Fund Accounting Officer recruitment
You will also ensure that all deliveries are in line with the agreed SLA’s and KPI’s and monitored via the dashboards and service review meetings .
This is a 6 month fixed term contract.
The Company
Architas is a specialist investment company, dedicated to providing multi-manager solutions. We are a member of the global AXA Group, bringing multi-manager expertise to the whole company.
Our approach aims to combine the best market offerings with innovative thinking and investment design. As well as creating and managing a range of funds, Architas also acts as a centre of investment excellence for the AXA Group. Working behind the scenes, our team of experts is responsible for researching, recommending and monitoring funds on behalf of many parts of the business.
The Role
You will be required to provide assistance to the Technical Manager for Fund Accounting and Unit Pricing services for both onshore and offshore vehicles (e.g. NAV production and Financial Statements etc.).
The administration is outsourced to a Third Party supplier and you will instrumental in the management of the relationship including maintenance of SLAs, preparation and attendance at service review meetings, issue/error investigation as and when required.
On a daily basis the team has the oversight of Fund Accounting and Pricing processes and you will be required to review outputs and highlight any potential issues or concerns.
Architas is continually developing and launching new Products and you will participate in the defining of operational requirements and liaison with Service Provider, assist with the due diligence/audit of Service Provider and provide project support in response to changes in strategy or scope of investment process, products or operations.
Key to this role is ensuring that you keep up to date with rules and best practice relevant to Fund Accounting, maintaining and ensuring service level agreements are up to date with the Service Provider and ensuring OEIC and Offshore Funds comply with relevant regulations and prospectus requirements, from the Fund Accounting perspective.
Skills and Knowledge
- Extensive fund accounting/unit pricing experience, part of which will have been in an outsource environment
- Experience in servicing derivative products particularly within collective investment schemes will be a strong benefit
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, collegiate, team player
- Demonstrable track record of project and change management delivery
- Experience of managing external service suppliers
- Self starter/”can do” attitude
For more information of our proposition, please see www.architas-mm.com