Fund Accounting Supervisor, Senior Associate
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Reporting to an Officer, the Senior Associate will operate as a senior member of the Fund Accounting team in the completion of accurate Net Asset Value (NAV) of a fund to strict deadlines while contributing to the development of the team.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist team members in meeting their individual objectives
- Accurate and timely completion of the Net Asset Value
- Review and ensure all positions are priced correctly
- Review that corporate actions have been processed accurately
- Review fund capital activity processing
- Liaise and assist with audit queries ensuring timely completion of annual financial accounts
- Review of cash and position reconciliations of listed and derivative products ensuring timely resolution of all reconciling items
- Review of accounting transactions for accuracy
- Responsible for training and development of staff
- Ensure adequate cover on team for sick or annual leave
- Ensure appropriate allocation and sharing of work within team
- Develop communication within the team on a day to day basis
- Resolve complex queries
- Encourage self-checking where appropriate to better manage time
- Foster collaboration with colleagues, clients and external counterparties
This position offers the successful candidate the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of complex hedge fund structures operating in a dynamic, deadline sensitive environment. The candidate will contribute to the development of the team, on the job staff training, liaising with external parties and enhancing client satisfaction.
Minimum Job Specifications
- Equivalent to a minimum second class honors degree in Business, Accounting or Related field.
- Accounting qualification an advantage
- Related experience in a fund accounting environment
- Demonstrated ability to supervise a team
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong numerical/analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Highly computer literate
- Skilled communicator, both verbal and written
- Organised and methodical
- Team player
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