Fund Accountant (Financial Services) BLUF63937

Fund Accountant (Financial Services) BLUF63937

Leeds City Centre

Competitive Salary

Our client will be one of the largest pensions pools in the UK when established in 2018. They will be one of eight nationally pooled funds, and will oversee the investment of pensions assets, bringing together £43 billion investments of 12 likeminded Local Government Pensions Scheme funds.

They are building an FCA regulated investment company to manage these assets through both internal and external management with a number of investment vehicles, including an Authorised Contractual Scheme. Work on creating this is well progressed to ensure the structures are in place to start to take on assets from mid- 2018.

They now have an exceptional opportunity for a Fund Accountant to join them in Leeds City Centre to ensure the business is prepared for reporting to a variety of stakeholders.

You will be responsible for overseeing the fund accounting and valuation activities of the Third-Party Administrator (TPA), manage the expenses incurred by the funds and the preparation of investor reporting packs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee fund administrator activities by the TPA, ensuring the service provider is accurate in all activities.
• Ensure smooth running of the various sub funds with weekly NAVs, co-ordinating internal resources to correspond/reconcile external third-party information.
• Work with the TPA, Depositary, risk and other relevant parties to identify, analyse, quantify and resolve any pricing breaches, ensuring corrective and preventative action is taken, and evidence retained
• Co-ordinate and support the preparation of annual and half year accounts
• Review, calculation of fees, international withholding taxes, management fees and expenses, and income distribution calculations to investors

To be suitable for the role, you will:

• Have relevant experience in asset management or financial services.
• Possess a high level of numerical skills and an awareness of investment operations and fund accounting procedures.
• Understand investment instruments including: equities, fixed Interest, money market, derivatives (futures, options, swaps, CFD, CDS, etc)
• Be able to analyse, interpret and communicate complex financial information
• Have an awareness of the investment accounting and Reporting regulatory regime including SORP and FCA guidance/rules
• A recognised global accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) is desirable but not essential
• Be flexible and have an organised approach to meet the demands of the business.

The Fund Accountant role offers the right candidate the opportunity to be part of a collaborative organisation with the autonomy to directly influence and mould the shape of this business-critical area, ensuring the Operations team is able to provide the best service to its clients.

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