What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Fund Accountant position at bbh?
At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.
Location: Kraków
Hybrid model 3 days per week in the office /2 days for a parent of a child up to 4 years old
Join us as a Junior Fund Accountant!
Junior Fund Accountant is responsible for specialized accounting support of commingled investment portfolios within the business line. Leveraging our fund accounting technology, Fund Accountants will complete one or more key aspects of net asset value execution including: transactions, capital stock, expenses, corporate actions, cash, and special handling, as well as break identification and resolution. Fund Accountants ensure daily accounting deliverables are timely and accurate.
Some of your key responsibilities include:
- Processing transactions, verifying information, escalating problem items
- Ensuring daily output maintains department/team standards for quality and timeliness
- Ensuring deadlines and/or requirements are being met
- Managing daily production reporting
- Following up on open inquiries
- Interacting with other BBH departments on resolution of issues
- Contributing to Management Reporting (ie: Clarity, PVC’s, past dues, cash breaks, R and A analysis)
- Understanding of the big picture of how specific function impacts the firm
- Gaining efficiencies to improve productivity
- Managing multiple tasks and/or projects efficiently despite resource and time constraints
What we offer:
- To encourage cultural awareness and philanthropy, BBHers have 1 Culture Celebration Day and 1 Community Service Day in addition to their paid standard vacation allowance
- 24 days of occasional remote work from Poland during a calendar year
- Private medical care
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program - offering independent and confidential counselling services for you and your family. You can get support for topics including family, marriage and relationships, finances, and legal issues.
- Professional trainings and qualification support
- Wellbeing Program
- Online Social Fund benefit platform
- Social, sport and integration events
- Onboarding Program for new hires
Desired Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree (Finance and Accounting) or equivalent work experience (as Accountant) is a must
- Fluency in English (C1)
- Demonstrated Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to identify, escalate and resolve a problem
- Ability to communicate professionally through effective verbal and written skills
- Ability to manage time efficiently and effectively
- Organizational skills and detail-oriented
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.
About BBH:
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.
We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.
We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.
Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits, philanthropy, approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially.
