MATTHEW J. ADER, CPA
CONTROLLER
Matthew J. Ader, CPA (“Matt”) is the Controller at B.E. Blank & Company and a licensed Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) in the State of Florida. He has more than seventeen years of experience in the financial sector, serving in senior roles within the alternative investment fund administration industry, and working as part of “Big Four” audit practice.
Matt began his professional career in 2007 as a Fund Accountant with Kaufman Rossin Fund Services, a boutique hedge fund administrator based in Miami, Florida, where he ascended to the role of Senior Fund Accountant. In 2012 Matt decided to pursue his CPA designation and joined the Miami office of Deloitte in the Audit & Assurance practice, where he was promoted to the role of Audit Senior. Throughout his time with Deloitte, Matt conducted financial statement audits and internal control testing for both public and private companies across various industries, with a focus on real estate. It was at Deloitte that Matt completed all requirements to earn his CPA designation, becoming licensed in the State of Florida in 2013.
In 2014, Matt rejoined Kaufman Rossin Fund Services as a Fund Accounting Supervisor within a newly formed private equity and closed end fund administration group. Matt received an early promotion to Fund Accounting Manager in 2015. In 2018, the company was acquired by SS&C Technologies, Inc. (“SS&C”), the largest third-party fund administrator in the world. At SS&C, Matt oversaw a global team of private equity fund accountants and managers and served as a subject matter expert in European and American waterfall modeling. Matt concluded his tenure with SS&C towards the end of 2022 as a Vice President of Private Equity Fund Administration. Matt’s next role within the alternative investment fund administration industry was with Juniper Square as a Senior Director of Fund Administration. During his time with Juniper Square, Matt successfully oversaw financial reporting and acted as the relationship manager for nearly 100 clients and a portfolio of accounts totaling close to $10 billion in assets under administration.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Florida and a Master of Accounting from the University of Miami.