Investment/Fund Accountant

The primary purpose of the role is to support Portfolio Managers, to manage the support needs and administration needs of the client managers as well as the portfolio analysts. This role will have a close working relationship with the investment team across various offices.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Participate in client interactions, clients signing documents, attending meeting, taking meeting minutes.
• To assist team in freeing up time to procure more AUM.
• Assist with responding to general client queries, e.g. investments, withdrawals, tax & admin related queries, portfolio structuring, rebalancing, trades.
• Assist the team with the efficient implementation of new business. Preparation of on boarding documentation with new/existing clients. Liaising with the Client Execution Team w.r.t. the on boarding process (including end back). Post client meeting follow up with Partner / Portfolio Manager / Analyst to ensure all client requests are documented and executed.
• Delivery of quality service and reporting, that is both accurate and timeous.
• Improving systems efficiency and taking initiative to improve efficiencies wherever possible Ad Hoc projects to improve our service/offering.
• Investment trade coordination: follow up to completion, liaising and following up with 3rd party investment providers (execution team).
• Arrange foreign investment allowances, special applications, account opening, mandate preparation, asset swaps, Section 14 transfers, structure unwinds
• Transactional requirements: Coordinating payment requests, ensure cash requirements are met, basic trade preparation for cash flow top-ups, ensure custodial fee accounts topped up at all times, deal with corporate actions
• Managing team compliance matters, maintenance of compliance files ensuring that sufficient information is held to satisfy the relevant authorities, including CPD requirement
• Liaising with certain designated clients in conjunction with the team on monthly statements, to clients, GBI valuations, deal with selected billing requirements
• Ensure tax reporting is executed as per client requirements
• Assist in quarterly Investment Review process
• Administrative problem solving
• Liaising with 3rd party service providers and with various business contacts, including banks, investment houses etc.
• Checking, binding and distribution of client presentations when required
• Draft general correspondence
• Maintain filing database including daily filing of client documents, filing of general documents:

1. Ensure all client files are kept up to date and complete
2. Diary management and PA support (Telephone support, expense claims, minute taking, etc) for Managers/Directors in immediate team)
3. Investment Management Agreements, FICA documents, complete new bank / investment account opening forms
4. Preparation of payment instructions
5. Any other ad-hoc duties that may be required from time to time

REQUIREMENTS

• B.Com Hons in Financial Markets or similar
• Telephonic confidence
• Ability to understand accounting software or reporting software, with experience in Advent, Business Central, Bloomberg and ETL processes being beneficial
• 3+ Years of similar experience
• Excellent planning and organizing skills, written and spoken communication abilities and client centricity