Senior Fund Accountant

Senior Fund Accountant

Location: Dublin
Contract Type: Contract
Business Area: Financial Services / Alternative Investments

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking experienced Senior Fund Accountants and Fund Accounting Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to join its Dublin team, supporting a large-scale data migration and system conversion programme within the alternative investments and private markets sector.

The successful candidates will bring strong technical fund accounting knowledge, hands-on experience with Geneva Credit and/or Investran, and an understanding of complex alternative investment structures. You will play a key role in migrating, reconciling and validating fund accounting data, ensuring accuracy and integrity throughout the transformation process.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fund accounting professional to contribute to a major transformation programme while working closely with fund accounting, technology and project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist fund accounting expertise throughout a large-scale data migration and system conversion programme.

• Support the migration, conversion and validation of fund accounting data between source and target systems.

• Apply hands-on experience with Geneva Credit and/or Investran to support migration activities and resolve technical accounting issues.

• Review and validate migrated data, accounting records, transactions and Net Asset Value (NAV) outputs.

• Perform detailed reconciliations, investigate discrepancies and resolve breaks between source and target systems.

• Support the migration of complex alternative investment and private markets fund structures.

• Assist with NAV calculations and the review of associated fund accounting processes.

• Investigate data inconsistencies and collaborate with project, technology and fund accounting teams to implement appropriate solutions.

• Develop and maintain process documentation, reconciliation templates and supporting project materials.

• Act as a fund accounting SME, providing technical guidance and supporting the resolution of complex accounting and migration issues.

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, operational controls and existing processes.

• Contribute to the successful delivery of project milestones, ensuring accuracy and adherence to agreed deadlines.

Requirements and Experience

• Strong technical background in fund accounting and fund administration.

• Hands-on experience with Geneva Credit and/or Investran.

• Experience working within alternative investments, private markets or alternative fund administration.

• Proven exposure to data migration, system implementation, system conversion or financial systems transformation projects.

• Strong understanding of end-to-end NAV calculations and fund accounting processes.

• Experience working with complex fund structures and alternative investment products.

• Proven experience in reconciliations, data validation, discrepancy investigation and break resolution.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.

• Advanced Excel skills and experience handling large datasets.

• Ability to work effectively with fund accounting, technology, operations and project stakeholders.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and contribute effectively within a project environment.

Desirable Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:

• Geneva Credit and/or Investran.

• Private Equity and Private Credit.

• Direct Lending and alternative credit strategies.

• Real Estate and Infrastructure funds.

• Hedge Funds and other alternative investment structures.

• Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).

• Performance fees, distribution waterfalls and fund distributions.

• Fund accounting system implementations and conversions.

• Large-scale data migration and reconciliation programmes.

• Process improvement, automation and data quality initiatives.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an experienced fund accountant with a combination of strong technical accounting expertise, practical knowledge of fund accounting systems and exposure to data migration or transformation projects.

You will be comfortable acting as a subject matter expert, investigating complex accounting and data discrepancies, and working collaboratively with business and technology teams to ensure successful migration outcomes.

Experience with Geneva Credit and/or Investran is highly desirable, alongside exposure to private markets or alternative investment structures.

The Opportunity

This permanent position offers the opportunity to join an established professional services organisation and contribute to a significant transformation programme within the alternatives sector.

The role provides exposure to complex fund structures, specialist accounting platforms and large-scale systems change, making it well suited to a fund accounting professional looking to develop their expertise in data migration and financial services transformation.