Description

Fund Accountant Manager

We are looking for a highly skilled and hands-on Manager in Fund Accounting to join our Private Equity and Real Estate Solutions (PERES) department. This role sits within a hybrid team supporting structures that combine UCITS-like features with alternative investment fund characteristics. It is not a pure people-management role: we need someone who combines strong technical expertise, close proximity to operations, direct client oversight, and the ability to support junior staff by actively contributing to day-to-day production when necessary.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring high-quality deliverables, maintaining client satisfaction, managing client requests when required, and guaranteeing compliance with internal processes and contractual frameworks.
Minimum experience

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in fund accounting, with exposure to alternative investment fund structures.

Key responsibilities
Operational and technical leadership

• Drive and oversee complex technical topics in fund accounting.
• Provide hands-on support, problem-solving, and decision-making for technical matters.
• Perform detailed reviews of accounting files and NAV calculations, including complex elements such as performance fees, management fees, and waterfall models, before delivery to clients.
• Ensure high-quality production, timely deliveries, and strict adherence to internal processes.
• Participate in client calls, ensuring clear communication, process improvements, and technical explanations when needed.
• Contribute to operational improvements and innovation across the team.
• Participate in internal transformation and efficiency projects.

Client relationship and escalation

• Act as an escalation point for clients and intermediaries.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with clients.
• Lead client satisfaction and proactively anticipate client needs.
• Maintain professionalism and clarity in all interactions.

Team support and coaching

• Work closely with operational teams on a daily basis.
• Support and mentor junior team members, especially during technical reviews.
• Build a positive and collaborative team environment.
• Motivate team members and provide guidance and direct support when challenges arise.
• Contribute to the development of skills and expertise within the team.
• Engage the team in continuous improvement initiatives.

Required skills and competencies

Technical skills

• Full mastery of the NAV calculation process, including:
  • Investor-side (liability) operations
  • Depositary-side (asset) operations
• Expertise in standard and non-standard waterfall models and NAV per share calculations.
• Strong understanding of standard and bespoke management fee models and variable fee calculations.
• Ability to interpret and analyze legal documentation related to fund structures.
• Solid understanding of alternative investment structures and their accounting implications.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills.
• Excellent numerical proficiency and attention to detail.

Soft skills

• Highly organized, rigorous, and detail-oriented.
• Ability to manage priorities with flexibility and composure.
• Strong autonomy while being an effective team player.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with both clients and internal stakeholders.
• Sense of responsibility, initiative, and the ability to anticipate and react effectively.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with evolving constraints.
• Hands-on mindset: willing and able to assist operationally when needed, including with very junior team members.

Tools

• Strong command of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Required knowledge of GP3/GPC (NeoXam).

Languages

• Full professional proficiency in French and English.

What we are looking for

• A manager who is both strategically minded and operationally engaged.
• A professional who combines technical excellence, team proximity, ownership, and client leadership.
• Someone who is equally comfortable reviewing complex files, coaching juniors, handling escalations, and speaking directly with clients.