Senior Fund Accountant
Company: Robert Half
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 14, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description The salary for this position is
up to $125,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including
medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. Upgrade
your cold weather season with a role that pays more, and respects
your work-life balance. Responsibilities: Point of contact for
funds across the company's funds platform, including registered and
private funds in United States, Canada, Ireland, and Luxembourg,
crossing many different fund types and jurisdictions. This role
will work with the senior members of the fund administration team
as well as own relationships with funds’ third- party
administrators and key vendors. Preparation, review and
understanding impactful issues regarding fund reporting, including
net asset valuation calculations, security valuation, fund budgets
& expense analysis is key to this role. Key support contact for the
company's fund board members. Partner with each fund’s third- party
administrators and external auditors to prepare and issue the
funds’ financial statements and other regulatory filings,
presenting issues to fund board members for review and approval.
Coordinate effectively with teams across the firm in sales, client
service, legal, operations, and corporate finance regarding all
fund-related items, including overall fund operating procedures,
client inquiries, product development, management and performance
fee calculations, legal document review, and revenue and expense
projections. Construct analyses regarding product development, and
new initiatives, for senior management review, exercising sound
business judgement and understanding of company products. Assist
portfolio management teams regarding ad hoc portfolio reporting
requests or investor related questions. Work effectively with all
members of the fund administration team across all products to
ensure consistency of reporting and processes and assist the team
on projects on projects related to all funds in scope, include
private funds, US Registered funds, Irish UCITS, Canadian funds and
Luxembourg funds as needed. Consistently review the functions’
processes to ensure efficiencies and highlight opportunities for
improvement. Partner with each fund’s third- party tax preparers to
generate investor tax deliverables, answering any investor driven
questions related to them. Qualifications & Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance 3-5 years of experience
in public accounting or the Financial Services industry Strong
verbal and written communication skills Strong analytical skills
and attention to detail Self-starter with a strong work ethic,
results orientation, and ability to manage multiple projects
effectively. Strong knowledge of MS Excel and Word required,
working knowledge of Powerpoint Experience with Advent Geneva
portfolio system a plus CPA designation a plus Knowledge of
Luxembourg funds, US 1940 Act Funds fund structures a plus To apply
to this hybrid role please send your resume to
john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m. Our specialized recruiting
professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI
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