Principal Fund Accountant

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: Managed Operations – Fund Accounting Specialist

SS&C is seeking Fund Accounting specialist to join its Managed Operations – Shadow Accounting in its Hyderabad / Mumbai office. We are looking for a candidate who has a proven track record in financial technology or a related discipline and can provide excellent service to our clients in the investment industry. Successful candidates will be highly driven and have an excellent understanding of the asset management business.

As a Fund Accounting specialist, the candidate will be in a client facing role performing shadow reconciliations and accounting services in various SS&C Accounting platforms that its client operates on. This will involve playing a key role with various internal and external stakeholders to affirm requirements, implement and present through various concurrent client facing projects in a collaborative manner.

Your daily responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Process Portfolio Reconciliations – Positions, Cash, Transaction Reconciliation with Prime Brokers, Custodians, Fund Administrators, ISDA Counterparties, FCM.
Process Month-End Shadow Accounting – NAV, Trial Balance, and Tax Lots Reconciliations.
Non-Trading Activity processing – e.g Corporate Actions, Subscriptions & Redemptions, Account Transfers
Asset Servicing – e.g Swap Financing & Resets, Bond Amortisation, Option Exercises
Break Resolution – Direct communication with 3rd Parties on resolving breaks.
Communicate reconciliation results with Clients, 3rd Parties and internal stakeholders
Document requirements, associated workflows and maintain artefact library.
Attributes:

Able to communicate technical details to a range of stakeholders with varying degrees of technical ability
Analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
Strong emphasis on quality, professionalism, and excellence
Able to work in various shifts as required
Qualifications and experience:

5-12 years’ experience in financial or technology setting
Strong working knowledge for instrument valuation across multiple asset classes ranging from Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income, Credit, FX.
Understanding of the trade lifecycle ranging from Pre-Trade Compliance, Order Generation, Order Execution, Trade Confirmation, Trade settlements, reconciliation, and reporting
Prior exposure with use of Portfolio Management and reconciliation software
Advanced Microsoft Excel with preferred or working knowledge of VBA and Macro Building

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.