Fund Accountant

Do you have 2 to 5 years’ experience in a Fund Accounting role in the Collective Investment Schemes space? We have an opportunity for a Fund Accountant to join a team within an industry leader!

Duties of the role:

• Processing and setting up of audit, trustee, custody and management fees
• Ensuring Variation Margin is processed correctly and matches the Clearing House Statement daily
• Ensure capturing / processing of all 3rd Party duplication trades to the accounting system timeously and accurately (ensure they match the third-party valuation reports)
• Ability to manage client cash flows (subscriptions and redemptions) and ensure units in issue reconcile to Transfer Agency
• Pricing of funds within the Collective Investment Scheme, ie Daily unitisation and ensuring the valuation of financial instruments are in line with the funds’ performance e.g. equities, bonds, and derivatives
• Understand how total fund performance is calculated and impacted with each entry captured
• Monitor and perform income distribution calculations for each fund class
• Understand tolerance level checking against a benchmark and are familiar with what is deemed as an unacceptable asset and NAV fund price variance
• Responsible for running, checking and sending of client reports daily and monthly
• Handling queries efficiently to ensure resolution of both internal and external client queries (in conjunction with the Client Delivery team)
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place to mitigate risk
• Supporting the management and co-ordination of team deliverables relating to projects and new client take-on’s

The ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant experience of at least 2-5 years Unit Trust Fund Accounting/Pricing experience - essential
• Relevant exposure to Investment reporting systems
• Strong Excel skills
• Have a tertiary qualification