Fund Accounting Manager

EY; Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY's Global Delivery Services in India seeks a Risk Consulting Manager to lead fund accounting and reporting cycles from NAV to financial statements. You will oversee deliverables, develop juniors, and liaise with stakeholders to drive accuracy and controls.

This role emphasizes process improvement, automation, and collaboration with Business and Technology to define product features and strategic roadmap.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in Asset management; exposure to US based asset management or fund administration is a plus.
• Must be a Qualified Chartered Accountant.
• Experience with fund accounting & financial reporting.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and regulatory requirements is a plus.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead fund accounting and reporting cycle from NAV to financial statements.
• Oversee preparation and review of deliverables; manage and develop junior team members.
• Liaise with stakeholders to drive accuracy, control and process improvements.
• Identify automation opportunities and AI-enabled tooling to drive efficiency.
• Collaborate with business and technology to translate requirements into scalable features.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

MS Excel

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

eFront

Investran

Yardi

Eagle

Document management

Workflow systems

Job description

Risk Consulting - Manager

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About Global Delivery Services

Global Delivery Services refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY’s strategy by ensuring effective support to EY’s growth agenda.

Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service.

Enablement Services provides cost-effective, high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY’s global and local enablement teams. Markets, BMC, AWS, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management, Procurement, People Shared Services, IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services, are among the services offered by Enablement Services.

Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams, along with Service Lines, Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment, technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation, rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics, digital, user experience, mobile technology, infrastructure, Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

The Opportunity - (Qualified CA only)

Open position for a managerial role in fund accounting for one of our Global clients. The candidate is expected to lead the fund accounting and reporting cycle, from NAV to financial statements, overseeing the preparation and review of deliverables, managing and developing junior team members, liaising with stakeholders and driving accuracy, control and process improvement across the team.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Understand the intricacies of Funds and Fund-of-Fund investment operations and financial statement reporting preferably Private Equity funds / Real Estate Funds


• Define new procedures and controls to enhance the overall operational risk process


• Drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and budget


• Ability to execute detailed procedures based on knowledge of fund controllership, investment books and records, and/or financial reporting processes


• Perform critical accounting activities, including capital calls, valuations, and transaction processing


• Identify, evaluate, and suggest new technology opportunities that is value-driven for platform enablement


• Facilitate and encourage the necessary conversations between the Business and Technology to determine the what and the how of the product features.


• Work with Technology and business partners in identifying process improvement areas and bring in the culture of automation.


• Collaborate with business, architects to translate business requirements into scalable solution options and provide inputs to product roadmap/strategy.


• Al fluency - Demonstrates broad knowledge of AI trends, opportunities, and risks within operations. Supports the implementation of AI driven process improvements, encourages responsible AI adoption within the team, and contributes to efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

• 8-12 years of experience in Asset management sector, Exposure to US based asset management or fund administration firm will be an addon


• Experience with software tools including document management systems, workflow systems, partnership accounting, investment accounting such as eFront, Investran, Yardi, Eagle or other investment sub-ledger software


• Experience in financial statement reporting/analysis


• Must be a Qualified Chartered Accountant


• A Strong understanding of financial industry with fund accounting, expense reporting, tax reporting, asset types and derivatives is mandatory.


• Experience in operational aspects like NAV finalization, reconciliations, management reporting and investor reporting, reconcile investor capital balances and allocation of Profit & Loss.


• Functional knowledge: good knowledge and understanding of financial instruments and exposure to banking/WAM domains, Exposure to US based asset management or fund administration firm will be an addon.


• An understanding of financial products and services, in particular private equity & real estate funds


• Experience related to fund controllership, investment books and records, and/or fund


• General understanding of US GAAP and regulatory requirements is a plus.


• Experience on financial statements is a plus.


• Crisp and effective executive communication skills, including significant experience presenting cross-functionally and across all levels.


• Understanding of the applications used in the FA or reporting process


• Understanding BRD would be an added advantage.


• Should pay attention to detail, proficient in MS applications (Word, Excel, Power Point), excellent analytical skills and must display effective interaction capabilities with various stakeholders.

Ideally you will also –

• Bring a continuous improvement mindset, identifying where manual processes can be automated or enhanced through AI-enabled tooling, and the leadership to embed those improvements across the team.

What we look for –

• A qualified accountant with deep technical expertise in fund accounting & financial reporting, and proven experience in leading teams.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence?

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