Posted 61 months ago
Senior Fund Accountant
@ Squarepoint Capital
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Squarepoint Capital is hiring a Senior Fund Accountant to review NAVs, fees, allocations and investor documents for hedge funds and private equity funds. The role works with fund administrators, external auditors and colleagues across time zones. Requires 8+ years of fund accounting experience, including hedge fund accounting.
Responsibilities:
- Review NAVs and fee and allocation calculations for hedge and private equity funds
- Review investor transactions and fund expenses prepared by administrators
- Liaise with auditors on annual financial statements
- Prepare monthly reporting and due diligence materials
- Improve processes while maintaining internal controls
Requirements summary:
- 8+ years of fund accounting experience
- Hedge fund accounting experience required
- Experience with Investran, Backstop or similar software
- Big 4 or public accounting experience preferred
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
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- Employer posting date
- 2021-10-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Squarepoint Capital
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Squarepoint is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
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Squarepoint is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
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| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
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Position Overview:
The candidate must be comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with an ability to deliver high quality work in collaboration with colleagues in different offices and service providers in different time zones.
- Review calculation of estimated and final NAVs for a group of hedge funds and private equity funds, including FX classes of investors, side pockets and SMAs
- Ensure management fees, performance fees, distribution waterfalls, and allocations are calculated in accordance with PPMs, IMAs, LPAs and side letters.
- Review investor subscription, redemption and capital call and distribution documents processed/prepared by fund administrator(s)
- Shadow allocations for certain funds and maintain database with investor information
- Review fund operating expenses prepared by fund administrator and provide comments/changes
- Process expense payments related to the funds and review allocations based on the expense allocation policy
- Review of fund administrator-prepared annual financial statements, and liaise with external auditors and fund administrator(s) regarding financial reporting and timely issuance of financial statements
- Compile information for due diligence requests from investors and counterparties, assist with other ad hoc
- Prepare monthly reporting files for management and other interested parties
- Implement systems, processes, and procedures to improve efficiency while maintaining adequate internal control environment
Required Qualifications:
- Must have Hedge-fund fund accounting experience
- Accounting experience on Private Equity, Venture Capital, and CLO entities a plus
- Public or a mixture of Big 4 & private accounting experience; 8+ yrs. of fund accounting experience including
- Experience with investor and partnership allocations and related software (i.e. Backstop, Hedgetek, Investran, etc.)
- Exceptional analytical skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Team player with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to multitask
- Highly organized
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