Valuation Fund Accountant – Pricing & NAV Oversight

Artisan Partners; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Artisan Partners seeks a Valuation Fund Accountant to join our Milwaukee, WI team. The role emphasizes daily valuation activities, security pricing, fair value analysis, and interaction with external pricing sources, while supporting financial reporting and fund administration.

The candidate will review NAV calculations, engage with pricing vendors, and help coordinate with auditors and fund administrators. Strong analytical skills and a background in finance are required.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance with demonstrated academic achievement.
• 3–5 years of experience within the financial services industry, with demonstrated experience in security pricing and valuation.
• Experience working with large data sets and data platforms (e.g., Snowflake).
• Proactive approach to work with the ability to manage competing priorities and exercise sound judgment.
• Strong work ethic and sense of ownership with demonstrated ability to lead on assigned responsibilities and drive issues to resolution.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Perform daily valuation activities, including research and validation of security prices, review and challenge of pricing vendor information, and independent resolution and escalation of pricing exceptions.
• Support the review of complex and fair valued investments, including analysis of valuation inputs, methodologies, supporting documentation and other relevant market information.
• Perform valuation-related monitoring and analysis, including fair value leveling, liquidity reviews, price testing and identification of securities requiring additional review or escalation.
• Interact with external service providers, including pricing vendors, fund administrators and custodians, and support ongoing oversight of their services.
• Review net asset value calculations and other information prepared by external fund administrators, fund accountants and custodians as part of the team’s oversight process.
• Review financial and regulatory reports, including reconciliation of financial information to supporting ledgers and analytical review of information contained in the reports.
• Support treasury and fund administration activities, including cash and liquidity-related activities, expense management, periodic review of expense budgets and expense payments.
• Resolve inquiries from external auditors during annual audit processes and coordinate with external auditors and administrators as needed.
• Maintain workflow and valuation documentation, identify opportunities to strengthen team processes and controls, interact with teams across the firm including senior management, and prepare and review quarterly board materials.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Artisan Partners seeks a Valuation Fund Accountant to join our Milwaukee, WI team. The role emphasizes daily valuation activities, security pricing, fair value analysis, and interaction with external pricing sources, while supporting financial reporting and fund administration.

The candidate will review NAV calculations, engage with pricing vendors, and help coordinate with auditors and fund administrators. Strong analytical skills and a background in finance are required.