Description:
This newly created, permanent roles, will have oversight of the external fund administrators who have responsibility for fund accounting duties for a large number of high value funds.
In this fund manager side, review focused position, the successful candidate will be looking to build on their fund accounting experience in a Fund manager where they can develop their career.
Key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the Fund Accounting oversight and review of external Fund administrators work.
- Deliver accurate and timely tax reporting
- Manage auditors throughout the tax audit process
- Review and maintenance of fund tax profiles and security static data used to drive reporting and tax calculations
- Assist in the completion of projects, including testing of tax templates
- Design and implementation of fund control framework
- Execution of control checks
- Reviewing accuracy of unit prices calculated by external administrator
- Responding to internal and external fund accounting queries
- Oversight, co-ordination and review of fund distributions
- Oversight and management of third-party vendors (fund accountants, administrators, custodians) related to the Funds
- Coordinate and communicate inquiries to appropriate internal departments
- Develop reports for Funds Management, operation committee, Boards & Management
- Support Account Management and business development activities. e.g. reports and advise
- Support Fund Launches
- Manage various projects related to process improvements, procedure and systems development
Experience/Knowledge:
- 5 years of experience in a similar role with either a Fund Manager, Administrator or Custodian.
- A firm understanding of fund accounting (including accounting systems), exposure to a broad range of fund structures is a plus.
- Experience in Support/reporting for income/yield-oriented fund types with
- Strong knowledge of the operational components of Net Asset Value calculation and various asset/security types.
- Strong knowledge of Tax and Trust Distributions process.
- Ability to develop robust control frameworks
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.