Senior Fund Accountant – UK Fund Accounting at Apex Group

Description

• The role of the Senior Fund Accountant – UK Fund Accounting will be to perform and provide assurance on UK fund valuations as produced by the UK Fund Accounting Team.
• The main responsibilities of the role include the management, administration and accounting. The role will necessitate quality standards to be adhered to and will require of the individual to provide ad-hoc supervisory fund valuation review to support the Team Leader – UK Fund Accounting as and when needed.

Job specification  

• Ensure accurate calculations of fund valuations and accounting by monitoring cash and scrip reconciliations, expense accruals and exception reporting;
• Communicate and respond to queries originating from internal Fund Services operational teams and/or external from clients, assist team leader/s and managers in resolving all fund accounting queries;
• Ensure material NAV errors are identified, escalated to Team Leader and appropriately remediated;
• Perform review checks within the team (in the absence of the team leader);
• Document and continuously update operational processes, ensure fund valuation checklists are followed and implement controls to reduce valuation error risks;
• Manage Cherwell’s logged to the UK Fund accounting team, and resolve open items;
• Play a key role as part of project implementation of new funds to facilitate a smooth operational handover and monitor daily operational controls and checks to mitigate risk;
• Play a key role in cross training end to end operational functions within the UK Fund Accounting team, this will include, fund accounting, trade integration, corporate actions, custody reconciliations and fund reporting.

Skills Required:

• A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background is preferred;
• The relevant experience includes at least 24 months experience in asset management portfolio administration and pricing of offshore funds;
• Proven competence and an aptitude for working with systems and its integration;
• Knowledge and experience with the use of InvestOne, NX Manager & Xceptor is an advantage;
• Computer literate with an excellent working knowledge of MS office & IT packages (particularly Excel);
• A strong all-round understanding and proven track record of experience in fund accounting and the trade life cycle as part of back office administration;
• Experience with offshore investment products (various fund types including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETF’s, Pooled products) will be an advantage; and detailed understanding of funds and fee structures.