What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist, Hedge Fund Accounting position at BNY External Career Site?
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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Fund/Client Accounting to join our Hedge team. This role is located in Lake Mary, Florida.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Serve as a lead for the day-to-day operations of a small- to medium-sized fund accounting support team, providing work direction and technical assistance on complex matters.
- Lead day-to-day accounting and net asset value (NAV) production functions, including NAV construction and validation, NAV review, dissemination, and reporting activities for more complex funds.
- Review data and assist in resolving escalated problems that may arise during daily, weekly, or monthly accounting and reporting cycles.
- Track data and maintain accounting records for funds of higher complexity in accordance with department policies and procedures.
- Assist in establishing data maintenance and summarization processes to improve team efficiency and best support the accounting team.
- Lead the team in preparing system-generated reports, coordinate review of reports, and share reports with accounting teams.
- Review work of junior team members.
- Regularly work with client staff to exchange information regarding cash, accounting, and reporting of daily and monthly client activities and initiatives.
- Communicate data needs and answer client questions.
- Assist in identifying and implementing process improvements to reduce audit and financial exposure and improve team efficiency.
- Support the achievement of team objectives.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- 3-5 years of total work experience preferred.
- Experience in accounting support preferred.
- No direct reports; may have work allocation and team lead responsibilities.
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