Associate Director, Fund Accounting

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Associate Director, Fund Accounting

Location(s): Mississauga, ON | Toronto, ON, Hybrid 

Status: Full Time Permanent

Get To Know Us:

SS&C is leading the way.  We continue to look for today’s and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to reach out and apply to our welcoming and inclusive environment.

SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, integrity, and innovation to name a few.  We are a fast-paced environment, who promote flexibility, authenticity and offer a hybrid working model to ensure employees can manage their day and meet both work and personal commitments.

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!

• Wide-Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees

What You Will Get To Do:

• Manage multiple client engagements, including supervision of various client service teams ensuring meeting of all client deliverables.
• Manage performance of direct reports. Provide feedback in appraisal and guidance to staff career development.
• Deliver accurate and timely work product within specified deliverables timelines, and in coordination with the vice president and other team members.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of accounting, specifically with respect to alternative investment funds, with a focus on Private Markets.
• 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, 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.
• Update and review distribution waterfall (carried interest) models, in keeping with the applicable fund terms.
• Provide guidance, training and development to team members.
• Support corporate goals and business/departmental initiatives.
• Perform other duties as requested.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in accounting, with a focus on alternative investments funds.
• Experience preparing and reviewing general ledgers, work papers and financial statements.
• Deadline oriented with ability to complete assigned tasks independently.
• Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to multi-task.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Office 365.
• Familiarity working with AI tools and products.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and relationship building skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships while maintaining a client’s first focus.
• Significant mutual fund or investment accounting experience.
• Thorough understanding of US and international investment characteristics is required in both common and exotics.
• Coverage on US and/or Canadian holidays may be necessary.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. 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: [email protected].

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

Salary Range: $90,000-$125,000 CAD

This role is posted for a future opportunity; we’re actively sourcing candidates for. If you are interested in a future position, please apply.

You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must be able to provide a valid work or study permit, if selected for an interview.

SS&C uses AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications to identify candidates whose skills match our needs. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.

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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.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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.