Job Description

Main Responsibilities

• Fund Accounting reviews and Oversight: Ensure accurate accounting for private investment funds, including NAV calculations, financial and investor reporting.
• Client Service: Manage the Fund Services Dallas team’s reporting calendars of deliverables and ensure client KPIs are consistently met.
• Financial reporting : Review and approve financial statements in compliance with GAAP.[DL1]
• Waterfall Modelling : Support the provision of carried interest and waterfall calculations (including scenario analysis) services to our clients.
• Audit Coordination: Liaise with external auditors and complete all necessary reporting and investigation associated with Financial Statements and address any issues or recommendations raised.
• Technical Guidance : Provide expertise on accounting standards, changes in market practice and relevant regulations.
• Team leadership: Manage and mentor accounting staff, fostering professional development and ensuring team performance
• Collaboration: Work closely with the solutions team and senior leadership across Fund services to deliver strategic firm initiatives for the benefit of our clients.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process enhancements for fund accounting and financial and investor reporting to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Client Interaction: Serve as a technical expert for our clients regarding private fund structures, supporting fund onboardings, accounting issues, reporting and inquiries.
• Policies and procedures : Ensure fit for purpose and consistent adherence with fund services global operating model.
• Risk Management : Ensure effective recording of issues and risks detected in line with firm policies and relevant remedial action plans implemented to correct and prevent re-occurrence.
• Business development support : Support profitable business growth, actively contribute to answering RFPs and commercial propositions and support the onboarding of new business.
• Global Operating Model: Support the deployment of Ocorian’s global operating model as appropriate for new and existing clients.

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Qualifications

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience **

• Minimum 10 years of experience in private fund accounting with proven track record of managing client centric US fund accounting teams.
• Bachelor or university degree in accounting, finance or equivalent. Ideally CPA qualified or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience working with private equity / real asset managers on US and Cayman fund structures as well as US GAAP.
• Experience with private market accounting systems ideally including Investran/Private Capital Suite and/or e-Front.
• Understanding of different private asset instruments and investment strategies and asset classes such as private equity, private debt, real estate, fund of funds and infrastructure.
• Experience building waterfall models and providing related scenario analysis
• Ability to work under pressure and manage demanding internal and client deadlines
• Ability to manage teams to deliver consistent quality client reporting within tight deadlines.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and to manage and prioritise their workload.
• Strong client focus with the ability to develop and maintain important client relationships.
• Excellent communication skills with superior attention to detail.

Additional Information

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful. These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at careers@ocorian.com.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.