Fund Accountant/Operations — Family Office/Active Investment Manager
London | £70-80k + bonus | Alternatives Focus (Hedge Funds, PE, VC)
We're exclusively recruiting for a high-growth Family Office turned specialist Active Investment Manager ($1bn AUM) focused on alternatives — hedge funds, hedge fund seeding, and private equity. Following major tech investment, they're building out professional infrastructure and need a versatile "wear many hats" operator for this broad Fund Accounting & Operations role.
Perfect candidate profile
- Small firm experience — comfortable with variety, ambiguity, no established processes
- Fund Accounting: NAV calculation, shadow accounting across hedge, PE, private debt, VC funds
- Fund Ops: Trade flows, FX exposure, custodian reconciliation, administrator coordination
- Counterparty management: Banks, admins, auditors — strong relationship skills essential
- Alternatives expertise — comfortable with FoF structures, different fund processes/structures
Key responsibilities
- Full NAV production and shadow accounting for diverse alternative investments
- Trade life-cycle management, position reconciliation, FX, corporate actions
- Custodian, administrator, and audit coordination
- Process automation and tech implementation support
- Ad-hoc analysis across $1bn alternatives portfolio
What they offer
- Boutique environment with professional ambition and young, dynamic team
- Significant growth trajectory and tech investment
- Broad exposure across alternatives asset classes
- Meaningful ownership in a high-performing, entrepreneurial setup