The role is responsible for Fund Accounting functions for various clients across several locations with 24 x5 coverage. The process includes Transactions input, Reconciliation, Fund valuation, Cash processing, Reporting & Transfer Agency with intraday deadlines. Accurate and timely reporting of NAV across multiple funds, clients, and instrument types.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Service Delivery and NAV Operations
- Develop strong subject matter expertise in NAV calculation, processing, and review across funds, asset classes, and instrument types.
- Produce and review NAV packs accurately and within agreed SLA timelines, including report generation, delivery, scanning, and archiving.
- Validate, justify, and resolve reconciliation breaks across Transfer Agency, cash, and stock positions for each calculated NAV.
- Prioritize daily work, investigate discrepancies with due diligence, and ensure critical client or stakeholder queries are reviewed before response.
- Prepare, maintain, and continuously update key operating procedures and standard operating procedures for migrated or existing processes.
- Support month-end, year-end, reporting, and other ad-hoc activities as required, ensuring reports are complete, current, and thoroughly reviewed.
- Assist the Manager or Supervisor in preparing, reviewing, and monitoring operational reports and BAU deliverables.
Quality, Financial Control, and Risk Management
- Maintain 100% quality standards in NAV production and review, ensuring KPIs remain within target levels.
- Ensure no financial impact or loss to the organization through accurate processing, thorough review, and timely escalation of issues.
- Enforce full compliance with ISAE 3402 requirements, including daily sample testing, documentation of results, and adherence to control checks.
- Ensure exceptions are reviewed, researched, documented, and resolved within expected timelines.
- Identify manual steps, control gaps, and process improvement opportunities, and support practical automation or efficiency initiatives.
Team Support and People Management
- Oversee daily BAU activities, guide team members, address operational issues, and escalate staff or BAU concerns to the Manager when needed.
- Keep the team informed of process changes, new events, or business updates that may affect BAU delivery.
- Identify training needs and ensure team members receive the required process, product, and task-related training.
- Conduct daily huddles, weekly team meetings, and regular one-on-one discussions to support alignment and performance.
- Develop SMEs within the team and maintain effective backup arrangements to support continuity of operations.
Contributing Responsibilities
- Monitor group mailboxes and respond promptly to client, spoke, or stakeholder queries.
- Adhere to SLA requirements for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and reporting deliverables.
- Act as backup for other team members and assist with resource planning and BAU planning.
- Share process and product knowledge with colleagues to strengthen team capability and consistency.
- Help manage leave planning during business-critical periods such as month-end, rollover days, and fund migrations.
Business Continuity Responsibilities
- Act as a delegated business continuity correspondent, supporting the Department Head in maintaining department BC plans.
- Prepare, maintain, organize, and test BCM documentation and solutions, including BIA, BC plans, call tree lists, BCP testing, and disaster recovery activities.
- Provide business data required for BC plan analysis, design, and testing.
- Alert the BCM team of incidents with potential business impact and support department response during confirmed crisis scenarios.
- Mobilize recovery teams, communicate recovery instructions, and provide regular recovery status updates to the BC Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or relevant field.
- At least 4 years of experience in fund accounting in the finance industry.
Work Schedule: During onboarding and training, 5 days onsite every 2 weeks. Then transition to hybrid (50% onsite, 50% wfh)
Shift Schedule: Early day shift
Location: BGC