Manager, Fund Services

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

Manager, Fund Accounting

Location(s):

• Mississauga, Ontario at 5255 Orbitor Drive
• Toronto, Ontario at 200 Front Street
• Kitchener, Ontario at 508 Riverbend Drive

Get To Know The Team:

At SS&C Technologies, collaboration is our superpower. By leveraging each other’s strengths and curiosity, we’ve been able to build best-in-class products, culture, and business.

The Manager will be responsible for a broad spectrum of financial and accounting matters affecting our Private Equity clients. Managers should have a strong background in accounting for alternative investment funds, with a focus on private equity, proven client management skills, and the ability to manage and lead a team in monitoring client deliverables and meeting deadlines.  Additionally, the Manager is responsible for exercising sound judgment regarding the proper application of accounting principles to complex transactions.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: RRSP Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C Learning Institute
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

• Manage one or more client relationships, including scheduling and meeting all client deliverables
• Maintain/manage client expectations and coordinate deliverables timelines with staff
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of accounting, specifically with respect to alternative investment funds, with a focus on private equity limited partnerships
• Participate in new business discussions with prospects and existing clients
• Prepare and maintain goals and career development plans for direct reports
• Prepare semiannual performance appraisals and discussions for direct reports
• Provide guidance and direction to junior staff on all technical and client-service-related topics
• Review fund governing documents, offering documents, subscription documents, side letters, and investment management agreements, in order to ensure proper application of fund terms
• Review all transaction documentation and supporting files, and understand the features of the investment transactions, accruals, etc.
• Review work paper files for accuracy and completeness, including capital activity, investment activity, income and expense accruals, valuation adjustments, etc.
• Review management fee calculations, including offsetable amounts, management fee waiver contributions, etc.
• Review investor allocations and capital account statements
• Review capital call and distribution calculations, sources/uses of cash, allocations, and investor notices
• Create, maintain, and/or review distribution waterfall (carried interest) models, in keeping with applicable fund terms
• Manage the year-end audit process, in collaboration with the client and auditors
• Where applicable, support the tax team with information to prepare tax compliance/reports
• Help develop and support targeted, continuing education for all direct reports
• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives

What You Will Bring:

• Strong communication skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Significant hedge fund/private equity fund or investment accounting experience
• Thorough understanding of Canadian, US and international investment characteristics is required in both common and exotics
• Experience with IFRS investment funds financial reporting
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Post-secondary degree is required – Accounting or Finance preferred

SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. fosters a positive, equitable and progressive workforce and is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process. If you require any accommodation during the application and hiring process, please contact: tacanada@sscinc.com

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! To further explore this opportunity, please apply through our careers page on the corporate website at www.ssctech.com/careers.

No phone calls or email applications please. We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those under consideration will be contacted.

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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.