Fund Accounting (Fund Controller), Vice President

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a dynamic leader at Vice President level to join the Fund Accounting Ireland management team to drive excellent client service, ensuring all fund accounting deliverables are produced accurately, on time, and to the highest standard of control, governance, and client expectation.

Why this role is important to us?

Fund accounting is a core service within Investment Services and Global Delivery, underpinning the integrity of client reporting, valuation, and operational decision making. For our clients, accurate and timely fund accounting is not optional; it is central to trust, regulatory confidence, and service credibility. This role is critical given the scale, complexity, and strategic importance of the client within our Global Delivery model.

Role specifics

The Vice President will be the accountable owner for Fund Accounting service excellence, with clear accountability for operational execution, delivery quality, risk management, issue resolution, regulatory compliance, and alignment with client expectations. Reporting to the Managing Director with responsibility for this client, the Vice President will set and execute the service delivery, risk and control strategy for the client. The role will lead the dedicated fund accounting team, oversee global operational teams supporting the relationship, drive disciplined execution, and serve as an escalation point for material service, control and client matters.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end to end delivery of all EMEA fund accounting services for the client, with full accountability for accurate, timely, complete, and controlled delivery of all agreed deliverables.
• Drive a service excellence culture across Fund Accounting and all supporting global operations teams, ensuring daily execution meets client expectations and agreed service standards.
• Establish clear delivery standards, performance routines, and governance across teams, aligned with the global operating model and enabled by corporate technology wherever possible.
• Lead prioritisation and delivery of client change activity, including transitions, fund launches, operating model enhancements, and process improvement initiatives.
• Provide timely, relevant, and action oriented reporting to corporate and regional governance committees to support effective oversight, challenge, and decision making.
• Ensure optimal technical set up of fund accounting services and elections across funds.
• Manage the team's reporting lines, authority levels, responsibilities, measurable objectives, and training.
• Maintain a strong control environment through discipline, delegated authority, effective escalation procedures, and adherence to internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Build a high performing team culture focused on ownership, service excellence, timely delivery, risk awareness, and continuous improvement.
• Develop effective working relationships across global operations, technology, risk, product, and client facing teams to ensure coordinated execution and rapid issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain a strong leadership pipeline for the client team, including succession planning for critical roles and talent development.
• Operate a robust oversight framework for the client service model, ensuring management information is timely, challenged appropriately, and used to drive action, remediation, and accountability.
• Champion a culture of Risk Excellence, encouraging openness, constructive challenge, transparent escalation, and disciplined follow through on identified issues.
• Embed individual ownership across the team so that staff understand their responsibilities, own outcomes, and consistently deliver against client and control expectations.
• Model the highest standards of conduct, judgment, and decision making, ensuring decisions are informed, timely, reasonable, and supported by appropriate information.

Qualifications

• Primary degree, professional accounting qualification, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Deep fund accounting and investment services experience, ideally 10+ years, with strong knowledge of securities, investment strategies, market practices, and operating risk.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior client stakeholders, lead difficult conversations, and drive resolution of high impact service issues.
• Strong track record operating in regulated environments with accountability for risk management, control effectiveness, regulatory outcomes, and service resilience.
• Strong working knowledge of fund accounting products and processes, including fixed income, complex derivatives, and exchange traded funds; expertise in adjacent investment services areas will also be considered.
• Comprehensive understanding of business administration and management disciplines, including strategic planning, operational execution, people leadership, regulatory obligations, financial management, and cost control.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound, timely decisions in high pressure, high impact environments involving clients, regulators, senior stakeholders, and complex operational issues.
• Proven ability to build accountability, improve controls, strengthen operating discipline, and deliver measurable service improvements in a complex global delivery environment.

Benefits

• Inclusive development opportunities.
• Flexible work life support.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

State Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military, and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.