Senior Fund Accountant, Bay Area
Required skills
- hedge fund
- public accounting
- fund administrator
- financial reporting
- investment management funds
- enterprise-level accounting software
- VPM
- Geneva
- Arcesium
- Microsoft Excel
Nice to have
- automating manual processes
- python
- SQL
Role summary
Voleon, a technology company applying AI/ML to investment management, seeks a Senior Fund Accountant to lead fund accounting, post-trade operations, reporting, and projects. This hybrid role, based in Berkeley, involves managing daily operations, ensuring accuracy in financial statements and tax compliance, overseeing reconciliations, and maintaining the internal accounting system. The position requires 5+ years of experience in hedge fund accounting or similar, proficiency in enterprise accounting software, and advanced Excel skills. The role also includes mentoring junior team members and driving process improvements, with preferred experience in Python/SQL and automation. The company offers competitive compensation, benefits, and a collaborative environment.
Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. You will be working with strategies that are at the forefront of machine learning and statistical trading. The strategies have been carefully designed to generate non-correlated returns. Our firm and its strategies are the product of many years of meticulous research and craftsmanship, and you will lead the way in bringing them to investors.
In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
As a Senior Fund Accountant, you will report directly to the Fund Accounting Manager. You will take a lead role in managing fund accounting, post-trade operations, reporting, and various projects, while mentoring junior team members. You will collaborate closely with other operations teams and technical teams across the company to support growth projects and scale Voleon's infrastructure. This role is a means to make a difference: together with the Finance team, you will be a core member of running our daily operations and creating infrastructure.
This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Berkeley office.
Responsibilities
Lead and maintain accuracy in key reporting, including monthly and annual financial statements, tax compliance, and treasury management across multiple asset classes and geographies
Help with tax compliance reporting review
Serve as a primary point of contact for service providers, ensuring policies and internal control standards are followed
Own and oversee daily and monthly reconciliations between internal records, prime brokers, counterparties, banks, and the fund administrator
Maintain the internal accounting system; produce and review daily and monthly trading P&L reports, AUM reports, and confirm settlement activity across trading strategies
Mentor and support junior Fund Accountants on the team
Drive process improvement and automation initiatives across the fund accounting function
Requirements
5+ years of experience in hedge fund, public accounting for asset management, or fund administrator
The expected work hours are 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. PT
Ability to work hybrid three days a week from our Berkeley office.
Thorough understanding of financial reporting and its application to investment management funds
Experience working with enterprise-level accounting software (VPM, Geneva, Arcesium)
Advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel
Demonstrated experience automating manual processes (preferred)
Exposure to or interest in gaining experience with python or SQL (preferred)
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, or Accounting
Authorization to work in the United States
“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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