Fund Controller - Fast Growing Quantitative Hedge Fund

A fast-growing Quantitative Hedge Fund is looking to hire a Fund Controller to help build and streamline their operations. This role will require 4-5 days a week in the office and offers an exciting opportunity to take charge of key operational aspects of the fund, including equity trading, broker relationships, and audit compliance. The firm has a strong team culture and collaborative work environment.

Job Function

• Implement a control framework and automate workflows related to equities trading, T 1 reconciliation, capital activity, and NAV maintenance, identifying issues and suggesting improvements to internal teams.
• Understand financing/stock loan arrangements and support efforts to quantify, report, and optimize financing in an automated manner.
• Onboard new brokers from start to finish and maintain strong relationships with existing brokers, including their sales and credit teams.
• Maintain complex allocation schedules for both book and tax, and onboard an allocation system to handle multi-tier allocations, retention, and reporting/analytics.
• Oversee the annual audit, FATCA, and tax compliance engagements.
• Lead the finance team in onboarding additional global futures and equities markets, implementing a multi-broker equities trading infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with legal entity governing documents, broker agreements, and regulatory/compliance requirements.
  
  
  

Job Requirements

• A Bachelors degree in accounting from a mid-to-upper-tier university.
• 5-11 years of relevant experience, with a track record of increased responsibility, accountability and contribution.
• Portfolio/fund accounting experience from a systematic firm trading listed products; experience with middle office, treasury/financing, tax, and complex allocations/rebalancing, or any combination thereof, highly preferred.
• CPA preferred
  
  
  

Disclosure: The hourly rates and/or salaries listed may or may not reflect total compensation packages including bonus and fringe benefits, etc., nor are the advertisement(s) posted a guarantee of a certain compensation package for a position or bona fide offer of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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