Financial Analyst

The role

The Financial Analyst will assist in all aspects of accounting for the management company, general partner entities, and managed Funds. This includes tax, investor reporting, and budgeting/forecasting responsibilities.

What you will do

• Month-end close for the management company.
• Build and maintain the management company's annual budget and rolling forecasts.
• Prepare budget-to-actual and variance analyses.
• Review fund administrator books and investor statements.
• Assist with investor reporting for the funds.
• Invoice, credit card, and expense reimbursement processing through Ramp.
• Assist in regulatory reporting, year-end fund audit, financial statements, K-1s, K-3s, 1099s, and tax filings.
• Use AI tools to streamline recurring workflows, analysis, and reporting.
• Help implement new tools across Finance, including transition to an AI-native accounting platform.
• Collaborate with Finance and Operations on ad hoc requests and projects.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 1-3 years of experience working within finance or accounting for a financial services or audit firm.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong bias for action, accountability, and urgency
• Curiosity and eagerness to adopt new technology, including AI

Nice to have

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes
• Proficiency with AI tools to improve analysis, automate recurring work, and increase productivity
• Knowledge of management company accounting, management company taxes, fund accounting, and fund taxes
• Exposure to US and international tax or international offices
• Experience with investor reporting
• Experience auditing hedge funds, doing tax compliance for hedge funds, and/or working directly in a hedge fund
• Experience with cloud-based accounting or ERP systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Ramp, and Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services (Administrator) tools

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
• Competitive 401k plan
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• Casual dress
• Snacks, lunch, game room, team and company events
• Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharing
• Generous PTO
• Paid holidays
• Competitive paid caregiver leaves

About the company

Aquatic is a quantitative investment manager in its early stage of growth. The firm is driven by applying scientific research and technological innovation to global financial markets.