Director, Fund Accounting

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

Director, Fund Accounting 

Locations: Halifax, NS | Hybrid 

Get To Know Us: 

SS&C is leading the way.  We continue to look for todays and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply to our welcoming and inclusive environment.

SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, integrity, and innovation to name a few.  We are a fast-paced environment, who promote flexibility, authenticity and offer a hybrid working model to ensure employees can manage their day and meet both work and personal commitments.

Why You Will Love It Here!  

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: RRSP Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C Learning Institute
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
• Wide-Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees

What You Will Get To Do: 

• Manage multiple fund relationships, including scheduling and meeting all daily client deliverables 
• Maintain/manage client expectations and coordinate deliverables timelines with staff 
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of accounting, specifically in alternative investments 
• Participate in new business discussions with prospects and existing clients 
• Prepare and maintain goals and career development plans for all direct reports 
• Prepare semiannual performance appraisals and discussions for all direct reports 
• Provide guidance and direction to staff on all technical and client-service-related topics 
• Review fund governing documents, offering documents, subscription documents, side letters, and investment management agreements, in order to ensure proper application of fund terms 
• Review all transaction documentation and supporting files, and understand the features of the investment transactions, accruals, etc. 
• Review work paper files for accuracy and completeness, including capital activity, investment activity, income and expense accruals, valuation adjustments, etc. in a daily environment 
• Review management fee calculations 
• Review performance returns at investment and fund level
• Review investor allocations and capital account statements 
• Review capital call and distribution calculations, sources/uses of cash, allocations, and investor notices 
• Prepare and/or review financial statements, notes disclosures, and supporting schedules 
• Develop/maintain robust review procedures around deliverables 
• Help develop and support targeted, continuing education for all direct reports 
• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives 

What You Will Bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field 
• Master’s degree preferred 
• 15+ years’ experience in accounting, with a focus on alternative investments funds – hedge fund experience is a plus 
• CPA designation a plus 
• Strong knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other comprehensive basis of accounting, with an emphasis on investment partnerships 
• 5+ years’ experience supervising two or more professional staff 
• Hands-on management style with strong leadership skills and ability to develop staff 
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to multi-task 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with advanced Excel skills 
• Team player mentality 

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.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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.