Fund Accountant

Operation manager - Fund Accounting

Location - Bangalore

Experience - 10+ Years

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

• Strong experience in AIF regulatory reporting and GIFT City/IFSC compliance.

• Hands-on experience in NAV, fund accounting, investor onboarding and KYC/AML.

• End-to-end fund operations with experience managing Trustees, auditors and regulatory stakeholders.

JOB ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own regulatory compliance and reporting for India-domiciled AIFs and GIFT City (IFSC)

• structures — SEBI Activity/Asset Reports, Quarterly Activity Reports, IFSCA FME reporting, and other periodic filings — ensuring accurate, on-time submission.

• Track changes in SEBI AIF Regulations, RBI/FEMA requirements, and IFSCA (GIFT City)

• circulars, translating them into updated checklists and filing calendars ahead of deadlines.

• Coordinate with external legal, tax, and compliance advisors and statutory auditors to close out TDS, GST, and other regulatory filings across the fund book, resolving gaps proactively.

• Act as the primary point of contact for fund Trustees, ensuring reporting obligations, consents, and KMP updates are tracked to closure without follow-up chasing.

• Maintain working command of each fund's PPM, trust deed, contribution agreement terms,

• keeping drawdowns, distributions, and fee calculations consistent with documentation.

• Lead statutory and regulatory audits end-to-end — SEBI, RBI, IFSCA, or any other regulator —

• from information requests through closure of findings.

• Own investor onboarding compliance: reviewing KYC/AML checks and contribution agreements,

• so onboarding packs meet regulatory requirements before capital is accepted.

• Manage investor communication — drawdown notices, capital calls, distribution notices, and

• periodic reporting — keeping content consistent with each fund's PPM commitments.

• Oversee fund accounting across the portfolio — NAV computation, capital account maintenance, distributions, and expense allocation — reviewing trial balances and reconciliations before they reach funds, trustees, or auditors.

• Drive adoption of the fund accounting tool (ETON) and supporting systems, including openingbalance migration and parallel runs against legacy records.

• Supervise and mentor the Bangalore fund administration team, allocating workload across India-Singapore-, and UAE-serviced funds.

• Maintain operations and compliance trackers, run structured reviews, and escalate risks or filing delays early with a clear plan to close them.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years in fund administration, fund compliance, or AIF operations, with hands-on exposure to SEBI AIF Regulations and, ideally, RBI/FEMA and IFSCA/GIFT City requirements.

• Proven experience preparing or reviewing SEBI AIF Activity Reports, Quarterly Activity Reports, or equivalent filings, gained at an AIF, fund administrator, custodian, or compliance advisory firm.

• Strong knowledge of investor onboarding compliance — KYC, AML checks, and contribution

• agreement review.

• Solid grounding in fund accounting, NAV computation, capital accounts, distribution waterfalls,and expense allocation.

• Comfortable applying PPMs, trust deeds, and contribution agreements to daily operations.

• Experience liaising directly with Trustees, RTAs, custodians, auditors, and external

• legal/compliance advisors.

• Exposure to multi-jurisdiction fund structures, India, GIFT City/IFSC, Singapore, and/or UAE

• highly valued.

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Law, or Finance; CA/CS/CFA or a postgraduate degree is an

• advantage.

• Proficient in MS Excel; comfortable with fund accounting systems and tools such as Notion.

• Excellent written and verbal English, including experience drafting investor-facing

• communication.

• Strong ownership mindset, comfortable working across time zones with UAE- and Singaporebased stakeholders.

OTHER DETAILS

Reporting To: Delivery Head – India