Investment Accounting Support (Senior Associate/Manager)

Overview

A client within the insurance industry is seeking an Investment Accounting Support professional at either the Senior Associate or Manager level. This role provides hands-on accounting support across complex investment portfolios, with a strong focus on reconciliations, controls, documentation, reporting, and period-end close activities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute investment accounting controls, supporting schedules, and working papers.
• Analyze and reconcile investment activity across multiple asset classes and complex portfolios.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks, out-of-balance conditions, and other accounting discrepancies.
• Maintain clear supporting documentation and audit-ready accounting records.
• Support investment accounting reporting, period-end close activities, and related deliverables.
• Partner with accounting, reporting, operations, and investment teams to research and resolve issues.
• Help ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of investment accounting processes and controls.
• Identify control gaps, reconciliation challenges, and opportunities to improve existing processes.
• Support process improvement initiatives involving reconciliations, controls, documentation, and reporting.
• Communicate accounting issues, findings, and required follow-up clearly to relevant stakeholders.

Requirements

• Hands-on investment accounting experience within a complex, multi-asset-class portfolio environment.
• Demonstrated experience with investment reconciliations, accounting controls, working papers, and supporting documentation.
• Experience accounting for and reconciling multiple asset classes, including:
  • Securities
  • Derivatives
  • Private equity and alternative investments
  • Fixed-income investments
  • Public securities
• Experience investigating reconciliation breaks and resolving out-of-balance conditions.
• Experience supporting investment accounting reporting and close activities.
• Ability to maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready records.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across accounting, reporting, operations, and investment functions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work at either the Senior Associate or Manager level, based on the scope and depth of relevant experience.

Location

Remote

Compensation & Benefits

• $65–70/hr