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Fund Controller – Finance & Tax Department
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Fund Controller to join our prestigious hedge fund’s Finance & Tax department.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Supporting oversight of financial operations and reporting across diverse fund structures
- Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial data
- Driving strategic initiatives to optimise fund performance
With a demand for vast expertise in fund accounting, financial analysis, and regulatory compliance, this role requires strong leadership and analytical capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Essential Duties
- Support the implementation and maintenance of enhanced accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Liaise with stakeholders across the firm and third-party fund administrators to maintain accuracy and efficiency in daily and monthly NAV processes
- Collaborate closely with fund admin on all aspects of NAV
- Produce month-end valuation packets
- Shadow investor allocations (preference for experience with both open-ended and closed-ended structures)
- Coordinate and reconcile investor capital activity, bank activity, and investor statements
- Ensure all NAV activities remain in accordance with respective fund documentation
- Assist internal and external parties in annual audits
- Support regulatory and compliance requests, where needed
- Handle tax-related requests as required
- Address ad-hoc investor relations requests
- Develop and maintain various fund, investment, and investor reporting metrics
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Minimum Qualifications
Work Experience & Background
- Essential: 5+ years of experience in fund accounting within an investment management firm
Technical & Business Skills
- Strong understanding of:
- Accounting operations, tax, investor relations, and legal/compliance aspects in hedge funds
- Effective problem-solving with attributes of:
- Ownership of work product
- Critical reasoning, analytical thinking, and detail orientation
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex legal documents, including:
- Fund structures, deal structures, and financial transactions
- Experience with:
- Order management systems
- Accounting systems
- Additional value added if you have:
- Experience implementing shadow accounting systems
- Expertise with accounting, valuation, and operational matters across:
- Equities, credit, structured, liquid, and illiquid financial products
- Advanced Excel skills required
About Brevan Howard
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As one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, Brevan Howard oversees assets for global institutional clients, including:
- Pension funds
- Endowments
- Insurance companies
- Government agencies
- Private banks
- Funds of funds
Key Highlights
- Launched in 2002, with operations in major financial hubs globally.
- Currently manages over $34bn, with a focus on discretionary trading in:
- Fixed income
- FX markets
- Equities
- BH Digital, a division managing crypto and digital asset strategies, launched in 2022.
- Today, Brevan Howard employs over 1,050 personnel, including 400 investment professionals.
- Worldwide presence ensures robust investment opportunity sourcing and recruitment.
Why Join Us?
We combine the entrepreneurial spirit of a small firm with the infrastructure, technology, and support of a large organisation. Our blend of dynamism and structured growth attracts top talent.
Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
Brevan Howard is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, colour, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, physical/mental disability, long-term health conditions, marital status, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by law in our regions of operation.
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