Alternative Fund Services - Hedge Fund Services - Senior Team Member - Bangalore

Join us as a Product Analyst in our Alternative Fund Services - Hedge Fund Services Fund Accounting team at JPMorgan, the world's most innovative bank. We provide extensive solutions for hedge fund, private equity, and fund of hedge fund clients seeking independent administration and custody services. This Associate level role, created due to significant growth in demand, will encompass all aspects of the fund accounting function, ensuring premium quality client service at all times.

As a Product Analyst in the Alternative Fund Services - Hedge Fund Services team, you will be responsible for the preparation, review, and oversight of Net Asset Value Files, providing a premier client service to a defined group of clients. You will work closely with investment operations, reconciliations, shareholder services, financial reporting, and other partner teams internally to ensure all deadlines are met. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with all controls and procedures outlined in the procedures manual and general company policies.

Posting description

JPMorgan Alternative Fund Services delivers an extensive solution for hedge fund, private equity, and fund of hedge fund clients seeking independent administration and custody services or to outsource their day-to-day operations.  The Hedge Fund Accounting team has the responsibility for providing a premium quality client service to Alternative Fund Services Clients, ensuring deadlines are met at all times.

JPMorgan Fund Accounting delivers an extensive solution for all types of Investment funds from traditional long funds to complex hedge funds. The significant growth in demand for Fund Accounting services has led to the creation of an Associate level role.  This role will encompass all aspects of the fund accounting function.

Job Responsibilities

• Preparation/Review/Oversight of Net Asset Value Files, providing a premier client service to a defined group of clients by building strong relationships with the investment manager and any other third parties
• Having a thorough understanding of the theoretical and technical nature of hedge fund accounting and administration and developing thorough knowledge of their client base, prospectus, documentation, etc.
• Working with investment operations, reconciliations, shareholder services, financial reporting, and other partner teams internally to agree internal deadlines to ensure external client deadlines are met
• Performing quality assurance checks on information received internally from other supporting functions
• Producing accurate and timely Net Asset Values, working closely with your clients to resolve queries, producing ad hoc reports for clients, creating, maintaining and updating procedures for the funds, working closely with the new business team and clients through the on-boarding process
• Ensuring compliance with all controls and procedures outlined in the procedures manual and general company policies, ensuring all schedule work is completed by agreed deadlines and checklists are signed and files contain all required 
• Identifying efficiencies and areas for improvement to reduce risk and become more efficient

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor degree required, degree preference is Finance, Accounting, or Economics. (3.2 or higher GPA)
• Strong organizational skills, concern for quality & accuracy and working to strict deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Team player with a professional, proactive, and positive approach to work

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Leadership, motivation and ability to deliver results
• Strong approach to client service, professional and proactive approach to work, problem solver
• Strong communication skills both oral and written