Fund Accountant/Financial Reporting Specialist - CA - BFSI

We are hiring CA's who are into Financial Reporting in Funds and also who have experience/ strong knowledge of USGAAP/IFRS, Mutual funds/Hedge Fund/Capital Market.

Job Description :

Experience :

- Candidate's to have CA /CPA qualifications with minimum of 8 years or more experience in a fund accounting/ Financial Reporting environment and will have experience in financial statement preparation & Taxation.

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

- Review Financial Reporting in relation to accounting / tax related issues

- Review of tax distributions and tax returns for unit trust clients [Australian Tax]

- Review Audit packs, TBs and Financial Statements for Unit Trusts Clients

- Review BASs calculations, MERs, ABS reporting

- Review of AASB7 Risk Reporting Disclosure

- Assist and facilitate communication with clients and their Auditors over their accounting / tax reporting

- Build and maintain external client relationships

- Use HiPortfolio and related systems as investigative tools to research and resolve issues

- Represent Financial reporting team on specific projects relating to clients, process improvements, and product development

- Ongoing analysis of client accounting records and escalation, where appropriate, of any potential issues identified

- Able to resolve the team queries

- Liaise with partner sites for deliveries.

- Interaction with stakeholders to respond to any accounting or financial reporting-related queries that may arise.

- Recognise and act on opportunities to improve processes including developing and making recommendations for change and encourage the team to come with ideas for efficiency

- To ensure all the Risk and Control checks are in place. Liaise with OCM team in case of issue.

- To ensure that team is working in accordance to Standard Operating Procedures and escalate to supervisors of any deviations.

- To manage team's Objective setting, Performance review and providing ongoing feedback.

- To work with local and global management team as and when required.

Key Skills and Knowledge :

- High level understanding of financial and regulatory reporting requirements, Fund administration & Valuation Function.

- Knowledge of financial instruments and their accounting treatment

- Experience of IFRS / US GAAP an advantage

- Knowledge of Mutual funds/Hedge Fund/Capital Market

- Ability to lead from the front in tough situations

- Ability to keep the team moral high and highly motivated

- Professional approach to delivering quality client service

- Flexible & willing to work additional hours at peak reporting times if necessary and inculcating the same in the team.

- Detailed understanding of software e.g. Word, Excel, Geneva

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Result and target oriented, self motivated