Excellent contract opportunity with a mid/large size capital management firm based in Dublin City Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Fund Accountant to join an exciting organisation on a contract basis. Part of the team responsible for the firm's accounting and financial reporting for hedge funds and separately managed accounts:

• Calculation of the monthly hedge fund NAV and reconciliation with the funds external administrator, which includes compiling all supporting documentation necessary to facilitate monthly fund NAV sign-off; investor capital review
• Production of the monthly hedge fund investor allocations, including all hedge fund Gross Asset Values, Net Asset Values, fund profit and loss allocations, investor profit and loss allocations, side pocket profit and loss allocations, calculation of all investors management fees and incentive fees, trial balance preparation and calculating fund returns
• Preparation and review of fund regulatory reporting
• Review of year-end financial statements

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the investor capital lifecycle encompassing investor onboarding and withdrawal processing
• Calculate and process fund accruals and the allocation and payment of all fund expenses including Management and Incentive Fees
• Preparation of various regulatory filings
• Work directly with internal groups such as the Management Company, Valuations, Fund Operations, Private Equity Accounting, Compliance, Tax and Investor Relations to support monthly NAV close process
• Responsible for various ad hoc deliverables (i.e. investor requests surrounding performance, expense allocation, etc.)
• Work with external auditors to complete the annual audit

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of work experience. The ideal candidate would have either public accounting (hedge fund auditing) experience or private hedge fund accounting experience (with a hedge fund or administrator)
• Strong knowledge of investment company accounting, partnership accounting and the investor capital allocations process
• Educated to a minimum of third level relevant qualification
• Knowledge of hedge fund investor capital and profit & loss allocations process including calculation of complex incentive and management fee rates, hurdle rates, side pocket accounting and profit & loss allocation, etc.