Mission:
At CACEIS (Canada) Asset Servicing Limited, you will join our Private Equity and Real Estate Solutions (PERES) department in charge of offering a complete range of services to Private Equity, Real Estate and Securitization funds, adapted to each investment strategy.

As a Team Manager, your role will be to ensure the optimal functioning of the Fund Accounting and Transfer Agency activities; to lead and supervise the team as well as to contribute to the development of the department.

More specifically, your main mission will be the following:

Activity management

• Know and implement the priorities defined by the management/department manager;
• Define operational priorities, set objectives and deadlines for the team and organize work accordingly;
• Ensure the proper completion of tasks (quality and deadlines) and the achievement of objectives via KPIs;
• Provide support and technical expertise to the team in accounting and consolidation;
• Ensure the continuity of services by anticipating the necessary resources;
• Ensure the adequacy between the volume of tasks to be performed and the resources assigned;
• Report to your superiors, report alerts/blocking points;
• Communicate on the evolution of processes/procedures and ensure the proper application;
• Be the escalation point with clients and monitor client and investor relationships globally;
• Management and steering of teams.

Management

• Establish positive and constructive relationships with team members and other teams/departments;
• To create team spirit, motivate employees and support them in case of difficulty;
• Train employees and develop their skills;
• Define the objectives of each employee and evaluate their results;
• Involve the team in reflections and decisions;
• Participate in the selection process for new recruits.
• You will also be required to participate in non-recurring and cross-functional projects.

Higher education in Auditing-Accounting or Finance.

• 3-5 years experience in the field of Fund accounting and, preferably, in Private Equity/Real Estate funds.
• Proven experience in people management; team coaching & development and mentoring

• Ability to manage priorities and have a certain flexibility and ease in dealing with constraints;
• Analytical and synthesis skills;
• Advanced interpersonal skills, both in relation to other departments and with customers or external stakeholders;
• Leadership and initiative skills;
• Ability to anticipate, foresee, react in all situation
• Organized, rigorous and attentive to detail;
• Proficiency in the Office Pack and in particular Excel.
• Knowledge of one or more accounting software(s) including BOB50/GPC/YARDI.
• Knowledge of consolidation software, ideally Mona (Sigma)

• Knowledge of investment funds, securities and Real Estate activities;
• Technical accounting and tax knowledge (accounting standards, accounting techniques, consolidation methods and techniques, corporate tax developments, VAT, IFRS & US Gaap);
• Very good mastery of accounting techniques;
• Legal and financial knowledge (legal forms, legal obligations, capital increase processes, different financial instruments, different valuation methods, etc.);
• Taste for numbers.