Alternative Ops Fund Accounting- Senior Associate

Job Description

Who we are looking for

CP (Centralized Pricing) process Manager, who will be a part of (SS) State Street (AIS) Alternatives Investment Services, (AIAS) Alternative Investment Administrative Services, (CP) Centralized Pricing team, ensuring all Prices are sourced, stored, updated and approved in required systems as per Instructions and procedures timely and accurately. He/She will be expected to engage and communicate daily with:* Global Centralized Pricing team, Onboardings, Statics & other upstream and downstream units.

• GP’s, IM’s, Counterparties, Investigations teams & Global stakeholders
  

Process : (SS) State Street (AIS) Alternatives Investment Services, (AIAS) Alternative Investment Administrative Services, Centralized Pricing team,

Shifts (in IST) : US Shift - 7PM to 4AM IST

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of State Street AIS Business. The AIAS team is focused on providing administrative and analytical solutions to institutional investors in Hedge (FOF), Private Equity and Real Estate Investments. Our team tracks all communications from our clients’ General Partners, processes all transactions, cash movements, updates investment prices/valuations, captures underlying portfolio company and property details, and provides updated holdings, Market valuation and other communication to downstream teams, Clients as per requirements.

What you will be responsible for* Review of daily deliverables. Meet & maintain timeliness and Accuracy as per SLA/KPI standards

• Client inbox management - Monitor day to day email received in specific client inboxes and action them accordingly with in the deadline.
  
• Completing Trade booking, Trade submission and Trade Reconciliation tasks by deadlines
  
• Day to day communication with clients and admins across time zones to action their request/queries on timely manner.
  
• Proactively Coordinating with Global onshore teams regarding Client queries or escalations that require urgent action.
  
• Audit file preparation for the trades.
  
• Client/Portfolio onboarding, Subscriptions/Redemptions/Add Sub mapping, retrieval of documents from Admin portals.
  
• Coordinating with Clients/Admins regarding AML/ KYC related queries.
  
• Trade Logs, Trade counts and KPI files preparation.
  
• Coordinating with NAV team to clear Breaks.
  
• Review, Maintain & Implement controls when applicable to reduce risk
  
• Monitor exception reporting and provide necessary insight on resolution
  
• Work directly with the business teams and other Global stakeholders to provide information and/or operational solutions as needed
  
• Work well with all upstream and downstream teams/members, stakeholders as demonstrated by being responsive to requests, striving for excellent client service
  
• Able to work in shifts along with team in office.
  

Education & Preferred Skills* BCOM/MBA in finance, accounting, or a related discipline - MBA, CFA, or CPA is a plus

• 3+ years of experience working in Alternative Investments.
  
• Proven expertise in performance measurement and accounting for Alternative Investments
  
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and service-oriented skills required
  
• Proven ability to lead a team and associates working on a wide array of responsibilities
  

Additional Skills Include:* Ability to work in various wed-based applications and MS Office tools

• Strong analytical skills, detail oriented, work independently and collaboratively
  
• Strong verbal and written communications skills and have the ability to handle multiple priorities
  
• Knowledge of Alpha Frontier, MCH, and/or Canoe is a plus
  
• Knowledge of Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Real Estate