Assistant Manager/Manager - Fund Accounting

Asst.Manager/Manager-Fund Accounting

Job Description

Job Background / Context:

- Ensure knowledge of NAV valuation & Transaction Processing & Cash & Position recon & custody for portfolio accounting

- Ensure timely reporting to clients and effective management of any escalations

- Assisting Team members as an SME to resolve the issue & discrepancies within agreed SLA- s

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a subject matter expert, the list of activities that the person would be responsible for include:

- Assisting team to ensure daily BAU service is provided to our clients e.g. NAV valuation & Transaction Processing & Cash & Position recon & custody

- Ensure adherence to key processes and control requirements with a focus on complying with Citi risk and controls framework in a timely manner

- Excellent written, verbal Communication and interpersonal skills

- Able to handle and answer Client queries effectively

- Able to manage the work individually & helping team members on breaks and taking ownership for driving the process well

- Sense of Urgency

- Strong team building and management skills

- Take ownership of populating all MIS related activities accurately and in a timely manner

- Should have exposure to working in global environment

- Should be able to develop relations with counterparts in regional offices

- Response to strategic change initiated by and affecting the function

- Should have fairly good excel skills

- Manage timely resolution of PA

- Assist with daily, weekly and monthly reconciliations

- Producing and enhancing management information/reporting for internal and external users

- Assisting with preparing the team for various audit/risk and due diligence reviews

- Engage with oversight & other counterparts to ensure resolution on timely basis

- Manage preparation of daily, weekly and monthly MIS / KPI

- Communicate with external parties e.g. counter parties, clients, custodians

- Working with management to ensure goals are met

- Ensure timely reporting to clients and effective management of any escalations and queries

Development Value:

- Opportunity to work with global businesses, technology and operations partners

- Opportunity to work on critical global systems

Qualifications :

- Knowledge of NAV, Recon, transaction Processing & system knowledge of Multifond

- Proficient in analysis of Data/data elements

- Good in working with Excel

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree or an academic equivalent

- Accounting / Investment Qualification preferable

- 8+ years of industry experience (Manager level) and 2+ Yrs of exp for senior analyst

Competencies:

- Effective Team Player

- Person who is willing to take lead of team activities

- Strong Business acumen

- Producing and enhancing management information/reporting for internal and external users

- Ability to organize a demanding workload and work within deadlines and SLAs

Knowledge / Experience:

- Computer literacy and familiarity with standard office software applications such as Excel and Word

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- (Desirable) Ideate on Automation