Senior Fund Accountant – AI & Automation Focus

Perigon Group; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Perigon Group is seeking an experienced Fund Accounting professional in Australia to streamline fund accounting processes, drive automation, and support AI-driven transformations. You will reduce manual work, coordinate UAT, and collaborate with technology and offshore teams to deliver change while maintaining controls for NAV production and unit pricing.

The role emphasizes hands-on finance operations, change initiatives, and a continuous improvement mindset with strong Excel and stakeholder

Qualifications

• 5–8 years' experience in fund accounting, fund operations or unit pricing.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of NAV, reconciliations, security pricing, corporate actions and month-end.
• Proven experience delivering process improvement or change initiatives.
• Exposure to automation, AI or digital transformation.
• Experience with business requirements, process mapping and UAT.
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Review fund accounting processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
• Reduce NAV exceptions, manual processing and operational inefficiencies.
• Support the implementation of AI and automation initiatives.
• Gather business requirements, document processes and coordinate UAT.
• Collaborate with technology, business and offshore teams to deliver change.
• Maintain procedures and controls while supporting BAU fund accounting, including NAV production, unit pricing and reconciliations when required.

Skills

Fund accounting

NAV

Reconciliations

Corporate actions

Automation exposure

Process mapping

UAT

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

Perigon Group is seeking an experienced Fund Accounting professional in Australia to streamline fund accounting processes, drive automation, and support AI-driven transformations. You will reduce manual work, coordinate UAT, and collaborate with technology and offshore teams to deliver change while maintaining controls for NAV production and unit pricing.

The role emphasizes hands-on finance operations, change initiatives, and a continuous improvement mindset with strong Excel and stakeholder