Deputy Manager/Manager/Senior Manager - Investment Fund Accounting

Principal:

Accountabilities:

- Scheme accounting review and all MIS related to scheme.

- Strong Trail balance control regular Trail balance review

- Scheme financials -Half yearly, Annual and Abridged

- Strong control over scheme expenses and various MIS pertaining to the same.

- Schemes Distributable surplus - Analysis, review, regular change or highlighting to the management.

- Review of NAV and scheme return.

- Strong control over security valuation affecting the scheme.

- Liaising with the Statutory Auditors, Internal Auditors and SEBI Auditors to ensure smooth and timely completion of audits for various departmental issues.

- Implementation of new projects and changes brought because of regulatory or business requirement.

- Support all new initiatives including system development.

- Benchmarking similar industry practices and work towards implementation of best practise

- Identifying risk and putting effective controls for various processes

- Regular review and update of relevant process manuals and SLAs

- Having hold on existing SEBI mutual Funds regulations and vision on implementing the new regulation affecting fund accounting areas.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies:

Knowledge, Experience:

- Knowledge of NAV Calculations, Fund Accounting and Fund Expense

- Valuation of Securities

- MS office with special expertise in Excel, Bloomberg, and other related software

Competencies:

- Good communication skills, both verbal and written.

- Excellent Time management and Planning skills

- Good interpersonal skills

- High degree of integrity

- Ability to work autonomously but to know when to escalate.

- Ability to perform under pressure.

- Resourcefulness and ability to use initiative.

- High Productivity

- Commercial approach

Attributes:

- To have an eye for detail is every important criterion of Fund accounting.

- Able to build strong working relationships with colleagues and vendors.

- Strong Team Player having a collegial attitude is very important

Preferred Industry Experience:

- Ideally the candidate should have experience in the mutual fund space though not a pre-condition.

- If not from mutual fund space, the candidate could be drawn from the financial services space including insurance, commercial & investment banks, non-banking finance companies.

Internal Contacts:

- Fund Management

- Internal Team - Treasury Settlement and Cash Management

- Banking Operations

- Finance

- Compliance

External Contacts:

- Fund Administrators

- Custodian

- CRISIL/ICRA

- SEBI/AMFI

- Industry Players