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Portfolio Accounting Associate – Usw

Portfolio Accounting Associate – Usw

CompanyAQR Capital Management
LocationGreenwich, CT, USA
Salary$90000 – $100000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Undergraduate Degree
  • 3+ years of experience in a Portfolio Accounting role at a bank, Admin or investment manager
  • Experience in Operations – preferably Hedge Fund experience
  • Product knowledge in Equity and Derivative (OTC, FX, etc.) asset classes
  • Advanced analytics and communication skills
  • Highly organized, able to multi-task, and eager to learn
  • High attention to detail and ability to organize priorities
  • Proficient in Excel/SQL
  • Mind set of continual process enhancement and automation
  • Comfortable working in a fast paced, team-based environment

Responsibilities

  • Reviewing monthly NAV calculations, administrator reconciliations, Profit and Loss (“P&L”) calculations, trial balance, fund allocations, management and performance fee calculations, and investor statements
  • Reviewing daily reconciliation of cash, positions, market values, trade breaks, P&L analysis, and corporate action analysis
  • Monitoring cash flows and margin movements and overseeing inquiry resolution
  • Conceptualizing and executing automation to increase efficiency and add scale
  • Monitoring daily cash and position tasks to ensure completion
  • Participating in special projects aimed at enhancing processes and reducing risk
  • Contributing to the development and enhancement of the team’s systems and processes to ensure continual efficiency gains, quality control, and process improvements
  • Overseeing our Admin’s, Custodians, and Brokers
  • Demonstrate an advanced comprehension of various financials instruments for example swaps, futures, repos, equities
  • Bring innovative ideas and work closely with technology to execute on those ideas to build further automation and scale
  • Work closely with various groups for example Compliance, Legal, Tax, and Business Development to solve complex problems and find client solutions

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hedge Fund experience