Associate

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

• SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

  Job Description

  The successful incumbent will be responsible for the proper application of accounting principles to complex transactions, and financial reporting, for our private equity clients. They will be accountable for a broad spectrum of financial, operational and accounting matters affecting our private equity clients.

  Responsibilities:

• Contribute toward a team covering one or more client relationships
• Deliver accurate and timely work product within specified deliverables timelines, and in coordination with the Manager and other team members
• Review/prepare all transaction documentation and supporting files, and understand the features of the investment transactions, accruals, etc.
• Perform bank reconciliations, process journal entries, and prepare supporting financial schedules
• Handle daily/routine client information requests
• Review/prepare work paper files for accuracy and completeness, including capital activity, investment activity, income and expense accruals, valuation adjustments, etc.
• Review/prepare management fee calculations and supporting schedules
• Review/prepare investor allocations and capital account statements
• Review/prepare capital call and distribution calculations, sources/uses of cash, allocations, and investor notices
• Update distribution waterfall (carried interest) models, in keeping with the applicable fund terms
• Preparation of financial statements, notes disclosures, and supporting schedules
• Support the year-end audit process, in collaboration with the team, client, and auditors
• Where applicable, support the tax team with information to prepare tax compliance/reports
• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives

• Preferred:

• A strong command of Excel is essential, with additional expertise in application such as Power Query, Power BI, Macro, and VBA considered a valuable asset.
• A keen interest in data preparation tools such as Power Query and VBA, as well as the ability to work with various software applications, is required.
• Australian CPA

• Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• At least 2+ years of relevant experience working within fund accounting, preferably within Private Equity or Big 4 Audit Firm.  
• Deadline oriented with ability to complete assigned tasks independently
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with emphasis on Excel skills
• Team player

• Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.