Senior Director - Fund Accounting - Private Markets

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 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

Senior Director - Fund Accounting - Private Markets

Location: Luxembourg

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. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few. 

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:

This position requires proactive ownership of key client relationships and the ability to foster strong collaboration with colleagues across the organization. The successful candidate will also engage closely with Clients, Investors, AIFMs, Depositaries, Auditors, Fund Boards, the Bank Central of Luxembourg (BCL) and Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), and other critical internal and external stakeholders.

In addition, the role involves leading managers who oversee teams of Fund Accountants located in both Luxembourg and India. Candidates will be expected to contribute to, and potentially take ownership of, strategically focused projects that drive the organization forward.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing company and play a pivotal role in shaping its continued success.

Some of the Key Responsibilities will include:

• Lead and manage a team of experienced professionals to deliver exceptional client service, ensuring all deliverables are completed on time, to the highest standards, and in line with service level agreements and procedures.
• Oversee professional development, coaching, and performance management of direct reports.
• Contribute as a member of the Luxembourg senior management team to drive organizational success.
• Manage deliverables from outsourced locations and oversee regulatory substance reviews.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex issues within the team.
• Oversee resource planning and allocation while collaborating with wider teams across the organization.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with other teams, departments, and global offices.
• Represent the Luxembourg fund accounting function in key global strategic initiatives.
• Participate in and/or lead departmental initiatives and cross-functional projects.
• Lead client due diligence visits and coordinate both internal and external audit reviews.
• Manage client onboarding processes and oversee onsite/offsite due diligence work streams.
• Oversee and ensure timely completion of all Luxembourg regulatory reporting by the team, in full compliance with requirements.
• Support business development efforts by strengthening client relationships, identifying opportunities for growth, and contributing to proposals and presentations for prospective clients.

What You Will Bring:

• Ideally 10+ years of relevant industry experience in an operations environment.
• Proven experience managing a Fund Accounting team and oversight of outsourced locations at a senior level.
• Professional qualifications preferred (ACCA, CA, CAIA, CFA, CIMA).
• Strong track record in Fund Accounting & Oversight or a similar role within the funds industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in production and review of NAV calculations & experience in financial statement preparation and review preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of Private Market including diverse fund structures and instrument types.
• Knowledge of Luxembourg funds and associated regulatory reporting is a distinct advantage.
• Strong knowledge of due diligence and onboarding of new business.
• Strong client management skills with the ability to build and maintain key relationships & proven leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and control-focused work environment.
• Capable of working independently while contributing enthusiastically as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong business acumen with exceptional attention to detail.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

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.