ASSET MANAGEMENT – Fund Accountant – CONTRACT recruitment

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Overview

Deutsche Asset management (Australia) Limited is part of the Deutsch Bank Group. The Operations team is responsible for all aspect of operational support for all asset classes, including global equity and fixed income for various retail, institutional clients.

State Street Australia Limited (SSAL) provides fund admin, unit registry, accounting, tax, custody and regulatory reporting services for the Deutsche Asset Management unit trusts. SSAL is viewed as a significant business partner as its services represent a major component of the Division’s operational capability.

As a key member of the Operations team (5 staff), the Fund accountant will be involved in a full spectrum of operational issues as well as providing business support to Client Services/Fund Managers/Finance/Compliance teams with various regular (50%) and ad-hoc (50%) tasks.

Key Responsibilities

A key part of the Fund Accountant’s responsibility is to provide full operational support to various Asset Management business units, and to prepare regular monthly, quarterly reporting.

Operational tasks for all products including unit trusts outsourced to SSAL:

The Fund Accountant will also be trained to:

Prepare monthly, quarterly financial reporting for the unlisted infrastructure trusts. This involves communicating with custodian and fund managers to ensure all information required to complete the accounts is received on a timely basis:

Act as a backup for the middle office related functions for the Fixed Income portfolios, which predominately is to ensure the smooth running of all daily trade flow to SSAL. Standard working hour is 9 am to 6 pm.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will have:

Deutsche Bank is an equal opportunity employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best available person for a job regardless of marital status, sex (including pregnancy), age, religion, belief, race, nationality and ethnic or national origin, colour, sexual orientation or disability.