Senior Fund Administration Employee (M/F)

Company description

Sofitex Talent Recruitment
Fort d'une expérience de plus de 30 ans dans les Ressources Humaines, Sofitex est un réseau international de Travail Temporaire et de Placement en CDI. Sofitex fonde sa dynamique et son succès sur le professionnalisme de ses équipes, sa forte réactivité et sa proximité.

Job description

For one of our clients, an international financial institution, Sofitex Talent is currently looking for a:

Senior Fund Administration Employee (M/F)

Your responsibilities

• To ensure accurate Net Asset Value calculations and maintain preciseaccounting records for a variety of clients in accordance with internalprocedures.

• To ensure timeliness of client service in accordance with agreed deadlines

• To be able to challenge and or support the pricing of assets by using good skillson the pricing processes of all types of securities including derivatives

• To identify issues and problems in service delivery and carry out necessarycorrective action, keeping team and Managers informed.

• To ensure correct completion of specific services as per contractual agreement

• To support the team during projects or system upgrade by participating to testingand change management process

• To act as first level of escalation point for fund accountants

• To participate and liaise with internal & external Auditors

• To create and maintain an excellent interactive relationship with internaldepartments (Client Service, IT, Custody, Corporate actions, etc.) and withexternal stakeholders (Auditors, Management Company, Trustee, etc.)

• Review and update internal procedures and documentation on processes,controls and evaluate their effectiveness on an ongoing basis.

• To ensure compliance with accounting policies, departmental procedures andlegislation

• To make proof of sense and sound judgment towards risk awareness

Required profile

Education and experiences

• Bachelor/Master Degree in Banking or Economics, or equivalent experience

• At least 5 - 7 years of relevant experience in the Fund Industry

• Mastery of Fund Accounting processes (Corporate Actions, Pricing, etc.)

• Good knowledge of financial instruments, including Derivative Instruments (CDS, IRS, CCS, Futures, TRS, etc.) and their related pricing and valuation

• Good knowledge of Fund Administration (Custody, Transfer Agent, Brokers, etc.)

• Fluency in English, good command in French being an asset.

IT skills

• Mandatory: Global Portfolio (GP3/GP4)

• Microsoft XL, VBA

• Microsoft Suite

• Data Vendor Requests (Ice, Bloomberg, Reuters…)

Personal skills

• Eager to solve complex problems with multidisciplinary teams

• Strong communication skills, factual and accurate reporting, professional behaviour

• Organized and methodical in your approach to work, with an ability to prioritize

• Constant focus on quality and client service

• Proactive, with strong interpersonal skills (and this noticeable even when under pressure)

• Analytical, communication and problem-solving mind

This is a great opportunity for a permanent contract, to start asap.

Salary: beetween 70 and 80K, depending on experience