Accounting Control Group - Audit Associate
- Employer
- 241387-Comp & Ben Admin Prof Fees
- Location
- Edinburgh Technopole, Milton Bridge, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Nov 2, 2024
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Description
A role in Accounting Control Group is ideal for you if you have a prior background in mutual or hedge fund accounting or NAV oversight and you are seeking to leverage your prior experience in an analytical and externally facing role supporting periodic audit cycles, or other experience in funds services.
As an Accounting Control Group - Audit Associate in Accounting Control Group you will be responsible for managing queries from external auditors and monitoring and closing exceptions as part of our trial balance analytics process.
Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
A role in Accounting Control Group is ideal for you if you have a prior background in mutual or hedge fund accounting or NAV oversight and you are seeking to leverage your prior experience in an analytical and externally facing role supporting periodic audit cycles, or other experience in funds services.
As an Accounting Control Group - Audit Associate in Accounting Control Group you will be responsible for managing queries from external auditors and monitoring and closing exceptions as part of our trial balance analytics process.
Job responsibilities
- Delivers standard audit support package and actively monitors and responds to inquiries during the reporting/audit cycles
- Acts as point of contact for Fund Accounting for internal and external stake holders in relation to audit and reporting cycles
- Participates in video calls and in-person meetings with external auditors and clients
- Monitors subsequent accounting activity, prepare general ledger adjusting entries
- Analyzes accounting records and articulates fund accounting transactions/processes to clients, external audit firms, and internal business partners
- Uses knowledge of internal systems, operations, and client structures, i.e., various types of portfolios, deliverables, and client specific requirements
- Uses knowledge of end-to-end fund accounting such as trades and corporate action processing, pricing, income accruals, etc. to respond to auditor and internal inquiries
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience interacting directly with clients and/or auditor beneficial
- Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills
- Team player with the ability to work productively within a group and maintain a high degree of independence
- Ability to partner with internal teams and external clients to ensure resolution of open queries or exception items
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable escalating upward
- Proven problem/issue resolution skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstrate strong understanding of various investment types including fixed income, equities, and derivatives and fund accounting transactions such as corporate actions and amortization
- Prior experience in Fund Accounting or Financial Reporting preferred
- Experience managing teams of at least 1-3 individuals
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