Accountant

Job Title: Accountant # 1009231

Location: Hackensack NJ 07601 ,New York, NY 10005 , Bridgewater NJ, Princeton, NJ ,Chatham, NJ

Duration: 12 months (Possibility of extension)

Pay range: $45-$67/hr. On W2

Job Description:

• Supervises a team of administrators who are responsible for providing accounting, administration and investor servicing to investment companies and advisers.
• Serves as trusted advisor to clients by continually assessing changing business and strategies, as well as providing expertise, tools, and information to focus on growing investments.
• Acts as the escalation point for all clients assigned to the team and directs issue resolution and process changes to support client needs.
• Performs daily accounting activities in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures, such as, maintenance of the general ledger and preparation of various accounting statements and financial reports. Familiar with a variety of general accounting concepts practices and procedures.
• Proactively identifies risk-related issues through review of qualitative and quantitative data, anticipates obstacles, and then implements mitigating solutions.
• Supervises a team of administrators who are responsible for providing accounting, administration, financial reporting, and regulatory reporting services to investment companies (including, but not limited to, hedge funds, private equity funds, CLOs etc.) and advisers.
• Serves as trusted advisor to clients by continually assessing changing business and strategies, as well as providing expertise, tools, and information to focus on growing investments.
• Acts as the escalation point for all clients assigned to the team and directs issue resolution and process changes to support client needs.
• Proactively identifies risk-related issues through review of qualitative and quantitative data, anticipates obstacles, and then implements mitigating solutions.
• Reviews the accounting and financial statement information provided for audit and tax reviews, documentation, and set-up of the accounting principles for unusual investment types, and set-up/processing of complex expense and incentive fee calculations and reconciliation items.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field, or equivalent experience
• Five to Seven years of experience in alternative investments industry either at a fund, an administrator or at Big Four / Midsize public accounting firm doing fund audits.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Working knowledge of MS Office products
• Thorough knowledge of Advent applications preferred
• Thorough knowledge of the Confluence financial reporting platform preferred - Thorough knowledge and understanding of portfolio accounting and the investment management industry
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven team-oriented, leadership and organizational skills
• CPA preferred