Senior Fund Accountant

Job Description:

Our client, a leading financial services firm based in Glasgow, is currently seeking a Senior Fund Accountant to join their Fund Services team on a fixed term contract until June 2026. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong awareness of trade lifecycle, NAV production and oversight and general fund accounting principles.

Skills/Experience:

• Strong awareness of trade lifecycle, NAV production and oversight and general fund accounting principles.
• Solid numerical and analytical skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Time management and planning skills.
• Responsible, reliable and accountable.
• Engaging and communicative.
• Flexible approach to work.
• Strong team player.

Core Responsibilities:

• Meet client KPI’s and service delivery commitments.
• Complete the initial review of assigned team deliverables and timely escalation for support with more complex reviews and/or resolution of issues.
• Timely completion of internal team management information for review by assistant manager/manager of the team.
• Day to day production contact with Clients, Auditors, Trustees, Custodians and other departments.
• Ensure understanding and compliance with client SLAs and internal delivery deadlines.
• Support response to client queries with escalation on more complex queries/issues.
• Assess team processes to improve efficiency, control and to reduce risk.
• Support management in ensuring all significant activities are documented within procedures, kept up-to-date and recorded on the procedure database.
• Support management in ensuring all checklists utilised in review and sign off clearly document controls and are kept up to date.
• Timely escalation of any issues to Assistant Manager.
• Corrective and preventative action if deadlines/quality standards are at risk.
• Maintaining training and continuing competency (T&C).
• Contribute to department projects as agreed with management team.
• Support senior colleagues and change specialists to complete client and internal change activity as required ensuring no detrimental impact to client service delivery.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement by assessing team processes and controls to improve efficiency and reduce risk where possible.

Job reference: 16026

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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