Alternatives Fund Accounting, Associate

Team Overview

The Global Accounting and Product Services (GAAPS) division is responsible for providing operational support to BlackRock s portfolio management teams and clients. GAAPS is central to BlackRock s operations in providing subject matter expertise, monitoring fund administrator service delivery in relation fund accounting and financial reporting, monitoring operational capacity for new products, contributing to projects in relation to product launches and collaborating closely with fund administrators, auditors, fund directors and portfolio managers. The group comprises of a number of teams and is organized both functionally and regionally.

Role Responsibilities

• Acting as Controller for multiple products within open ended and close ended Fund accounting domain.

• Primary responsibilities relate to ensuring successful end to end NAV review sign off, performance fee analysis, cash flow analysis, capital activity including distributions and capital calls, vendor and corporate invoicing.

• Partner capital account statement and Financial Statement review analysis.

• Ensuring smooth delivery of Audit and Regulatory reporting.

• Support new product launches and liquidation.

• Ensuring smooth input and reconciliation of data received from third parties into internal systems.

• Lead collaboration with external service providers, internal team members and other BlackRock groups to resolve operational issues, as identified

• Actively ensure a best in strong in-class control environment exists internally in an oversight capacity and externally within our 3rd party administrators.

Experience

• 6 to 9 years of investment / fund accounting experience preferred.

• Bachelor s degree in accounting (strongly preferred) or Finance. CA, CMA, CPA a plus.

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

• Accurate and effective accounting skills including knowledge of GAAP and financial documents.

• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to effectively time manage projects and team members, work under pressure, and produce results.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, with a focus on Excel.