Location: Dublin 2
Other locations: Primary Location Only
Salary: Competitive
Requisition ID: 1738228
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Your Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee end-to-end fund administration for Private Credit Funds, including direct lending, mezzanine, and other credit strategies.
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of NAVs, capital account statements, investor reporting, and financial statements.
- Act as a primary client contact, managing relationships with investment managers, investors, auditors, and other service providers.
- Review complex transactions including loan funding, repayments, restructurings, PIK interest, accruals, and fee calculations.
- Participate in activities needed to record data related to fund events, including fund launches, liquidations, and pipeline monitoring.
- Serve as a Geneva subject matter expert for Private Credit products.
- Oversee trade capture, cash activity, valuations, income recognition, and period-end close processes in Geneva.
- Partner with internal technology and data teams on system enhancements, upgrades, and new fund onboardings.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Geneva-related issues, ensuring data integrity and proper accounting treatment.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of fund accountants and senior accountants.
- Review the work of other team members with diverse backgrounds to ensure accuracy and completion according to regulatory reporting policies and procedures.
- Support staffing, workflow management, and performance evaluations.
Skills and Attributes for Success
- Deep technical accounting knowledge for Private Credit instruments.
- Advanced Geneva reporting and configuration expertise, demonstrating the ability to leverage Geneva’s capabilities effectively within EY’s operational framework.
- Solid understanding of Private Credit Fund operations and the broader asset management industry.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills. Has the ability to develop relationships with team members across multiple geographic locations and time zones.
- Highly detail-oriented, with a keen eye for precision, ensuring that all aspects of data management and reporting are meticulously addressed.
- Client-focused mindset with strong problem-solving abilities. Can deliver client requirements in a regulatory driven environment, process improvements, and understand operationally complex fund accounting principles.
- Demonstrates advanced proficiency in Excel.
- An understanding of administrative processes and ability to execute detailed procedures based on written policies and procedures.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- A solid understanding of the Geneva Accounting Platform including direct experience working within Geneva for Private Credit funds.
- As a Senior, at least 2-3 years of work experience in fund accounting operations for Private Credit Funds.
- Working knowledge of common and complex alternative fund structures and related understanding of how fund setups impact accounting operations.
- A bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or related discipline.
- Analytical skills, especially those related to fund accounting and asset management.
- Strong proven communication skills demonstrated through effective writing and presentations to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Effective leadership, project management, and organizational skills.
- An understanding of financial products and services, including those related to depository institutions, asset management, securities, financial technology, Private Credit.
- An interest in working in an environment which encourages continuous learning, development and identification of opportunities for improvement of individual and team performance.
- A willingness to travel on an exception basis for client needs.