Manager of Investment Accounting

Sydney

Asset Management

Contract or Temporary

Our client, a reputable investment manager, is seeking an Investment Accounting Manager to join their Sydney Office on a 15 month maternity leave contract.

Our client is seeking a candidate who is ideally immediately available and is willing to pay up to $110k base AUD, dependent on experience.

Responsibilities:

•  Assist in day-to-day operations including performance reporting, reconciliations, NAV review, corporate actions processing, fee calculations/reviews, cash flow management, and compliance activities.
• Assist in business transitions as required
• Handling portfolio manager and senior management requests and ad-hoc requests from other business areas as required
• Ensuring fund manager portfolio system data integrity
• Liaison with administrators, fund managers, custodians, prime brokers, audit and tax
• Ensuring timely delivery of various reporting requirements to fund managers
• Review of reconciled daily, weekly and month end valuations
• Preparation of periodic reports to senior management, fund managers, clients, and asset consultants.
• Understand  fund compliance matters, assist with development of the compliance manuals, internal policies and the implementation of regular monitoring
• Reviewing back office processes and procedures with a view to implementing efficiency and accuracy improvements
• Support and coaching of the Investment Accounting team

Requirements:

• Excellent understanding of funds management back office operations including the full end-to-end NAV calculation process from cash flows through to unit pricing
• Excellent understanding of investment management industry and third party relationship management
• Full understanding of fund performance measurement and calculation
• Ability to calculate and analyse portfolio profit and loss attribution
• Previous experience in managing different stakeholders including senior management, portfolio managers, and the middle office team
• Understanding of global and domestic markets and a broad range of assets classes including equities, derivatives, FX’s, swaps, OTCs, and private equity
• 10+ years experience gained in the fund operations department of a fund manager or fund administrator
• Previous experience in a Manager or Team Leader role
• Tertiary qualification (accounting / finance or similar)
• CA/CPA part or fully qualified