Senior Associate - Fund Accounting Support Services
- Dublin, Ireland
- Full-time
Company Description
We are part of Link Group, a leading global provider of financial administration solutions. As one of Europe’s leading asset servicing platforms, Link Asset Services interacts with almost 6m investors, administering and safeguarding £600bn of assets across 10 highly regulated markets.
Job Description
Ownership of the daily processing tasks within the fund accounting support team relating to Pricing, Corporate Actions & Income, Trades and maintenance of systems used within the department.
Client
- Client Relationship: Point-of-contact for multiple clients (internal and external) at a daily operational level
- Liaising with Fund Accounting teams, Custodians and Service Providers daily where issues arise with regards to the day-to-day running of corporate actions /income/pricing oversight and processing and to facilitate fund trade and portfolio reconciliations.
Operational
- Oversight of pricing on funds’ portfolios and completion of pricing for new securities
- Oversight of Corporate Action and Income processed daily on investment funds
- Process trades sent by the Investment Manager to the Fund Accounting System via our Trade Capture system, Fund Recs Velocity Trade Capture
- Oversight and maintenance of the exception management system (EMS) rules within InvestOne Enterprise
- Implement efficiencies across the team and wider department to reduce manual processes
- To ensure deadlines are met, by effective planning and scheduling
Compliance
- To comply with appropriate internal controls within area of responsibility
- Ensuring that operational checklists are followed
- Prepare and maintain the procedures within the team
Ad hoc
- To complete special projects and to perform other duties as required
- Take an active role in the testing and implementation of new tasks as the team grows in size and complexity
- Complete testing of new features on our InvestOne Enterprise and Fund Recs systems
- Training of fund accounting team members during secondment periods in FASS
- Setup and maintenance of Funds on the InvestOne Enterprise system and on Fund Recs, our automated reconciliations system
Qualifications
Required
- Strong MS Office skills – in particular Excel and Word
- Knowledge of Visual Basic programming
- Accounting / Business Degree
- 1 year minimum Fund Accounting experience
- FIS InvestOne (formerly SunGard) experience
- Knowledge of EMS (exception management system) module on Invest One
- Experience pricing securities to the market using vendor backup
- Analytical thinking: problem solving and reasoning skills
Desirable
- Familiarity with Bloomberg terminal
- Multitasking skills
- Organisational skills
Additional Information
Focus on work life balance
Dress for your day policy
Quarterly team nights out
8am - 4.30pm working hours
Modern office in city centre location