Fund Accounting Manager - Canada

• Salary: Negotiable
• Location: Thompson < MB < Canada
• Job Type: Permanent, Full time
• Company: Change
• Posted on: 12 Feb 14

Change International is assisting with the recruitment of a Fund Accounting Manager for a global leader within investment management and fund administration. You will be based in Canada.

Fund Accounting Manager - Canada

Change International is assisting with the recruitment of a Fund Accounting Manager for a global leader within investment management and fund administration. You will be based in Canada.

Reporting to a Vice President of Operations, the Manager will ensure the companies daily deliverables are met with Hedge Fund clients, while also maintaining a focus on training and development of staff, work flow processes and improvements.

Main Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy in the trade processing and reconciliations processes, which includes reviewing daily reconciliation work of staff
• Work with other managers to ensure efficient allocation of staff and workflow and assist staff with their daily work as need arises
• Support the conversion of all new clients and assist and support new fund setups
• Act as liaison between the client / other Offices, which includes negotiation of Service Level Agreements and monitoring compliance of said agreements
• Review procedures and recommend solutions in order to improve efficiencies
• Ensure adherence to all internal and external audit standards, and participate in the fiscal year-end audit process
• Keep Senior Management abreast of all material issues affecting the processing of deliverables
• Implement training initiatives
• Ad Hoc Reports requests and operations metrics as required by management

Education, Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor or Master level degree (in accounting, finance, economics) or professional accounting designation
• 7 + years in Financial Services with an exposure to P&L Reporting or Operations processing
• Product knowledge: Domestic, Global and OTC security markets, Fixed Income and derivative product knowledge
• Knowledge of Hedge or Mutual Funds
• Strong analytical skills
• Exposure to systems implementations and work flow process initiatives
• Advanced skills in MS Excel

If you are interested in learning more about this role or any other job opportunities please get in contact quoting Ref KM 1882 and send a recent copy of your CV to kevin.mann@changeinternational.net

Please note that due to volume I cannot get back to everyone, however every application is looked at and considered. If you have not heard back from me within 5 working days you should assume your initial application has been unsuccessful, however I will add your details to our database and if a suitable role arises in the future I will make every effort to contact you.

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