Fund Operations Associate recruitment

Key responsibilities:

• Fund Oversight

Ø Monitor that the Fund Administrator performs in accordance with SLA terms and actively participates in Monthly service reviews/Board meetings

Ø Manage the communication/ relationship with the Fund Administrators

Ø Ability to write, interpret and adhere to fund documents including Operating memorandums, and prospectuses

Ø Understand components of fund valuation – eg: pricing, market events

Ø Ensure fund compliance with regulatory changes – eg: UCITS IV

Ø Participate in the fund audit process

• Fund Set Up

Ø Support fund launches, terminations, transitions, and restructures/mergers

Ø Define Operational requirements

• Tax Oversight

Ø Ability to support tax filings and changes to regulations affecting their Europe fund range

• Operational Processes

Ø Main point of contact for both Fund Administrators and internal teams for all Fund Operations queries

Ø Ensure adherence to internal policies and procedures and maintenance of procedures

Ø Coordination and implementation of new process in Operations for new products/platforms or changes to existing processes

Ø Monitoring of NAV accuracy and timeliness

Ø Ad-hoc Fund Administration tasks

Ø Cross coverage of Operations Control tasks – e.g: reconciliation oversight, interest claims.

Job Requirements:

• Education and Experience

Ø Investment Operations experience within the fund management industry

• Skills/ Knowledge

Ø Knowledge of Fund Administration and experience are required

Ø Good judgment and strong analytical skills, with an ability to identify issues and solutions.

Ø Possess excellent time management to manage multiple tasks and deliverables, operating to tight deadlines and under pressure.

Ø Strong communication skills are required and an ability to deal with people of all levels and lead meetings.

Ø Ability to build strong working relationship with both internal and external contacts.

Ø Ability to function both independently with strong initiative and as part of a team

Ø Project work as required.

Ø Preferably has fund accounting knowledge for understanding of NAV computation  

Ø Strong PC Skills – Excel / PowerPoint/ Access skills