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I recently graduated with an MS in Accountancy and am looking for an accounting job in the financial services industry. It’s difficult to find entry-level accounting jobs at financial institutions but one area in which there seem to be a ton of job postings is at hedge fund and private equity fund administrators. I consider the hedge fund industry very interesting but there seems to be a negative perception of fund accountants, that all they do is data entry, etc… I recently interviewed with a smallish hedge fund administrator and the way the work was described, it seems like I would be given a great deal of responsibility. Because they service smaller hedge and private equity funds, I would have a hand in the entire accounting process for multiple funds: pricing the fund portfolio, reconciliation, financial statement preparation…
My question is whether or not the areas for growth are limited in fund accounting and whether or not I will be marketable if after a few years I wanted to jump to another area of accounting. I’ve also been applying for FP&A (budgeting) jobs. If anyone has any insights into that, I would appreciate it too.
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