Fund Accountant at Maurice Xandra Solutions

Our Client, a leading investment firm in Nigeria is seeking to hire a Fund Accountant who will be responsible for fund and account consolidation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare timely and accurate Net Assets Values, yields, distributions, and other fund accounting output for subsequent review.
• Record accurately, and in accordance with the Department policies and procedures, such accounting records as securities positions, corporate actions related, and journal entries.
• Reconcile various accounts, or reviewing reconciliations prepared by others, and promptly researching and correcting any variances.
• Identify exceptions and problems affecting accounting records and prices, communicating the same to management, and assisting in their resolution.
• Assist, as assigned, in preparing audit schedules, compliance reports, N-SARs, tax returns, financial statements, or other reports.
• Write reports periodically to management on Fund activities and other related issues.
• Research, as assigned, certain securities in Fund portfolios for the purpose of ensuring proper accounting treatment (such as the nature of distributions, original issue discounts, and international valuations) and compliance with SEC, tax, and prospectus restrictions and limitations.
• Institutional fund accounting processes to include preparing, reconciling, and distributing reports to/from marketing, separate custodians and investment management.
• Participate in the regular rotation of trade processing and other accounting processes to prepare the fund accounting system for the next day.

Must-Have

• Experience as a fund and firm accountant.
• Must understand system implementation
• Experience working as part of a retail process
• The ability to consolidate firm and fund account
• An understanding of IFRS standard
• 7 years of relevant industry experience
• Experience working in an investment firm
• Technical and social skills