Fund Accountant

Harrington Starr; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrington Starr is seeking a Junior Fund Accountant to join its close-knit finance and operations team in New York. With 2–3 years' fund accounting experience, you will focus on NAV oversight, reconciliations, and trade break resolution, working with prime brokers and external fund administrators.

Responsibilities include NAV preparation and pricing verification, partnership accounting, and assisting with audits and financial operations. A bachelor's degree in accounting/finance is required.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of fund accounting experience at a fund administrator.
• Hands-on NAV preparation or review.
• Strong reconciliations across cash, positions and trades.
• Understanding of partnership accounting, capital allocations and fee calculations.
• Advanced Excel lookups, pivots and reconciliation spreadsheets.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily cash, position and trade reconciliations across internal records, prime brokers and fund administrators.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, tracing discrepancies to root cause.
• Review daily and month-end NAV packs, checking P&L, positions, pricing, accruals and cash balances.
• Carry out independent price verification using market and broker sources.

Skills

Fund accounting

NAV oversight

Reconciliations

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Excel

Fund accounting systems

Prime broker portals

Job description

Working arrangements: Up to 4 days working from home per month

The Opportunity

An established investment firm based in New York is looking for a Junior Fund Accountant to join its small, close-knit finance and operations team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 2–3 years of fund accounting experience at a fund administrator who is looking to broaden their exposure and take greater ownership of the fund accounting process.

The role focuses on NAV oversight, reconciliations and trade break resolution, working closely with prime brokers and external fund administrators.

Key Responsibilities

NAV Oversight & Reconciliations

• Perform daily cash, position and trade reconciliations across internal records, prime brokers and fund administrators.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, tracing discrepancies to their root cause.
• Review daily and month-end NAV packs, checking P&L, positions, pricing, accruals and cash balances.
• Challenge discrepancies with administrators and ensure NAVs are signed off within agreed deadlines.

Pricing & Fund Accounting

• Carry out independent price verification using market and broker sources.
• Investigate pricing variances and document supporting rationale.
• Review partnership accounting, including investor allocations, income, expenses and P&L.
• Check subscriptions, redemptions, transfers, management fees, performance fees and investor capital statements.

Audit & Financial Operations

• Assist with year-end audits, preparing reconciliations, schedules and supporting documentation.
• Support budgeting, expense forecasting and monitoring actual expenditure against budget.
• Process invoices, manage accounts payable and support payment runs.
• Monitor cash movements between funds, entities, brokers and bank accounts.
• Contribute to improving processes, controls and documentation as the business grows.

What We're Looking For

• 2–3 years of fund accounting experience within a fund administrator, ideally supporting hedge funds or private funds.
• Hands‑on experience with daily and month‑end NAV preparation or review.
• Strong reconciliation skills and experience resolving trade breaks across cash, positions and trades.
• Understanding of partnership accounting, capital allocations and fee calculations.
• Knowledge of financial instruments, including equities, fixed income, convertible bonds and derivatives.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and reconciliation spreadsheets.
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related discipline.
• Year‑end audits and audit schedules.
• Prime broker reporting portals and fund accounting systems.