Acceleration Center - Fund Accounting – Senior Associate

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Industry/Sector CM X-Sector Specialism Assurance Management Level Senior Associate Job Description & Summary The Opportunity Join our Acceleration Center Mexico and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day. As an Acceleration Center - Fund Accounting – Senior Associate, you will engage in delivering managed services that streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency for our clients. Within our Assurance practice, you will execute outsourced processes, including client interactions, data review, and quality control implementation. As a Senior Associate, you will focus on building meaningful client connections and learning how to manage and inspire others. You will navigate complex situations, grow your personal brand, and deepen your technical skills. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality work. Embracing increased ambiguity, you will use these moments as opportunities to grow. In this role at PwC Acceleration Center Mexico, you will leverage your skills in project management, technology, and process optimization to deliver services that meet client needs. You will be responsible for responding effectively to diverse perspectives and using a broad range of tools to generate new ideas and solve problems. By interpreting data to inform insights and recommendations, you will uphold professional and technical standards, contributing to the overall strategy and success of the firm. The Senior Associate will support an onshore managed services team providing accounting, investment operations, and reporting services to family offices and ultra-high-net-worth clients. The role will focus on investment transaction processing, reconciliations, month-end accounting, and exception resolution across public and alternative investments. Candidates should be able to work for the most part independently within established processes, while collaborating with and seeking support from the onshore team as needed. Key Responsibilities Perform investment and account reconciliations, including brokerage, custody, private equity/fund, cash, position, market value, price, and cost basis reconciliations. Process investment transactions such as capital calls, distributions, and updates to investment market values based on capital account statements and other supporting documentation. Monitor custodian, private bank, and fund manager portals for transactions, valuations, notices, and actionable items. Ensure transactions are accurately recorded and appropriately classified based on supporting documentation. Investigate reconciliation breaks and transaction discrepancies and, for the most part, resolve routine issues independently while seeking guidance as needed. Escalate unresolved or complex items to the onshore team with clear supporting analysis. Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, client reporting, and new client onboarding as needed. Document and maintain process procedures, checklists, and supporting documentation to enable consistent execution and knowledge transfer. Follow established controls and procedures and identify opportunities to improve or streamline recurring processes. Handle more complex transactions and reconciliations, take greater ownership of assigned processes, perform deeper analysis of exceptions, and support process improvement and junior team members where appropriate. Qualifications & Preferred Background Approximately 2–3 years of relevant experience in accounting, investment operations, fund accounting, financial services, or managed services. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Strong accounting fundamentals and experience performing reconciliations and researching differences. Working knowledge of financial markets and investment products. Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills. Ability to work for the most part independently within established processes, while appropriately seeking guidance and proactively flagging issues to the onshore team. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines. Experience with investment accounting, alternative investments, partnership or trust accounting, or family office / ultra-high-net-worth clients is preferred. English Advanced skills Systems & Technology Experience or familiarity with the following is preferred: Power BI or similar reporting and data visualization tools AI-enabled productivity, analysis, and automation tools General ledger systems such as QuickBooks and Sage Intacct Investment aggregation and reporting platforms such as Addepar and Masttro Alternative investment document management and data extraction platforms such as Canoe and Arch Candidates should have an interest in leveraging technology and AI tools to improve efficiency, enhance analysis, and support day-to-day work. Travel Requirements Up to 20% Job Posting End Date