Service Delivery Center - EY Comply, Fund Administration, Accounting - Analyst

Location: Manayunk and Alpharetta

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. 

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.  Join EY and help to build a better working world.

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team!

As an Analyst, you will work in one of our Service Delivery Centers that is made up of high-performing US-based resources, who work closely with our experienced client serving professionals, to deliver project-based work and managed services to our US-based Financial Services clients.  If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

The opportunity

You will play a key role in defining and reviewing how Private Equity, Private Credit, and Real Estate Fund advisors meet regulatory, tax, and financial statement reporting requirements, using our new, proprietary EY-developed technology platform. EY’s Accounting and Administration platform brings investment risk, transactional, and holdings data into a single platform for workflow management, transparency, and accountability. Top tier fund managers are using the EY platform to lower their reporting costs and streamline their fund accounting and fund financial reporting processes. Join our team and assist leading fund advisors to address their most complex reporting and technology challenges.

Your key responsibilities

• Coordinate the ongoing distribution of daily production deliverables to meet and exceed our contraction service level agreements (“SLA”) with key EY clients.
• Manage status of fund deliverables within a live production environment, tracking daily changes to support approval statuses.
• Review and validate deliverables prior to transmission, ensuring the correct files are submitted to the correct client contacts.
• Coordinate annual fund audits and corresponding support requests with third-party fund auditors.
• Participate in activities needed to record data related to fund events, including fund launches, liquidations, and pipeline monitoring.
• Review journal entries and related support documents for quarterly fund valuation entries.
• Review the work of other team members with diverse backgrounds to ensure accuracy and completion according to regulatory reporting policies and procedures.
• Drive high quality work products within expected timeframes and budget. Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure leadership is kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Bring strong attention to detail, problem solving and critical thinking to ensure work is complete and accurate and escalate issues to leadership when appropriate. 

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrates advanced proficiency in Excel, enabling the creation of comprehensive trackers and models that support data analysis and decision-making processes.
• Capable of managing and analyzing information across a large population of funds, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in handling complex information.
• Highly detail-oriented, with a keen eye for precision, ensuring high volume of reporting deliverables are meticulously tracked and addressed.
• Think creatively and outside the box, developing unique solutions to complex challenges, thereby contributing to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• An understanding of administrative processes and ability to execute detailed procedures based on written policies and procedures.
• Develop relationships with team members across multiple geographic locations and time zones.
• Knowledge of PE fund operations, fund accounting principles, and/or the asset management industry are strong differentiators.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or related discipline.
• Analytical skills, especially those related to fund accounting and asset management.
• Strong proven communication skills demonstrated through effective writing and presentations to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Effective leadership, project management, and organizational skills.
• An interest in working in an environment which encourages continuous learning, development and identification of opportunities for improvement of individual and team performance.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• 2 years of relevant work experience in fund accounting operations or a related field.
• Working knowledge of common PE fund and/or asset management industry concepts and how they relate to accounting operations.
• Understanding of financial products and services, asset management, securities, financial technology, and/or private equity.
• An interest in technical accounting concepts.
• Experience overseeing the work of junior team members including coaching and mentoring.

What we look for

You should be flexible and able to manage multiple responsibilities, including delivery of exceptional quality work to our clients. In addition, you’ll be a motivated self-starter, and will value sharing best practices with your colleagues and leaders.

What working at EY offers:

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to develop your career. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Join us in building a better working world. Apply now!

What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.  The base salary range for this job is: 
• • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $60,200 to $111,900
  • Bay Area California offices – $62,700 to $116,600
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $50,200 to $102,500
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.  In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.                                              

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