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Fund Accounting Oversight M/F


Vacancy details

General information

Entity

CACEIS is the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole and Santander dedicated to asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private equity and real estate funds, brokers and corporate clients.

Through offices across Europe, North and South America, and Asia, CACEIS offers a broad range of services covering execution, clearing, forex, securities lending, custody, depositary and fund administration, fund distribution support, middle office outsourcing, issuer services and transfer agent.

With 7,000 employees and a large client base, CACEIS is a European leader in asset servicing and one of the major players worldwide.

By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.
  

Reference

2024-93014  

Publication date

09/10/2024

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs - Operations

Job title

Fund Accounting Oversight M/F

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Expected start date

01/11/2024

Management position

No

Job summary

MAIN FUNCTION:

UK Branch provides fund accounting services for UK regulated funds and pension schemes. The key functions of NAV production and financial reporting are outsourced to CACEIS Ireland Limited (UK regulated funds) and the CACEIS Pension Center (pension schemes).

UK Branch remains contractually responsible for the services provided to clients and so the main function is to oversee the activities undertaken by the outsourced entities to ensure outputs are accurate and timely and conform to regulatory requirements. 

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Outsourced Services

  • Oversee the calculation and accuracy of the NAV
  • Oversee other NAV related activities with specific attention to UK requirements and accounting standards
  • Oversee the production and quality of financial reporting with specific attention to UK SORP requirements
  • Oversee the calculation of distributions and associated figures
  • Production of management information
  • Trend analysis and assessment of errors
  • Ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the oversight programme
  • Training of outsourced providers on UK requirements
  • Monitor the knowledge of the outsourced service providers
  • Monitor the performance of the outsourced service providers

Clients

  • Point of contact for UK clients
  • Co-ordination and resolution of clients queries
  • Attend client service reviews
  • Completion and co-ordination of client due diligence activities
  • On-going development of client relationships
  • Support the sales process
  • Co-ordinate the on-boarding of new clients and fund launches
  • Co-ordination of due diligence visits
  • Production of management information

Change

  • Monitor regulatory change, assessing the impact on systems and services
  • Identify risks, taking action to mitigate them
  • Co-ordinate client change requests
  • Actively drive process improvements
  • Production of or input to business requirement documents
  • Participate in user acceptance testing where required

 

Position location

Geographical area

Europe, United Kingdom

City

LONDON

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelor Degree: Economic, Business, Finance (similar)

Experience

At least 5 years in a similar role. 

Required skills

  • Client focused and oriented
  • Be able to work in a small team
  • Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical & Solution oriented
  • Excellent communication skills (English, written and oral)
  • Well organized
  • Self-motivated
  • Be able to prioritize work
  • Responsiveness

Technical skills required

  • In depth knowledge and practical experience of fund accounting, financial reporting and distribution requirements for UK regulated fund structures (including taxation calculations and taxation requirements)
  • In depth knowledge and practical experience of fund accounting and financial reporting requirements for UK pension schemes
  • Extensive knowledge and practical experience of UK regulatory requirements and accounting standards
  • Extensive experiencing of overseeing outsourced & offshored activities
  • Strong Client facing and client management experience
  • Excellent excel and data processing skills
  • Use of Word and PowerPoint
  • Project experience

Languages

English