Overview This role is within the Fund Accounting Team which is responsible for functions such as transaction processing, asset set-up and maintenance, Fund Manager and Custodian reporting, and reconciliations, creating GAV/NAV packs, Fund Manager and Custodian reporting, which must be completed in a timely manner
The incumbent needs to be the SME of the end-to-end operations of the day-to-day activities for a sub team of Fund accounting Function. As a Specialist, you need to work closely with Team Leaders, Managers, Senior Leadership in Mumbai hub and Global Stakeholders. She / He needs to work on activities assigned to her / him, manage daily deliverables, SLA, quality issues, huddles, and training. The role needs to work in rotational shift and there would be shifts starting at 2:30 AM IST
Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities
Strategic Focus
- Provide support in the onboarding of new clients and ensuring the effective and timely implementation of client change requests
- Contribute to project work to improve service quality e.g. system implementations, automation
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders
- Regularly review processes and procedures with a view to implementing efficiency and accuracy improvements
- Hold sessions with the team to communicate any changes, issues, procedures changes
Operational Management
- Accurately prepare and review unit prices for managed investment funds, private equity funds and listed investment companies
- Produce and review Gross Asset Value (GAV) and Net Asset Value (NAV) including unit pricing calculation for NAV
- Reconcile cash records, positions and trades to the custodian/ PB
- Update portfolio system relating to investment trades, settlements, corporate actions, income receipts and cash movements
- Prepare periodic reports to fund managers, their clients, and asset consultants
- Ensure timely delivery of various reporting requirements to the Sydney team
- Preparation of reconciled month end portfolios for accountants to complete unit pricing
- Preparation of periodic reports to fund managers, their clients, and asset consultants
- Update portfolio system relating to investment trades, settlements, corporate actions, income receipts and cash movements
- Ensure the team provide accurate and complete information, solve problems and complete transactions in a professional and timely manner to agreed standards
- Detailed review of distributable income calculations for managed investment funds and liaising with external tax parties
People Leadership
- Partner effectively with cross functional teams, including offshore counterparts, ensuring clear communication and knowledge sharing
- Provide support, review and preparation of Investment Operations daily deliverables
- Collaborate closely with the team and the broader organisation to achieve shared goals, treating all colleagues and clients as valued partners
- Manage team resources by ensuring availability and punctuality of team members
Governance & Risk
- Ongoing monitoring and improvement of risk and compliance controls.
- Post trade compliance monitoring
- Liaising with financial reporting team to answer audit queries.
- Adopt a risk management culture, and effectively limit risk exposure to MUFG Corporate Markets with strategies to mitigate risk
- Prepare data for monthly reports for clients and internal stakeholders
- Regularly review work practices/procedures to identify opportunities to improve quality and/or productivity
- Manage escalations and seek to resolve them to the satisfaction of the customer and client
The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.
Experience & Personal Attributes
The candidate should have 7+ years previous experience within a fund accounting environment preferably with an administrator, custodian, or fund manager. .
- CA/CPA qualified or relevant work experience within the FA space
- Working knowledge of Invest One application
- Working knowledge of IRESS, Omgeo CTM / Alert would be added advantage
- Willingness to work in rotational shift starting at 2.00 am IST.
- All round grasp of accounting standards and taxation affecting the managed funds industry.
- Strong technical knowledge in financial markets including investment products, markets and securities
- Process expert knowledge in the investment process and trading instruments across various asset classes
- Comprehensive understanding of performance measurement, attribution analysis, and risk assessment models for evaluating investment outcomes
- Process expert knowledge in the investment process and trading instruments across various asset classes
- Problem solving, implementing practical solutions
- Ability to research and analyse legislative requirements and changes, update policy documents, checklists, templates, and procedures.
- Able to implement and complete project work both within teams and autonomously
- Able to co-ordinate conflicting deadlines
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Competent in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software quickly