Provide expertise on current portfolio accounting standards.
Produce and publish the official Aladdin Portfolio Asset Value on a monthly, in accordance with client and reporting SLAs, including performing all Quality Control (QC) checks to finalize and close the books.
Execute and oversee daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual control processes to ensure consistent and accurate accounting data, while mitigating risk of delays in daily IBOR and month-end close.
Ensure complete, accurate, and timely start of day positions to support investment process
Enhance Management Information reports with key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data to drive effective management of the day-to-day operations.
Support the integrity of tax lot-level data, particularly for tax-managed portfolios, to enable accurate tax reporting and performance attribution.
Act as the central point of contact for Aladdin transaction and position data consumers, ensuring accessibility and alignment across teams.
Strategically review our accounting capabilities and make recommendations on areas where we need additional development, and process improvement.
Provide leadership and education across the firm regarding our accounting capabilities and work to resolve accounting issues experienced by cross-functional users of the data (e.g., Bank Loans)
Perform impact analysis of regulatory and operational changes in portfolio accounting that impact the investment process and suggest ways to address changes, both tactically and strategically
Partner with Data Quality and Engineering team to define proactive data quality controls through development and cross-functional process.
What you'll bring to the role:
BS/BA degree required.
A minimum of 12 years of related experience, preferably in asset management with experience working in portfolio or fund accounting.
In depth knowledge of middle office operations including but not limited to trade settlement, IBOR/ABOR, transaction lifecycle events across spectrum of asset class (equity, fixed, derivatives), cash and position reconciliation, performance reporting.
Experience in investment management across pooled vehicles, SMAs, and institutional mandates.
Experience leading and developing a team
A proven track record of developing, maintaining, and enhancing workflows/controls with understanding of potential impact of workflows on other areas of the firm.
Extensive experience with accounting systems; preferably Aladdin
Experience with tax managed strategies
Experience working with, and accounting for, derivatives and synthetic exposures (e.g., Bank Loans)
Automation with low code tooling, AI savvy, and experience with leading teams through process improvements and transformation