations across multiple systems
*Challenge external administrators on valuation outputs, pricing decisions and operational issues
*Oversee and validate corporate actions, subscriptions/redemptions and fund flows
*Support more complex valuation areas including illiquid assets, FX, derivatives or level 2/3 instruments
*Contribute to strengthening controls, governance and audit readiness
*Liaise directly with portfolio managers, investment teams and senior stakeholders
*Drive improvements in process efficiency, automation and data quality
Required Experience & Profile
*7+years’ experience in: *Fund accounting
*NAV oversight
*Valuations
*Strong understanding of the NAV lifecycle, including pricing, cash, positions and flows
*Experience working in a buy-side or oversight environment (asset manager, hedge fund, allocator)
*Demonstrated ability to own and review complex funds, not just produce NAVs
*Proven ability to challenge external administrators and resolve issues independently
*Experience working with multiple asset classes, including exposure to more complex instruments
*Hands-on use of fund accounting systems (e.g. Geneva, SimCorp, Multifonds, Aladdin)
*Advanced Excel skills; ability to analyse, reconcile and validate financial data
*Strong communication skills with direct stakeholder interaction
This role goes beyond traditional NAV production, requiring individuals who can take ownership of complex funds, challenge external counterparts, and operate in a stakeholder-facing, high-accountability position.
Key Responsibilities
*Review and oversee the end-to-end NAV production process, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness
*Act as a key control point between fund administrators, custodians, and internal stakeholders
*Investigate and resolve NAV breaks and valuation discrepancies, identifying root causes
*Perform and review cash, position and pricing reconciliations across multiple systems
*Challenge external administrators on valuation outputs, pricing decisions and operational issues
*Oversee and validate corporate actions, subscriptions/redemptions and fund flows
*Support more complex valuation areas including illiquid assets, FX, derivatives or level 2/3 instruments
*Contribute to strengthening controls, governance and audit readiness
*Liaise directly with portfolio managers, investment teams and senior stakeholders
*Drive improvements in process efficiency, automation and data quality
Required Experience & Profile
*7+years’ experience in: *Fund accounting
*NAV oversight
*Valuations
*Strong understanding of the NAV lifecycle, including pricing, cash, positions and flows
*Experience working in a buy-side or oversight environment (asset manager, hedge fund, allocator)
*Demonstrated ability to own and review complex funds, not just produce NAVs
*Proven ability to challenge external administrators and resolve issues independently
*Experience working with multiple asset classes, including exposure to more complex instruments
*Hands-on use of fund accounting systems (e.g. Geneva, SimCorp, Multifonds, Aladdin)
*Advanced Excel skills; ability to analyse, reconcile and validate financial data
*Strong communication skills with direct stakeholder interaction
Job number 3936286
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