Job Description:
Title: “Controller”
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid: 3 days in/2 days home)
Salary: 150K base salary + 150K bonus (300K all in)
Overview:
A leading New York City based private Investment Management Firm with approximately $10+ billion in long only and Hedge Fund assets under management is seeking to hire a Controller.
The successful candidate must have at least 10 years financial industry experience.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee entire audit process (including fund/ management company/ SOC 1), including FAR filings with Cayman regulations
- Work closely with fund administrator to review and approve monthly NAV
- Coordinate with outside tax accountants on tax estimates/ and tax filings and K-1’s
- Monitor and reconcile trades for transaction reporting in regulation with MiFID II
- Review daily cash and position reconciliation
- Monitor OMS to ensure accurate internal P&L
- Work closely with Portfolio Managers to produce daily reports such as margins, leverage, end of day P&L
- Produce weekly/ month-end fund estimates for hedge funds
- Work with Investor Relations to review subscription/ redemption documents and other IR inquiries
- Work with the Compliance team to monitor investment guidelines (daily pre-trade/ post-trade compliance across entire platform)
- Work with the Compliance team and Investor Relations to produce quarterly Compliance certifications for investors
- Assist the Compliance team with regulatory filings (13F/ Form PF/ Form ADV)
- Manage relationships with the fund administrator/ auditors/ tax accountants and prime brokers
- Oversee “management company” books and records including producing annual financial statements and Partner allocations
- Review quarterly billings for accuracy
- Produce quarterly “management company close” for CFO
- Work with outside accountants to produce monthly Focus reports for the Broker Dealer
- Assist the CFO in ad hoc projects
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of ‘40 Act Fund, closed end funds and hedge funds is a plus
- Familiar with the following asset classes is a plus – convertibles, HY and CLO’s
- Technical knowledge – Bloomberg, heavy Excel, and CITCO
- Must have a BS/BA degree; CPA is a plus
- Ability to independently execute instructions with great attention to detail and consistently produce high-quality work product
- Experience coordinating multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong U.S. GAAP technical accounting expertise