Senior Fund Accountant

Albany Beck is a specialist Financial Services Consultancy helping institutions deliver complex change and transformation while building the internal capability to sustain it. We combine subject matter expertise with innovative delivery models that help clients scale efficiently, while offering meaningful, long-term career opportunities to our people. At Albany Beck, you’ll be choosing to work with an organisation that’s passionate about your learning journey and committed to your professional and personal development.

Client Deployment Role Description

Albany Beck is seeking experienced Fund Accounting Supervisors to join our consulting team in Dublin, supporting a leading global investment services organisation within its Fund Accounting function.

Due to continued business growth and increased workload across several teams, we are looking for experienced professionals who can provide oversight across the NAV review process, support Fund Accountants within the team and ensure that key controls, deadlines and service standards are consistently met.

The successful candidate will have strong end-to-end Fund Accounting experience, with particular expertise in NAV review, exception management, controls and quality assurance. They will act as an escalation point for more complex accounting issues and support the day-to-day management and development of junior team members.

Experience within Private Equity, Private Credit or Real Estate fund accounting is particularly desirable, although candidates with relevant Hedge Fund experience will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation and review of daily, weekly and monthly NAV calculations prior to final sign-off.
• Review work completed by Fund Accountants and ensure accuracy, completeness and adherence to internal controls.
• Review and validate cash reconciliations, position reconciliations, pricing data, income accruals and other NAV components.
• Investigate and resolve complex NAV exceptions, breaks and accounting discrepancies.
• Act as an escalation point for Fund Accountants and support the resolution of technical or operational queries.
• Ensure all Fund Accounting controls, checklists and review procedures are completed within agreed deadlines.
• Monitor workloads and support the allocation and prioritisation of tasks across the team.
• Support the training, coaching and development of Fund Accountants and more junior team members.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and other operational teams to resolve fund accounting issues and queries.
• Support the preparation and review of financial reporting and wider fund accounting deliverables.
• Identify control weaknesses, operational risks and opportunities for process improvement.
• Contribute to maintaining a robust governance and control environment.
• Support management with reporting, escalations and ongoing service delivery.
• Ensure client and internal deadlines are consistently achieved within a fast-paced NAV environment.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong Fund Accounting experience within investment management, asset servicing or fund administration.
• Previous experience operating at Supervisor, Senior Fund Accountant or equivalent level.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end NAV production and review lifecycle.
• Demonstrable experience reviewing NAVs and performing quality assurance checks on work completed by other Fund Accountants.
• Hands-on experience across:
  • Cash reconciliations
  • Position reconciliations
  • Income accruals
  • Pricing and valuation reviews
  • NAV controls
  • Exception and break management
• Experience managing or supporting more complex fund accounting issues and escalations.
• Experience working within established governance, risk and control frameworks.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to support, coach and provide guidance to junior team members.
• Comfortable working in a high-volume, deadline-driven Fund Accounting environment.
• Fund Accounting experience within Private Markets, particularly:
  • Private Equity
  • Private Credit
  • Hedge Fund accounting experience will also be considered.
• Experience using Investran and/or Geneva fund accounting systems.
• Previous experience within a large global asset servicing or fund administration organisation.
• Experience supervising or mentoring Fund Accountants.
• Experience contributing to process improvements, control enhancements or operational efficiency initiatives.

Personal Attributes

• Strong leadership and team support skills.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and control.
• Confident reviewing and challenging work completed by others.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable acting as an escalation point for complex issues.
• Able to manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Strong communicator who can work collaboratively across teams and functions.
• Proactive, organised and comfortable taking ownership of day-to-day Fund Accounting activities.

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