Fund Accountant

The Voleon Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Voleon Group seeks a Fund Accountant to join its Toronto team. This role involves managing fund accounting, reporting, and collaborating across teams to support company's growth. The ideal candidate will have a background in finance with solid Excel skills and experience in reconciliation.

Benefits

Referral bonus program

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in public accounting, private fund or fund administrator.
• Thorough understanding of financial reporting and its application to investment management funds.
• Advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain financial statements, tax compliance, and treasury management for investment funds.
• Develop and monitor reconciliations between internal records and external parties.
• Produce daily/monthly trading profit and loss reports.

Skills

Financial reporting

Microsoft Excel

Process automation

Reconciliation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, or Accounting

Tools

Enterprise-level accounting software

Job description

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

As a Fund Accountant, you will report directly to the Fund Finance Director. You will collaborate with talented colleagues across the company to help manage fund accounting, post-trade operations, reporting, and various projects. You will also collaborate closely with other operations teams and technical teams across the company to support growth projects and scale Voleon's infrastructure. This role is a means to make a difference: together with the Finance team, you will be a core member of running our daily operations and creating infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accuracy and provide key reporting, including the monthly and annual financial statements, tax compliance responsibilities, and treasury management related to our investment funds (across multiple asset classes and geographies)
• Work closely with our service providers to ensure policies and internal control standards are being followed
• Develop and monitor daily and monthly reconciliations between internal records, prime brokers, counterparties, banks, and the fund administrator
• Maintain the internal accounting system, produce daily and monthly trading profit and loss reports and AUM reports, and confirm settlement activity across trading strategies

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in public accounting, a private fund or fund administrator
• Thorough understanding of financial reporting and its application to investment management funds
• Experience working with enterprise-level accounting software
• Advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel
• Experience automating manual processes (preferred)
• Exposure to or interest in gaining experience with Python or SQL (preferred)
• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, or Accounting
• Authorization to work in the United States

"Friends of Voleon" Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Vaccination Requirement

The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon's ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.

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