Sr Accountant recruitment

 This includes maintenance of general ledgers, trial balances, partnership accounting entries, capital accounts and unit share prices for offshore or corporate vehicles.  As well, the individual directly manages several individuals at outsourced service providers who perform books and record functions for certain funds.

The individual functionally supports the management team of each product and the various risk and management committees established in IM to oversee these products.

The individual has relationships with the front office and management of BBH, product and portfolio managers, Compliance; external relationships with audit firms, outsourced service providers, and team members of external portfolio managers and/or portfolio companies.
 

Financial and Tax Reporting:
-Construct audit workbooks for the audits of the IM fund entities for with they are responsible
-Assemble (or if performed by outsourced service provider, review) worksheets calculating          taxable income and allocating it to each investor on an annual basis
-Review annual tax returns, including K-1s, put together by outside audit firm or outsourced  service provider
-Calculate periodic dividends for corporate entities/mutual funds
-Assemble (or if performed by outside service provider, review)  quarterly financial statement for funds
-Implementation of accounting policy for funds
-Calculate various fund performance and related metrics

General Accounting:
-Responsible for staff that maintains financial books and records for 40+ legal entities, including monthly/quarterly closing processes
-Perform expense calculation, management fee and incentive calculations and payment functions for funds
-Calculate BBH revenue and expense accruals pertaining to alternative investment funds and perform monthly reconciliation of such
-Calculate fund NAV’s and otherwise review of service provider accounting packages and, where applicable, specialized mutual fund reporting

Management:
-Manage one’s own career development, staff goal setting and execution
-Direct responsibility for outsourced service providers who perform certain accounting functions
-Execute several financial analyses and participate in new accounting/reporting systems initiatives
-Assist with the hiring function within the group

Analysis and Other:
-Document adherence to valuation polices
-Attends various investment policy and valuation committee meetings
-Responsible for understanding of fund governance documents, including PPM’s and partnership agreements
-In the case of mutual funds, Participates updating of prospectuses, SAI’s and the establishment of such in the case of a new fund