Senior Fund Accountant

3 months ago

Montreal, Canada Sagard Holdings Inc. Full time

Sagard Holdings (“Sagard”) is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager with professionals located in Canada (Montreal, Toronto), the US, Europe and Asia. Since 2016, Sagard has grown exponentially. Assets under management have expanded from US$500M to more than US$25B and Sagard’s team of diverse professionals has grown from 50 to more than 300 team members in just five years.

Sagard invests across three asset classes: equity, credit, and real estate. Sagard was founded by Power Corporation of Canada as a complement to its global investment holdings and serves as one of its key strategic priorities with strong, long-term growth objectives.

Sagard’s entrepreneurial DNA is palpable across our entire team and is a platform built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Sagard looks to generate attractive returns by matching investment opportunities with flexible capital solutions and pairing entrepreneurs with teams that have deep industry knowledge. Sagard develops long-term partnerships and empowers the growth of its investments through a unique global network of portfolio companies, limited partners, advisors, and other valued relationships.

We are currently looking for an outstanding individual to join our fast-paced and rapidly growing Finance organization as a Senior Fund Accountant. This person will play a pivotal role in helping us scale our platform and create world-class investor and management services across our global eco-system.

Your Responsibilities:
  • Work with various teams, the other senior fund accountants and the Manager of Fund Accounting to deliver world-class reporting to our private and public investors.
  • Coordinate with legal and business teams to administer and launch new series for private equity and healthcare royalty funds, be actively involved in the fund-raising process.
  • Collaborate with the fund administrator and internal investor relation team for capital activities and the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in accordance with IFRS; work closely with internal investor relation team to generate quarterly client reports and other marketing materials.
  • Work closely with the investment teams to close investment deals, including providing information for KYC and managing the investment funding process.
  • Manage the subscription and redemption process.
  • Perform monthly reconciliations of the funds’ cash and investment positions, manage the fund’s cash activities through cash projections, liquidity analysis and expense payments management.
  • Manage and maintain the funds’ credit facilities.
  • Assist with control assessments and determining the accounting classification for new and existing fund portfolio investments.
  • Assist in and perform valuations of level 3 investments with the Valuation manager.
  • Coordinate audit activities with the funds’ external auditor and assist in the preparation of the funds’ audited financial statements.
  • Oversee the fund’s tax compliance process, specifically working with tax consultants to ensure tax returns and other regulatory filings (including but not limited to FACTA/CRS filing, HST/GST filing and remittance and other US/Canadian/Irish tax filings, etc.) are filed timely in accordance with the local tax authority.
  • Ensure full compliance with the finance statutes of the governing documents and controls formulated for key processes.
  • Provide leadership to system and automation efforts critical to scaling our control and fund accounting platform to support the organization’s strategic objectives.
  • Provide ad-hoc data requests for internal partners, including investor relations, legal, the investment team and others.
Experience and Qualifications:
  • 3-5 years of relevant accounting work experience.
  • CA / CPA Certification with specialization in Internal Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is preferred.
  • Outstanding academic (accounting degree) and professional achievements.
  • Experience in private equity funds is preferred.
  • Highly team-oriented and inclusive operating style coupled with a hands-on, results-oriented attitude.
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Organized and strong attention to detail.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to synthesize and articulate thoughts about companies and markets concisely.
  • Entrepreneurial - Self-starter, ability to operate quickly with lean resources and a passion for investing.
  • Rigorous - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; organized and outstanding attention to detail; a high degree of accuracy in a fast-paced, results-oriented workplace; hard-working and willingness to work nights and weekends when required.
  • Proactive and innovative - Thrives in a dynamic working environment; curious, eager to learn about and contribute to a wide variety of topics; suggests new ideas and new ways of working.
  • Collaborative - Inclusive operating style coupled with a hands-on, results-oriented attitude.
  • Authentic – Demonstrates humility, openness, integrity and inclusiveness.

Sagard is an equal opportunity employer, which values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual. If you require accommodation to participate in the hiring process, please contact the People & Culture team to make your needs known in advance.

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