Fund Accounting - Senior Assosiate

Job Title:

Senior Fund Accountant, Senior Associate (300)

Purpose Of Role:

• Monitoring all accounting related functions on funds assigned to the Team and ensuring they are reported accurately and on time to the necessary parties
• Completing assigned tasks and ensure the SLAs and Quality output is delivered
• Delivering quality service to assigned clients and excellent communication with internal clients and other supporting departments
• Engage in various projects, specific analyses and initiatives related to technical aspects of the fund accounting business ·
• Provide technical support to teams and Manager to ensure all deliverables are produced and dispatched on time in accordance with client service level agreements and agreed quality standards

Accountabilities/ Specific Duties:

• Perform continuous fund accounting processing and controlling tasks as well as reporting and administrative duties
• Review fund components and complete the reviewers’ checklist
• Liaise with internal clients and support other departments for the purpose of obtaining key inputs to service delivery, resolving errors and discrepancies
• Assist Team Manager in ensuring that departmental procedures and controls are adhered to.
• Identify control gaps
• Address all instances of misconduct in this area and act as a role model in communication chain
• Take direction and training from senior staff for the course of their day-to-day work, train less experienced staff in fund and bank procedures and processes, and provide guidance and an adequate source of help for questions
• Take responsibility for own personal development and training, and actively look for such opportunities
• Demonstrate ownership of team's tasks completion and their efficient split among staff, especially when ad-hoc changes are required due to the nature of Fund Accounting work ·
• Review fund components, analyze and resolve discrepancies · Act as a central point of contact for technical issues (identification, support resolution, track trends and escalate, risk identification and actions) ·
• Ensure that Key Performance Indicators are produced and dispatched to Oversight as required ·
• Participate as technical Subject Matter Expert in the development, testing and implementation of new systems and products relating to ongoing business transformation process, provide regular progress reports and give feedback during project meetings ·
• Act as a source of technical expertise on Fund Accounting systems·
• Provide timely and professional responses to all inquiries ·
• Contribute to analysis and planning of Fund Accounting Operating Model with the aim of standardizing processes and establishing best practices ·
• Demonstrate flexibility by supporting various client groups as well as contributing to a range of projects ·
• Deliver training sessions to staff, support other team members in onboarding and development process ·
• Review corporate documentation on processes, procedures and controls, initiate remedial action as necessary; ensure documentation exists for any client-specific procedures · Act on ad-hoc duties as assigned

Internal and External Relations:

Transactional relationships with peers in department and immediate supervisor, with some exposure to senior staff; ongoing external contact.

  PERSON SPECIFICATION

Specific Qualifications / Skills:

• Numeracy/Literacy skills ·
• Thorough understanding of fund administration is required
• Good computer literacy and very good working knowledge of MS Office ·
• Strong verbal and written communication skills ·
• Fluent English ·
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines ·
• Accuracy, good quality of work and attention to details ·
• Ability to take ownership and initiatives ·
• Good numerical and analytical skills ·
• Good organizational skill ·
• Team player ·
• VBA skills would be an advantage

Level Of Education:

Preferred Accountancy or Business related degree

Previous Level Of Experience:

Recommended 2+ years’ experience in fund administration or equivalent area

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