Job Description

Senior Fund Accountant

Work Location: Singapore

Work Mode: Hybrid

Timings: 9AM to 6PM (SGT)

The Fund Accountant / Senior Fund Accountant works closely with and reports to Manager of Fund Solutions, and is responsible for management and financial accounting and reporting of assigned client portfolios. The Fund Accountant / Senior Fund Accountant will work cooperatively with the rest of the team in an effective manner to motivate and coach the team, to continuously meet clients’ expectations, to optimize the work processes and to maintain close contacts with key clients.

Deliverables + Key activities

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to

Client Management

• Provide quality fund administration services for our clients, manage and maintain good and stable client relationships.
• Actively interact with clients and counter-parties including legal counsels, auditors and tax advisors to meet key deadlines.
• Assisting the Manager in the operational onboarding of new clients including coordinating client acceptance/onboarding process, agreement on services delivery which is laid down in an SLA.
• Driving the execution of smooth onboarding of new clients by being responsible for providing complete client acceptance files “first time right” to the Compliance team.

Accounting

• Maintaining and enforcing adherence the policies and procedures of the Fund’s business line operating model.
• Guiding the Fund Accountants in completing their work, and by extension acting as the first level of review.
• Managing deliverables such as capital call/ distribution notices, subscription/redemptions confirmations, NAV statements, partners’ capital statements, management accounts etc., that are being produced by the team.
• Review financial statements and ensure they are compliant with relevant accounting standards.
• Facilitate the annual audit of the funds with communication with auditors.

Operational efficiency & team management

• Contribute and identify opportunity to the development and implementation of adequate and effective processes to improve the overall operations.
• Assist in billing of service fees to clients and monitoring the collection of service fees from clients.
• Pro-actively take on additional responsibilities and tasks from time-to-time as required by your Managers or clients.
• Support the implementation of new process and procedure within the team.

Your Profile

• Required level and content of education:
• University degree in accounting, finance, economics or related disciplines
• Preferably a qualified member with ISCA, ACCA or equivalent.

Business experience required:

• Minimum 3 – 5 years' working experience in fund administration/fund house/fund audit
• Knowledge of fund operations for hedge funds, private credit, private equity and/or real estate funds (including valuation, accounting and payment procedures)
• Previous experience in compliance and KYC procedures will be an advantage
• Strong knowledge of different types of fund structures and investment product knowledge
• Ability to work under pressure and meet a range of deadlines
• Excellent time management and client servicing skills
• Knowledge in Investran / Yardi / Geneva will be an advantage

Language skills required: Fluent in English

CSC is a global business, legal, and financial services company based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, providing knowledge-based solutions to clients worldwide. We have offices and capabilities in over 140 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and more than 8,000 colleagues. We are the business behind business.®

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Disclaimer: The information above describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not intended to describe all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.