Senior Associate, Fund/Client Accounting

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Associate, Fund/Client Accounting II to join our Real Estate Fund Accounting team in Alternative Operations. This role is located in Wrocław, Poland – HYBRID. 

Department overview:

The Alternative Investment Services (AIS) Fund Accounting Department is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate preparation of daily net asset value (NAV) for a number of complex Hedge Funds, Credit Funds, Private Market Funds, Real Estate Funds and Hybrid Funds investing in a wide variety of financial instrument types.[GM1] 

Team overview:

Team provides a full site of administrative services to support real estate funds and property management including specific set of funds, fund accounting, investor servicing, ensuring that NAV packs for private equity & real estate clients are prepared in line with company policy and procedure.
 

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Leading and supervision on preparation of periodical accounting & NAV production for the Real Estate funds, that may include period closing activities, construction & validation, dissemination and reporting tasks for all underlying entities, consolidation.
• Supervise the reviews of general ledger transactions and annual/quarterly and monthly financial statements for multiple real estate properties.
• Performs complex Fund/Client Accounting responsibilities in the areas of driving Service Improvement plans, targeting efficiencies, enhancing processes and specialist review functions.
• Provides input into methodologies and checks the work of more junior team members.
• Provides guidance and reviews work related to cash and asset reconciliations relating to complex accounts or transactions.
• Resolves reconciliation of accounts for more complex or atypical transactions and reviews work of junior team members.
• Drafts reports for clients regarding the performance of complex funds.
• Reviews draft reports completed by more junior staff.
• Regularly interacts with clients in answering questions and resolving issues regarding fund reports and accounting processes.
• Assists in evaluating GAAP and/or IFRS rules to determine impact of new regulations on BNY Mellon fund accounting practices. 
• Provides guidance to less experienced team members.
• May have people management responsibilities in some geographies.
• Contributes to the achievement of related teams objectives.

To[GM2]  be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• 5-7 years of total work experience preferred, accounting/ audit background would be an asset.
• Experience with preparing financial statements.
• Big 4 accounting firm experience preferred.
• Real estate and investment accounting experience/education would be a strong asset.
• Business English.
• Experience in people management is preferred.
• Strong communication skills as well as high level of accuracy and proficiency in excel.

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