Senior Fund Accounting Analyst Job at DV Trading in Chicago
DV Trading, Chicago, IL, US
Job Description
About Us:
Founded more than 15 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 350 people operating throughout North America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Fund Accountant to join our dynamic Accounting team, playing a pivotal role in the analysis and reporting functions for DV Private Investment Funds. The successful candidate will ensure the accuracy and integrity of both internal and externally provided data, contribute to regulatory filings and audits, and prepare detailed analyses and reports for internal stakeholders.
- Execute daily, monthly, and quarterly accounting procedures for private funds, including:
- Account for capital activity (subscriptions and redemptions)
- Calculate and/or monitor expense accruals
- Process expense payments
- Account for fund income
- Process and/or monitor corporate actions
- Price financial instruments
- Reconcile cash and portfolio positions to custody/broker records
- Verify and calculate Net Asset Value (NAV) provided by the administrator
- Review financial statements and compute performance fees
- Prepare accounting information for regulatory and investor reporting
- Support and coordinate tax compliance with external providers
- Assemble supporting documentation for fund audits
- Investigate discrepancies between accounting and administrator records
- Assist in related duties and projects, as needed
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance with at least 5 years of relevant accounting experience
- Ability to collect, clean, and interpret large data sets across multiple systems to provide insightful analysis
- Advanced Excel knowledge and skills (including Power Query); SQL and/or Python a plus
- A tech forward approach to managing day to day tasks – we love to automate and make things more efficient and so should you
- Strong problem solver with the ability to navigate ambiguity and leverage your resources
- The desire to take ownership of projects and ideas, while being able to identify gaps and other areas of improvement
- The ability to adapt to a dynamic and ever-changing environment – we are in high growth mode and move quickly to achieve business goals
- CPA certification is desirable
- Ability to work on a hybrid schedule out of our Chicago office