Fund Accounting Role - CA

Description:

Job Summary (Please include a couple of lines on the firm and LoS):

About Assurance services:

The Firm's Assurance Services provides assurance on the financial performance and operations of a clients business, helps businesses improve external financial reporting and adapt to new regulatory requirements as per state laws/international standards. The Assurance group can also help organizations report externally on non-financial information, strengthen its corporate governance procedures, and achieve social and economic goals related to corporate sustainability. Financial audits provide an independent opinion on a company's financial report and are a critical element in the capital markets system.

Capital Market and Accounting Advisory Services is a dedicated global team of professionals that provides high-value advisory services under IFRS, US GAAP and Indian GAAP along with capital markets services.

Roles & Responsibilities (essential functions and responsibilities of the job):

- Responsible to work as point of contact for us in fund accounting space

- Involve in marketing of our fund accounting service line

- Should be a thought leader who could work with cross-functional teams within the firm and socialize the offering

- Be overall responsible for deliverables on account of fund accounting processes for clients in India

- Co-ordinate, support and assist clients fund accounting and finance & accounting team during statutory and tax audits

- Should have been aware of different methodologies and concepts associated with fund accounting

- Strong understanding of business requirements analysis and process modelling in fund accounting

- Part of business effort estimation and provide presales & solutions support

- Prepare business case for investments to be made

- Participate in exploring solutions for problems / process bottlenecks and harmonization process

- Actively contributes to change management implementation initiatives in fund accounting space

- Should deliver client presentations,

- Actively participate in continuous improvement and innovation

Education and Experience:

Essential:

- Qualified CA or CFA with 3 - 6 years post qualification experience, primarily in Fund Accounting

- Extensive knowledge about fund accounting and strong user experience in at least one of the software MFund Plus, Multifonds, SimCorp Dimension, Investran, Wealth Spectrum or local Fund Accounting software (e.g., Hexagon) etc.

- Candidates with knowledge of MS Excel based templates that are used in Fund Accounting would be preferred (apart from having knowledge in fund accounting software)

- Strong in MIS reporting and proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge;

- Diligent

- Go getter- ready to work with new fund set-ups and be responsible for setting Fund Accounting processes related to Delivery

- Strong team-player who easily interacts with different involved functions and enablers

- Good communication skills (written and verbal)

- Well versed with Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint

Desirable:

- Good knowledge and understanding of IndAS

- Quick learner

- Self-driven and self- motivated person

- Knowledge of Hedge Fund industry

Candidate Specifications (insert the relevant personal skills here):

Candidate to be based in (preferably Mumbai or Bangalore but open for other locations) once on-boarded.

CV sifting criteria (definitive criteria which a CV must have. This helps us to screen out irrelevant CVs):

Looking for Senior Asociates

Should be having prior experience in working in fund accounting domain with associated knowledge in known fund accounting software as part of reputed AIFs or other Fund houses; open to consider candidates from 3rd Party Fund Accounting providers as well.

Additionally, candidates with advance fund accounting knowledge using MS Excel templates are desirable

We are not looking at candidates with volume-based Indian MF industry or large BFS Shared Service Centre experience.

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