Group Manager - Fund Accounting

Stone Coast Fund Services•Portland, ME

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Group Manager of Fund Accounting will have overall responsibility for the morale, cohesion, productivity, processes, and work product of the group. Accordingly, the group manager has full responsibility for the following:

Requirements

Have five or more years of experience in fund accounting for hedge funds
Be comfortable and proficient acting as a primary liaison with fund managers and other fund service providers.
Must have familiarity with the types of software tools used by investment operations companies, including fund accounting and investor accounting systems and reporting from those systems.
Must have experience with financial reporting, information security and client, vendor, and risk management. Candidates will have maturity and judgment.
Have knowledge of securities and stock markets
Experience in investment operations
Detail-oriented and organized
Possess excellent interpersonal skills and strong writing skills.
Must have experience developing and maintaining positive relationships with coworkers, clients and business partners.
Hedge funds can hold complex instruments, so the ability to quickly learn and understand complicated concepts is a necessity. Must have the ability and motivation to self-train in order to stay current with the regulatory environment Stone Coast is subject.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is essential. In depth experience with Advent Geneva and Advent Partner is required.

Responsibilities

Manage, develop, and motivate staff in the group
Foster harmonious relationships within the group, with colleagues outside the group and throughout the company, and with clients
Design procedures and processes and ensure that they are performed within the group, and are performed in accordance with department and firm-wide standards and protocols
Oversee the timeliness and quality of services delivered by the group to meet the goal of internal and external client satisfaction
Act as an effective conduit for communication and point of escalation within the group, and between the group and others—both internally and externally