Now Hiring - Stone Coast Fund Services - Implementations Account Manager in Portland, ME

Full description of the position

We’ve founded a company that values you: your time, your career, your talents and drive. We seek hard-working applicants ready to be trained for an exciting role in a fast-paced financial company. We offer remote work flexibility, competitive pay and benefits, rapid opportunity for promotion, and the chance to give back through fully paid community service days. We invest in our employees and our community, and our accelerated growth, dynamic company culture, and high retention rate speak for themselves. As always, we will train the right candidate for the role.

Remote Work Flexibility

This position offers remote work flexibility in Maine, allowing for both time in the office and the ability to work from the comfort of your home. Fully remote opportunities available in applicable states (FL, GA, IA, IN, NJ, NC, SC).

Position Overview

As a member of the Implementations team, this position is responsible for the following as assigned or when necessary:

• Complete and review the applicable sections of the implementation process, provide training (as necessary), and near-term support for the permanent teams in operations.
• Coordinate the conversation and onboarding of client data and ensure that data is appropriately loaded into proprietary systems for respective hand offs to operations.
• Record fund activity, calculate the NAV, and allocate profit and loss.
• Record investor information and transactions.
• Generate and deliver fund and investor reports to fund managers and investors of assigned clients.
• Respond to all client service requests and collaborate and communicate with colleagues cross functionally in order to provide best possible service and apply judgement as to when escalation is required.
• Review the work prepared by group members for completeness and accuracy measuring against industry standards and internal procedures.
• Mentor, train, and support team members, being a resource to operations, and promote an environment of teamwork and collaboration.
• Establish service level standards and expectations with the client as outlined in the MSA and Stone Coast procedures.
• Utilize periods of down time to actively participate in company-wide projects.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ideal candidate will have three or more years of experience in Fund Accounting or Investor Services for hedge funds and will be comfortable and proficient acting as a primary liaison with fund managers, investors, and other fund service providers.
• Familiarity with complex instruments, allocation methodologies and/or impose complex fee structures.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office is essential, advanced Excel (formulas, pivot tables, and filtering) are a must. Advent Geneva and World Investor knowledge is a plus.
• Experience working in an environment with internal control procedures, operating procedures, workflows, control checklists, and other elements of an internal control system is a plus.
• Experience with financial reporting, information security and client, vendor, and risk management systems is a plus.
• Communication with internal and external entities is extensive in this position. Responsiveness and superior verbal and written communications are essential.
• Experience reviewing and understanding legal documents, entity formation documents (such as foundation charters, trust documents, LLC agreements), fund offering documents, subscription agreements, client and company policies, and regulatory guidance a plus.
• Communicates complex concepts comfortably, respectfully, and proficiently in both verbal and in written form.
• Must be able to learn complicated concepts quickly.
• Successful experience working in a team and enjoys establishing and nurturing positive relationships with coworkers, clients, and business partners.
• Possesses a strong work ethic and is detail-oriented, organized, and conscientious.
• Desires and can learn quickly, adapts to change and growth, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Education Requirements

• Four-year college degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or Economics.

Application Requirements

• Please be sure to include an updated copy of your resume with your application. Cover letters are read and considered, although they are not required.

The Company

Stone Coast Fund Services is an award-winning, steadily growing hedge fund administrator that’s found a better way in a better place. With a sole office in Portland, Maine, Stone Coast comprises over 200 hard-working and smart professionals who deliver administration services to over 100 hedge fund managers around the country with investors around the world. We hire carefully, treat people well, and are rewarded by exceedingly low turnover in an industry where high turnover is the norm.

The Mission

Our mission, to “take pleasure in work done well, and in working well with others,” is an obligation to our clients, to their investors, to our communities and ultimately to our peers and ourselves. Fund administration, done well, requires carefully selecting smart, dedicated professionals and providing them with the resources, training and workplace culture that will engender their loyalty and bring out their best. To that end, we strive to develop and nurture relationships that are characterized by trust, respect, and affection. We look for colleagues – and clients – who will share and reciprocate these values.

The Location

Our location is central to our mission. Stone Coast is in the heart of Portland’s Old Port waterfront, a picture-perfect tourist destination that we’re fortunate to call home. Our offices offer beautiful views of Portland Harbor and the islands of Casco Bay. From our front door, we can walk to award-winning restaurants, cafes, museums and shops. Living in Portland and surrounding areas offers excellent schools, minimal commutes and proximity to beaches, mountains and state parks.

Interested?

We seek high aptitude, intellectually curious candidates that enjoy working as part of a team, satisfying our clients and striving for the highest standards. The quality of our services derives solely from the quality of our people. Therefore, we seek smart, hard-working, ethical and friendly professionals – from recent college graduates to fund administration veterans.

Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Stone Coast, we strive to reflect the community of which we are so grateful to be a part, and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, veteran status, and any other basis or status designated under applicable laws.

If you don’t see an opening for which you are qualified, but do have relevant industry experience, please feel encouraged to apply to our General Application at the Career Center at [please apply online] Our growth compels us to continuously search for talent, and we may be contemplating a position that fits your experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person