Analyst, Alternative Accounting

Fidelity•Westlake, TX

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Role As an Analyst within the Alternative Accounting team, you will have responsibilities covering all aspects of accounting operations performed by the team supporting Fidelity’s alternative investment products. You will be performing accounting and pricing functions and act as a contact for daily operational needs. The role will require daily, monthly, quarterly and annual deliverables, implementation of pivotal initiatives, and relationship management. As a member the alternative accounting team, you will be involved in the operational responsibilities, and you should be passionate about learning new alternative accounting products that are continuously launching. As a member of the Alternative Accounting team, you will collaborate with other teams within FFIO as well as business partners across the organization. The Team The Alternative Accounting Team is part of the Fund Operations division within Fidelity's Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) business unit. The Fund Operations division provides back office operational support to Fidelity Retail and Institutional products, including books and records maintenance, securities' pricing, fund and security level performance analysis, financial reporting, and tax work. The Alternative Accounting Team provides operational support for, as well as performs the daily, monthly and quarterly pricing and bookkeeping for Fidelity’s alternative and digital products within FFIO.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting or equivalent with 3+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 2 + years of experience
Understanding of the finance industry, partnership accounting and back-office operations for alternative products, including private equity, hedge fund and digital asset products preferred
Strong analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
Ability to collaborate with team members is a must
Presence and judgment to take ownership of responsibilities and encourage well-reasoned recommendations for updates to improve efficiency where applicable
Understanding of financial and accounting principles
Strategic Problem solver
Focus on Innovation
Lead by example
Collaborator
Drive Results
Strong communicator
Self-starter

Nice To Haves

Experience with Geneva and Geneva World Investor strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Performing accounting and pricing functions and act as a contact for daily operational needs.
Daily, monthly, quarterly and annual deliverables, implementation of pivotal initiatives, and relationship management.
Collaborate with other teams within FFIO as well as business partners across the organization.
Assist with internal and external auditor, risk, and compliance inquiries
Collaboration with team to ensure proper cross-training
Support the implementation of operations processes and procedures for new products
Ensure all deliverables and requests handled timely
Evaluates systems, processes, responsibilities, reporting, etc. for continued efficiency and effectiveness
Testing of new technology prior to roll out into production and reports results to peers and managers
Accountable for ensuring requests are processed within stated service level agreements and adhere to Fidelity and regulatory guidelines
Ensure that all Risk and Compliance controls, policies and procedures are followed
Evaluate assigned functions and responsibilities, confirm they are addressed timely and any areas of risk are identified and mitigated.