Manager – Private Debt Fund Accounting

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C’s products and services.

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SS&C Financial Services –Manager, Fund Accounting – Direct Lending

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C’s products and services.

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SS&C Financial Services

A leading innovator in alternative investment technology solutions and services, SS&C is also home to the industry’s largest fund administrator: SS&C GlobeOp, helping funds of all sizes from start-ups to today’s largest funds.

Named “Best Administrator: Technology” in the 2020 HFM US Services Awards. Across all of SS&C, we serve nearly $45 trillion in managed assets. We have assembled an exceptional team of fund accounting experts and equipped them with the industry’s leading technology, which SS&C built and supports.

About the Role

We are looking for a Manager to join our SS&C Globe Op, Direct Lending Fund accounting team, based in our Central London Office. Within this role you will be responsible for providing the accounting and reporting function for our Direct Lending client base. Working with private credit funds and Geneva experience would be an advantage. The successful candidate will be expected to have solid written and verbal communications skills, a proven ability to multi-task, and outstanding organisational and problem-solving skills.

Your Responsibilities

• Assist to manage the client deliverables and coordinate with different internal departments in multiple jurisdictions to ensure deadlines are met.
• Oversee the maintenance of client general ledgers and other records.
• Review and prepare NAV calculation, audited and unaudited financial statements, partner capital statements, management fee calculation, drawdowns, distributions and the underlying work papers.
• Respond to client ad-hoc enquiries and requests.
• Preparing other ad-hoc reporting where required. 
• Provide input to client service plans, calendars and timelines
• Act as one of the daily points of contact for clients, ensuring communication is completed promptly and professionally to guarantee the development of the relationship
• Participate on firm wide/client level projects.

Your Experience

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, general ledgers, financial statements
• Knowledge of private equity/credit, net asset value calculations, capital activities, etc.
• Team player with the ability to lead – this will be very important as cross-team interaction is critical to the smooth running of the group.
• Experience of fund administration preferred
• Experience of Private equity/Debts fund preferred
• Experience in Geneva platform preferred
• Meet internal and external demands and deadlines demonstrating ability to operate on initiative in a controlled environment.
• Communication: Disseminate relevant information to all key stakeholders.
• Foresight: Ability to analyse a situation (and its potential solution) and think through all steps to its conclusion.
• Motivation: A positive attitude and a drive to ‘get the job done’.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/UK GAAP and IFRS

Skills:

• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent follow-up, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills including oral and written communication skills.
• Strong client service focus, including the ability to effectively respond to client needs.
• Advanced computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new systems and procedures.
• Ability to work BAU and projects at same time and able to work under pressure

Qualifications:

• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA or similar) – nearly or fully qualified.
• Experience in accounting (preferably including private equity/debts accounting or partnership accounting).
• University degree (B.A., B.Sc., B.B.S.) in Accounting or Business (preferably majoring in Accountancy or another Financial-related program).

EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of 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.

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.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.

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. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. 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.

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