09 Aug
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Brevan Howard
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Bengaluru
09 Aug
Brevan Howard
Bengaluru
Company/Departmental Overview
Brevan Howard Asset Management is one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.
Brevan Howard was founded in 2002 and launched its flagship global macro strategy in April 2003. The firm currently manages over $34bn and engages predominantly in discretionary directional and relative value trading in fixed income, FX markets, equities, and commodities. BH Digital, a division within Brevan Howard that manages crypto and digital asset strategies, was launched in 2022.
The firm currently employs over 1,000 personnel worldwide, including over 400 investment professionals. This global presence gives Brevan Howard the ability to identify and source attractive investment opportunities, as well as investment management talent wherever they may be. Brevan Howard has won several industry awards for excellence in risk management, operational robustness, and investment performance.
The firm's main hubs are in London, Jersey, Geneva, New York, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru.
Main Duties/Responsibilities of the Role
Role Overview
This is a newly created, mid-level role that bridges fund accounting and product control. The successful candidate will support the accurate production of daily and month-end NAVs and fund financial data, while also contributing to the firm's T0/T1 P&L; production and valuation control process across a range of products.
The role requires a solid grounding in fund accounting principles combined with genuine product knowledge — an understanding of how different instrument types behave, price, and settle — and offers robust development potential for someone looking to build a career spanning both fund finance and product control.
The candidate will work closely with fund administrators, the Product Control & Valuations team, portfolio managers, Risk, Operations, and Technology, acting as a key link between the fund accounting and P&L;/valuation functions.
Fund Accounting & NAV Support
- Support the end-to-end NAV production process, including daily and month-end NAV review, checks, and sign-off across assigned fund structures.
- Assist in the preparation and review of month-end valuation packets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with fund documentation.
- Perform shadow accounting and reconciliation against third-party fund administrator records; investigate and help resolve breaks in a timely manner.
- Support investor capital activity reviews, bank reconciliations, and investor statement tie-outs.
- Help ensure NAV-related processes are carried out in line with fund documents,
accounting standards, and internal policies.
P&L; Production & Valuation Control
- Support the timely and accurate production of T+0 and T+1 P&L;, and assist in explaining P&L; movements to senior stakeholders.
- Perform verification and checks of pricing inputs and models — e.g., pricing sources, curve models — including reviewing counterparty valuations.
- Assist with daily and monthly valuation reviews across the firm's portfolio, covering a range of products including fixed income, credit, equities, FX, and commodities.
- Review reconciliation reports and help provide explanations for stale prices, outsized moves, mark overrides, cash breaks, and reconciliation differences versus the administrator.
- Support the implementation of valuation policy and contribute to system and process improvement initiatives with the Trading COO and Technology teams.
Stakeholder Management & Controls
- Act as a day-to-day point of contact between fund accounting, product control, portfolio managers, Risk, Operations, and fund administrators to resolve NAV- and P&L-related; queries.
- Assist with the coordination of external audit requests and support regulatory and compliance reporting obligations (e.g., AIFMD, Form PF) where relevant to fund data.
- Contribute to the design and maintenance of accounting and valuation controls, flagging control gaps or process improvement opportunities.
- Support ad hoc reporting and data requests from investor relations and senior management.
📌 Fund Accounting & Product Control Analyst (Bengaluru)
🏢 Brevan Howard
📍 Bengaluru