Senior Associate, Fund Accounting

Associate / Junior

Hybrid

Why Work With Us

We foster a culture of respect, collegiality, and collaboration among our experienced investment teams and the broader platform. Each of our investment groups benefits from the interconnected nature of our business, which provides greater insights into industry trends, access to significant deal flow, and the ability to assess relative value. We are constantly growing and building on our achievements, and we are dedicated to helping each of our team members reach their individual goals and become valuable contributors to our continuing success.

We strive to create a workplace that is dynamic, vibrant, and innovative, and we encourage apprenticeship-style learning with access to senior leadership, so that each of our employees can effectively contribute to our sustained performance and help grow our integrated business platform.

With approximately 1,200 employees based in over 20 offices around the world, we take a team-oriented approach to everything we do.

About the Job

Over the last 20 years, our success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development, and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and management of the company's network infrastructure, including data centers and disaster recovery environments.
Optimize stability, availability, reliability, and performance of networking infrastructure.
Develop and execute strategic plans for network architecture, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to achieve successful project delivery and mitigate risks.
Provide expert-level troubleshooting and support for escalated network incidents.
Define key metrics and reporting mechanisms to communicate network performance and project progress to executive management.
Mentor and train staff on best practices and emerging technologies in network engineering.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for network configurations, procedures, and policies.
Ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Expertise in building well-architected frameworks utilizing industry standards such as NIST 800-53.
Expertise in design and architecture of self-healing networks.
Extensive experience around product and technology assessment/testing and proof of concept evaluations with clearly defined success criteria and outcomes.
Excellent documentation skills around developing reference architectures, building HLD/LLD of current and future network designs.
Excellent vendor management skills with a proven track record of RFE management and driving feature enhancements that support changing scalability, performance, and security landscape as the firm expands.
Expertise in packet-level analysis to identify areas for improvement and future upgrades with a focus on attention to detail.

Required

Experience:

10+ years of hands-on experience in Network Engineering & Architecture role leading large-scale transformational projects.

Preferred

Experience in Private equity/Financial industry.
Building and leading a team of highly skilled Network architects/Engineers.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
Certifications: CCIE or equivalent experience. Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent experience.

Skills

Technical Skills (Must Have):

Routing: Expert proficiency in BGP and OSPF.
Switching: Expert proficiency with Cisco ACI, Nexus, and Cisco IOS platforms.
Firewalls: Proficient in Palo Alto firewall technologies.
SD-WAN: Proficient in Prisma SD-WAN.
Wireless: Experience with Meraki Wireless solutions.
Data Center Architecture: Proven experience in designing and managing data center architecture.
Disaster Recovery: Experience in setting up and managing disaster recovery environments at the network level.
Azure Networking: Extensive experience in Azure networking deployment and operation.
Compliance: Knowledge of various compliance requirements.
Cisco ISE: Knowledge of user authentication, authorization, and identity management products and technologies.
Tooling: Expertise in Network monitoring solutions and self-healing networks.

General Requirements

Demonstrated excellence in both written and verbal communication.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Proven ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
Capacity to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
High attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
Willingness to travel, with a 10-15% travel requirement.
Familiarity with ITIL processes.
Experience working with global teams.

Reporting Relationships

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

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