Senior Fund Accounting & Systems Implementation Lead

Bright Star Securities Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Star Securities Limited in Hong Kong is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead the fund accounting function and translate complex fund structures into clear system rules and reporting. You will design NAV calculation, reconciliation workflows, and SOC/ISAE considerations, collaborating with auditors and cross‑functional teams while applying IFRS/HKFRS/US GAAP knowledge.

Strong Excel and SQL skills are required, with a meticulous mindset and proven ability to review system results, drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years in fund audit, administration, accounting, or financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience with HK LPFs, Cayman funds, or other offshore funds; ability to understand LPAs, PPMs, and financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Participate in system implementation, serving as the fund accounting domain expert; responsible for requirements gathering, rule definition, solution review, and acceptance.
• Establish a fund accounting rule library covering HK LPFs, Cayman funds, and other target fund structures, with differentiation across IFRS, HKFRS, and US GAAP reporting bases.
• Design rules for trade booking, general ledger, valuation, expense accruals, capital activities, income distributions, partner capital accounts, and period-end closing.
• Define reconciliation workflows and exception-handling mechanisms across banks, custodians, investment portfolios, investor registers, and the general ledger.
• Participate in designing NAV calculation, valuation adjustments, price overrides, accounting period controls, and NAV error-handling processes.
• Translate management fee, performance fee, and distribution provisions from fund constitutions, LPAs, PPMs, and service agreements into configurable system rules.
• Define data definitions and templates for financial statements, capital account statements, investor statements, audit working papers, and management reports.
• Write business requirement documents, accounting treatment cases, test scenarios, and expected results; participate in UAT, parallel runs, data migration, and go-live acceptance.
• Independently review system-calculated results, analyze variances, and drive product or technology teams to complete corrections.
• Liaise with external fund auditors, coordinating PBC (Prepared by Client) materials, confirmations, valuation evidence, sample testing, audit adjustments, and issue remediation.
• Participate in building SOC 1/ISAE 3402-related control matrices, segregation of duties, review and approval, and evidence retention mechanisms, and collaborate with SOC 2-related teams.
• Track changes in accounting standards and related regulatory requirements, assessing their impact on accounting rules, reporting, and system controls.

Skills

Fund accounting

IFRS/HKFRS/US GAAP

NAV calculation

SQL

Excel

Bilingual Chinese-English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Fund accounting systems

BI tools

SQL

Job description

Bright Star Securities Limited in Hong Kong is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead the fund accounting function and translate complex fund structures into clear system rules and reporting. You will design NAV calculation, reconciliation workflows, and SOC/ISAE considerations, collaborating with auditors and cross‑functional teams while applying IFRS/HKFRS/US GAAP knowledge.

Strong Excel and SQL skills are required, with a meticulous mindset and proven ability to review system results, drive