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# Accountant at Soros Fund Management

- **Company:** Soros Fund Management
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-06-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/familyoffice/jobs/7772292003

## Job description

Company Overview

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1970. With $26 billion in assets under management (AUM), SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations dedicated to advancing justice, human rights, and democracy.

Distinct from other investment platforms, SFM thrives on agility, acting decisively when conviction is high and exercising patience when it’s not. With permanent capital, a select group of major clients, and an unconstrained mandate, we invest opportunistically with a long-term view in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public and private equity and credit, fixed income, foreign exchange, and alternative assets. Our teams operate with autonomy, while cross-team collaboration strengthens our conviction and empowers us to capitalize on market dislocations.

At SFM, we foster an ownership mindset, encouraging professionals to challenge the status quo, innovate, and take initiative. We prioritize development, enabling team members to push beyond their roles, voice bold ideas, and contribute to our long-term success. This culture of continuous growth and constructive debate fuels innovation and drives efficiencies.

Our impact is measured by both the returns we generate and the values we uphold, from environmental stewardship to social responsibility. Operating as a unified team across geographies and mandates, we remain committed to our mission, ensuring a meaningful, lasting impact.

Headquartered in New York City with offices in Greenwich, Garden City, London, and Dublin, SFM employs 200 professionals.

## Team Overview

This role sits within the Finance team.  The Finance team oversees the accounting and financial reporting functions for SFM and the funds it manages. The team is composed of a small group of experienced accounting professionals with strong backgrounds in the investment management industry.

Major Responsibilities

Accounts Payable and Treasury:

- Review and verify all incoming invoices for accuracy, completeness, reasonableness, and adhere to company policies and procedures
- Review and reconcile credit card charges, verify coding accuracy, and obtain supporting documentation
- Manage and monitor cash flows and perform bank reconciliations
- Maintain accurate vendor information within Workday, addressing vendor queries or concerns as they arise

Accounting / Audit / Management/Tax Reporting:

- Prepare and analyze financial reports
- Work on month-end and year-end closing
- Assist with ad hoc projects
- Prepare annual 1099s for recipients and the IRS.

## What We Value

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- 1-3 years of accounting experience, industry experience is a plus (family office, private investment firm, public accounting)
- Technology and data minded; knowledge of Workday is a plus
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- High degree of sensitivity and discretion when dealing with confidential information
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $75,000 - $85,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus.

In all respects, candidates need to reflect the following SFM core values:

Smart risk-taking   //   Owner’s Mindset   //   Teamwork   //   Humility   //   Integrity

## About Soros Fund Management

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A global asset manager and family office that serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, investing across all asset classes with a permanent capital base.
- **Entity Type**: Private (family office)
- **Headquarters**: Not publicly available from provided sources (widely reported as New York, USA)
- **Founded**: Over 50 years ago (c. 1970)
- **Founders**: George Soros

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Asset management, financial services
- **Target customers**: Institutional (exclusively family clients; does not solicit outside investors)
- **Mission**: Generate high-quality returns while upholding values of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and driving systemic change (clean energy, economic equality, democratic practices).

## Products & Services
Soros Fund Management invests across a broad range of strategies and asset classes, including:

- **Public Equities & Credit**: Long/short equity, investment grade, high yield, distressed debt, structured products
- **Private Markets**: Direct lending (real estate, venture/growth, ABS, NAV, litigation finance), co-investments, private equity
- **Macro Strategies**: Rates, FX, equities (both discretionary and systematic)
- **Alpha Capture & Risk Overlays**: Central risk management and portfolio construction
- **External Manager Allocation**: Partnerships with top-tier external asset managers across public and private markets

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (private family office)
- **Key Metric**: $28 billion Assets Under Management (AUM); 200 employees; 5 offices
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Open Society Foundations (primary client and capital source)
- **Growth Signals**: Permanent capital base allows long-term, patient deployment through market cycles; 50+ years of track record; active in both traditional and alternative strategies

## Competitive Advantages
- **Permanent capital base**: Enables long-term, patient investing and the ability to act decisively during market dislocations
- **Unconstrained mandate**: Flexibility to invest across asset classes, geographies, and strategies without style drift
- **Collaborative culture**: Open debate, direct access to senior leadership, and flat hierarchy foster better decision-making
- **Purpose-driven**: Alignment with Open Society Foundations’ mission allows investing with impact as a core criterion

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Driving the clean energy transition, combating economic inequalities, ensuring freedom of expression, and promoting democratic practices and rights
- **Investment approach**: Opportunistic, concentrated positions built on deep industry expertise; emphasis on smart risk-taking with long-term horizons

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Transparency, open debate, and direct engagement with senior leadership at all levels. Values include integrity, teamwork, humility, and ownership mindset.
- **Development**: Custom training programs, continuous learning, hands-on experience, and mentoring. Encourages constructive challenge and creative thinking.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical plans, mental health support, on-site gyms at every office, generous 401(k) matching, and profit-sharing.
- **Work model**: Not explicitly stated; emphasis on in-person collaboration suggests an office-centric culture with multiple global locations.

## Sources
1. [Soros Fund Management Homepage](https://sorosfundmgmt.com/)
2. [Soros Fund Management About Page](https://sorosfundmgmt.com/about/)
3. [Soros Fund Management Careers Page](https://sorosfundmgmt.com/careers/)
4. [Soros Fund Management What We Do Page](https://sorosfundmgmt.com/what-we-do/)

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