As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
SS&C Financial Services – Associate Director, Hedge Fund Accounting – Dublin
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 27,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 22,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.
SS&C Financial Services
A leading innovator in alternative investment technology solutions and services, SS&C is also home to the industry’s largest fund administrator: SS&C GlobeOp, helping funds of all sizes from start-ups to today's largest funds.
Across all of SS&C, we serve nearly $4 trillion in managed assets. We have assembled an exceptional team of fund accounting experts and equipped them with the industry’s leading technology, which SS&C built and supports.
About the Role
SS&C Financial Services are seeking candidates with a strong fund accounting managerial background to perform an Associate Director Role in its Dublin office. The position involves proactively owning a number of key client relationships. Successful candidates would also be expected to build strong working relationships with their peers within the organisation and interact closely with Depositaries, Auditors, Fund Boards, the CBI and other key internal and external stakeholders.
The role also involves managing managers of teams of Fund Accountants based both in Dublin and India. Successful candidates would also be expected to participate in and potentially own a number of strategically focused projects. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and fast growing organisation.
Your Responsibilities
- Manage a team of experienced staff to ensure high quality client service, and that all client deliverables for a team are completed and delivered on time, to the highest standard and in line with service level agreements and procedures.
- Oversee the Professional Development of direct reports.
- Work as part of a Dublin senior management team to achieve success.
- Act as a point of escalation for complex issues which arise in the team
- Manage resource planning of the team while partnering with wider teams.
- Collaborate and build relationships with other teams, departments, locations.
- Represent the Dublin fund accounting team on key global strategic initiatives
- Participate in and/or lead department initiatives & group projects as appropriate
- Lead client Due Diligence visits along with internal and external audit reviews
Your Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience in an operations environment.
- Experience at managing a Fund Accounting Team at this level.
- Professional Qualifications preferred (ACCA, CA, CAIA, CFA, and CIMA).
- Proven track record in Fund Accounting or similar role in the Funds industry.
- Proven track record in the production and review of NAV calculations.
- Excellent knowledge of Hedge Funds including the different fund structures and instrument types.
- Knowledge of Irish Funds and associated regulatory reporting a distinct advantage.
- Experience with financial statements preparation and review preferred.
- Strong Client management skills and ability to build key relationships..
- Ability to work in a changing, fast-paced and control focused work environment.
- Ability to work both independently and enthusiastically as part of a team.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong business acumen and attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate effectively both internally and externally.
EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Background Checks
All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
