State Street

Alternative Operations Fund Accounting Officer

State Street

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Clifton • New Jersey • United States

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About the role

  • Preparation, analysis and reporting of investment and fund performance data for global real estate funds and affiliated entities
  • Maintaining the general ledger for various fund entities
  • Preparing supporting work papers for financial statements, portfolio schedules and capital account allocations
  • Preparing financial statements and footnote disclosures
  • Analytical review of monthly/quarterly investment and fund performance data
  • Reviewing and/or preparing of capital calls, distributions and bank reconciliations
  • Preparing management, annual and incentive fee calculations
  • Preparing various client correspondences
  • Calculating waterfalls and capital account allocations
  • Ensuring compliance with legal documents
  • Maintaining working relationship with all client contacts, auditors, tax, lawyers, and banking personnel
  • Be part of Special projects as requested

Requirements

  • A college degree (accounting preferred)
  • at least 3+ years of general ledger accounting or audit experience
  • Advanced Excel skills (advanced formulas, pivot tables, vlookup)
  • Fund accounting or Public Accounting experience (preferred)
  • CPA or actively pursuing CPA certification (preferred)
  • Experience leading verbal and written communications at senior levels with internal and external clients
  • Excellent administrative and organizational skills with demonstrated ability to multi-task and to work efficiently to meet client deliverables.
Benefits
  • our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
  • insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
  • paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
  • access to our Employee Assistance Program
  • incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
  • eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
general ledger accountingfinancial statement preparationcapital account allocationsinvestment performance analysisbank reconciliationsmanagement fee calculationswaterfall calculationsadvanced Excelpivot tablesvlookup
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsmulti-taskingclient relationship managementanalytical skillsadministrative skillsteam collaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailtime management
Certifications
CPApursuing CPA certification