2026 - Senior Accountant

Title: Senior Accountant

Team: Fund Accounting

Reports to: Fund Controller

Location: Stamford, CT

The Company

The Customer is a world-class investment manager in quantitative trading.  In order to efficiently deliver its clients’ outsize returns, it has outsourced certain services across the globe to businesses strategically placed in Connecticut, Guernsey and London. These entities, known under trading names Carbon Point, Granite Point, and Lamina Point respectively, are key to the customer’s success.

Based in Connecticut, Carbon Point is one of ‘The Points’, which are key to the customer’s ability to leverage quantitative strategies and trade globally.

Working across trading operations, treasury, risk management, operations, and engineering, Carbon Point delivers the expertise and services that enable world-class quantitative research to be traded efficiently, reliably, and at scale.

With experienced leaders drawn from top-tier firms, Carbon Point is driven to push what’s possible, strengthening performance through precision, pace, and excellence.

About the Team

The Accounting team delivers decision-useful insight across complex strategies and instruments — including total return swaps — by pairing deep product expertise with cutting-edge, AI-enabled workflows to improve speed, accuracy, and quality. We produce reliable financial reporting grounded in rigorous controls and integrity, with standards that earn stakeholder trust. We continuously improve how we operate so the business can scale with confidence.

Role Overview

We are building a best in class fund accounting function that delivers accurate, decision-useful financial reporting across complex, multi-asset strategies. In order to drive the development of a world-class fund accounting capability, we are investing in our people, controls and technology  to improve speed, accuracy, and quality of everything we produce. This transformation includes a transition from VPM to Geneva and the implementation of automation and AI-assisted workflows across the firm.

As a Senior Accountant, you will own complex reconciliations, financial statement preparation and the accounting treatment of sophisticated instruments such as derivatives and total return swaps. You will work directly with auditors, counterparties and internal stakeholders, and partner with Accounting and Finance leadership to drive process improvement across the function.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is technically strong, controls-focused and collaborative – someone who enjoys solving complex problems and raising the bar for accuracy and efficiency in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Accounting and Finance leadership to drive the development of the accounting function, implementing efficient, accurate, and uniform processes
• Engage directly with auditors to coordinate and prepare audited financial statements
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and other financial information for hedge fund clients in accordance with GAAP/IFRS and regulatory requirements
• Articulate the operations of various financial products traded by the firm, with a strong emphasis on derivatives and total return swaps
• Work independently on complex reconciliations and provide insightful feedback to help enhance processes
• Collaborate with the Operations and IT teams, especially during the transition from VPM to Geneva, to ensure seamless integration and functionality
• Mentor junior accountants to foster professional growth and development
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve existing processes and contribute a more efficient and effective team environment

What makes a great candidate?

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to think critically and propose innovative solutions
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams
• A proactive attitude, with a strong desire to drive process improvements and contribute to a team’s success
• Intellectual curiosity and strong work ethic
• The ability to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change
• A focus on continuous improvement and excellence in execution

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA strongly preferred (not required)
• 7+ years of hedge fund accounting experience spanning daily P&L/NAV support and month-end/quarter-end/year-end close, including financial statement preparation support
• Experience with onshore/offshore fund structures (e.g., master-feeder) and multi-currency accounting
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, including experience supporting both GAAP and IFRS audits (planning, PBC management, issue resolution, and minimizing adjustments)
• Hands-on experience with total return swaps and other complex products, including lifecycle events, financing/accruals, resets, collateral/margin, counterparty statements, and P&L drivers
• Demonstrated strength in controls and oversight: reconciliations, break investigation/resolution, valuation/price challenge, documentation, and timely issue escalation with a “no surprises” mindset
• Experience working directly with counterparties, primes/custodians, and internal stakeholders to resolve exceptions and deliver accurate, timely reporting
• Experience with Geneva and/or VPM strongly preferred; experience supporting a platform conversion (UAT, parallel runs, data reconciliation, and procedure updates) a major plus
• Advanced Excel skills; comfort working with large datasets and improving processes through automation and AI-enabled tools (with strong judgment around validation, controls, and confidentiality)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; collaborative working style in a fast-paced trading environment

The applicable base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $325,000 USD. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.