Fund Accountant (Hedge Funds)

Job Description

Join my client, a reputable financial services provider, as their Fund Accountant (Hedge Funds team). This role is end-to-end fund accounting with exposure to Unit Trust and Life accounting. The successful candidate will have 2-5 years’ experience with Unit Trust Fund Accounting/Pricing experience.

 

Responsibilities:

• Processing and setting up of audit, trustee, custody and management fees 
• Ensuring Variation Margin is processed correctly and matches the Clearing House Statement daily 
• Ensure capturing/processing of all 3rd Party duplication trades to the accounting system timeously and accurately (ensure they match the third-party valuation reports) 
• Ability to manage client cash flows (subscriptions and redemptions) and ensure units in issue reconcile to Transfer Agency 
• Understand how total fund performance is calculated and impacted with each entry captured 
• Monitor and perform income distribution calculations for each fund class 
• Understand tolerance level checking against a benchmark and are familiar with what is deemed as an unacceptable asset and NAV fund price variance 
• Handling queries efficiently to ensure resolution of both internal and external client queries (in conjunction with the Client Delivery team)

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in Unit Trust Fund Accounting/Pricing is essential 
• Relevant tertiary qualification

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