Lead – Private & Hedge Fund Accounting

Jobtailor; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Gurugram, India seeks an experienced professional to manage private and hedge fund accounting operations, including NAV calculations, investor allocations, and regulatory reporting. You will coordinate with fund administrators and custodians to ensure accurate monthly NAV packages and smooth audit cycles.

The role requires strong attention to detail, coordination skills, and the ability to support audits and regulatory filings such as Form PF, Form ADV, and Form 5500.

Qualifications

• Experience/knowledge in private and hedge fund accounting operations.
• Ability to review financial statements and NAV packages.
• Ability to validate investor allocations, management fees, and incentive fees.
• Experience with reconciliations and resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Knowledge of subscriptions, redemptions, capital activity, and investor cash movements.
• Ability to coordinate with fund administrators, custodians, transfer agents, and prime brokers.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance reporting, including Form PF, Form ADV, and Form 5500.
• Ability to support fund, internal, and compliance audits.
• Knowledge of operational controls, risk mitigation, SLAs, and volumetric metrics.
• Ability to work India business hours/timings of 4:45p–1:15a

Responsibilities

• Support oversight of private and hedge fund platform operations.
• Review monthly financial statements and NAV packages for funds.
• Validate investor allocations, management fees, and incentive fees.
• Coordinate with fund administrators, custodians, transfer agents, and prime brokers.
• Prepare wires for redemptions and capital activities.
• Assist with fund audits, internal audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Collect data for Form PF, Form ADV, and Form 5500.
• Support daily Form PF monitoring and KPI reporting.
• Maintain procedures and operating documentation.
• Drive process improvements and risk mitigation initiatives.

Skills

Private And Hedge Fund Accounting

NAV Calculations

Regulatory Reporting

Reconciliation

Investor Cash Movement Coordination

Attention To Detail

Communication

Collaboration

Job description

• Support oversight of Columbia’s Private & Hedge Fund platform, including hedge fund SMAs
• Ensure accuracy of fund accounting, NAV calculations, investor allocations, cash and capital activity, and service provider deliverables
• Review monthly financial statements and NAV packages for private and hedge funds
• Validate investor allocations, management fees, and incentive fees using reconciliation reports
• Provide validation support to the Manager for final sign-off
• Resolve accounting matters and service-provider breaks with business partners
• Validate monthly NAV reporting for hedge strategy SMAs and prepare it for managerial review
• Review fund expense budgets and reports prepared by fund administrators
• Track subscriptions, redemptions, and other capital activity
• Coordinate investor capital cash movements with transfer agents and communicate monthly activity to stakeholders
• Prepare wires for redemptions and PIPE investments
• Prepare monthly reports for APAC distributor and sub-distributor arrangements
• Monitor custodian cash balances and prime-broker margin balances
• Calculate and coordinate payment of hedge-fund management and incentive fees
• Prepare private/hedge-fund data reports for internal teams
• Assist with fund audits, internal audits, and compliance reviews
• Collect data for Form PF, Form ADV, Form 5500, and other regulatory reporting
• Support daily Form PF monitoring under managerial supervision
• Contribute to SLA and operational volumetric metrics reporting
• Maintain departmental procedures and operating documentation
• Support process improvement, internal controls, lean culture, and risk mitigation initiatives

Requirements

• Experience/knowledge in private and hedge fund accounting operations
• Ability to review financial statements and NAV packages
• Ability to validate investor allocations, management fees, and incentive fees
• Experience with reconciliations and resolving accounting discrepancies
• Knowledge of subscriptions, redemptions, capital activity, and investor cash movements
• Ability to coordinate with fund administrators, custodians, transfer agents, and prime brokers
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance reporting, including Form PF, Form ADV, and Form 5500
• Ability to support fund, internal, and compliance audits
• Knowledge of operational controls, risk mitigation, SLAs, and volumetric metrics
• Ability to work India business hours/timings of 4:45p–1:15a

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in private and hedge fund accounting operations, including NAV calculations, investor allocations, and regulatory reporting. Proficient in coordinating with fund administrators and managing compliance audits while supporting process improvements and operational controls.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Private And Hedge Fund Accounting Operations
• NAV Calculation
• Regulatory Reporting (Form PF, Form ADV, Form 5500)
• Reconciliation And Accounting Discrepancy Resolution
• Investor Cash Movement Coordination

Hard Skills

• Fund Accounting
• NAV Reporting
• Financial Statement Review
• Investor Allocation Validation
• Management Fee Calculation
• Incentive Fee Calculation
• Subscription Tracking
• Redemption Tracking
• Operational Controls
• Risk Mitigation

Soft Skills

• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Attention To Detail
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Private Funds
• Hedge Funds
• Compliance Audits
• Internal Audits
• SLA Reporting
• Volumetric Metrics