Finance Administrator
Full Time
Job Description
- Review of fund NAVs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, tasks include:
- Review of fund transactions, e.g. Security trading, investor activity, etc.
- Ensuring all income accruals and corporate actions are accounted for and validated
- Review of all foreign exchange contracts
- Review of price movements, including stale / static pricing
- Adherence to client agreed NAV delivery deadlines
- Approval and sending of fund invoices / cash instructions
- NAV impact analysis and justification
- Daily communication with clients and other external stakeholders
- Monitoring all cash and security reconciliation items on a daily basis.
- Ensuring all agreed reporting is completed & sent to the client.
- Attendance and participation in team / departmental meetings.
- Assist with the completion of month end processes for delivery to clients.
- Ensure that client Service Level Agreements are applied across all funds with deliverables met on a timely basis.
- Ensure any information required by the Auditors or Trustees is available within the timeframe agreed with your Team Leader.
- Assist and train other team members with queries / questions as they arise. Inform the Team Leader where necessary of any issues.
- Thorough knowledge of hedge fund security types, including CFD, CDS, IRS, MBS/ABS, Swaptions, Fixed Income, Exchange Traded Instruments, Forwards etc., and their accounting treatment.
- FA resource for the on boarding of new business, ensuing that FA systems and accounting requirements are in place.
- Understanding of fund operating documents, prospectus, pricing policy, agreements.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A minimum of 2-3 years Fund Accounting experience incorporating the above key responsibilities.
- A minimum of 1 year NAV review experience
- Good working knowledge of relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.
- A thorough knowledge of Hedge Fund accounting, including interaction with Prime Brokers and Middle Office.
- A thorough knowledge of performance fee methodologies (Equalization, Series, etc.),
- Knowledge of the completion of month end processes for delivery to clients.
- Thorough knowledge of share class hedging.
- Knowledge of data vendors such as Bloomberg, IDC, etc.
- Knowledge of accounting systems Multifonds an advantage.
- An awareness of the needs of clients and an ability to deliver an excellent client service.
- Multi-manager, Multi-currency, Pooling, Fund of Hedge Fund and Structured product experience desirable.
- A third level qualification or equivalent preferably in a business or accounting related discipline preferred.
- Good time management and interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivated.
- Highly computer literate.
- Strong numerical / analytical skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong Microsoft excel skills.
Reference no: 86616