Associate, Fund Accounting

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Union, NJ
Entry level
Fintech • Software
The Role
This entry-level Associate Fund Accountant position involves performing bank reconciliations, processing journal entries, preparing financial schedules and reports, analyzing fund performance, and participating in month-end close processes. Candidates should have a solid foundation in financial accounting and Microsoft Excel knowledge.
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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

Associate, Entry Level Fund Accountant

Locations: Union, NJ | Hybrid

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 and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
  • Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
  • Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
  • Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
  • Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

  • Perform bank reconciliations, process journal entries for non-complex transactions, and prepare supporting financial schedules and reports 
  • Post accounting entries to general ledger  
  • Price the fund portfolios  
  • Analyze fund performance on a daily and monthly basis  
  • Research internal differences between the accounting and trade entry systems  
  • Issue P&L reports on a daily basis  
  • Perform month-end close processes/financial statement preparation  
  • Work with various products including equities, bonds, swaps, options, FX, mortgages, financing and futures  

What You Will Bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related Business field 
  • 0-2+ years’ experience in Accounting (hedge funds is a plus, not required)  
  • Strong academic foundation in financial accounting, i.e. journal entries, cash transactions and reconciliations, non-cash activity, investment activity 
  • Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge 
  • Good written and verbal communication skills  
  • Positive attitude with a team player mentality and the ability to work independently  
  • Good analytical skills and high 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.

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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.

The Company
HQ: Windsor, CT
22,000 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

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 22,000+ employees in over 150 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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