Senior Fund Accountant Role
We are seeking an experienced professional to fill a senior fund accountant position. This individual will be responsible for providing high-quality fund accounting services to assigned clients.
* This role involves reviewing and approving daily, weekly, and month-end valuations, as well as managing a team to ensure service standards are met.
* The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality service delivery to assigned clients, including reviewing and approving daily, weekly, and month-end valuations.
* This position requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication and writing abilities, and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Applications and OTC derivatives.
* A degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred but not essential.
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the quality of the Fund Accounting service delivery to assigned clients.
* Review, approve and assist with preparation of daily, weekly and month-end valuations.
* Manage your team's service standards and specified deadlines within a dynamic work environment.
* Strive towards the resolution of complex transactions, where expertise is required to interpret policies, guidelines and/or processes.
* Enhance your team to working in a collaborative, consistent, stable and efficient manner to deliver a cohesive service to our clients and their investors.
* Responsible for idea generation and ongoing assessment and improvement of operational service model which will include input into system design requirements and ongoing department level project work.
* Part of supporting the management and evolution of the operating model that fulfils client expectations whilst achieving efficiency and control objectives.
* Ensure accuracy and quality in all aspects Fund accounting processing including the oversight and governance of our support Shared Services Offices (CoE's).
* Responsible for ensuring that new products, client or Group initiatives are supported and implemented in an efficient, controlled and scalable manner.
* Responsible for proactive Fund accounting relationship management with clients, ensuring Service Level Agreement standards met and exceeded.
* Review monthly KPI and SLA reporting to ensure to ensure client service expectations are being fulfilled.
* Review control statistics and performance levels to ensure proactively risk is managed and in line with company risk based approach.
* Maintain positive working relationship with key operational groups, Investor Relations, Custody/Depositary, Product, IT and outsourced Centres of Excellence.
* Responsible for proactive management of client development requests, efficiency initiatives, stakeholder relationships and related metrics.
* Manager continuous reinforcement of internal and external customer quality service focus amongst the team, whilst ensuring that service delivery is controlled, scalable and efficient.
* Maintain a process of continual review of the processes within team to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve controls and processes with a view to advance automation.
* Ensure high standard of training and competence of team members while ensuring that succession plans are in place with strong career development focus for all those within the team.
* Provide input and feedback to Senior Account Managers regarding employees' ongoing performance / development / performance appraisals.
* Work with Senior Account Manager to ensure employees adhere to company policies and procedures.