Assistant Manager - Hedge Funds

For our business, for clients, and for you

Description

TheAssistant Managerrole involves monitoring and controlling the service as delivered by their team of Senior Fund Accountants and Fund Accountants throughout the contract with the client, to ensure that:

• Identify the training and development needs of his/herteam;
• Mentor teammembers;
• Perform a thorough review of valuations up to final sign-offstage;
• Ensure service levels are maintained and
• Liaise with clients and assist with the implementation of new processes and procedures.

Job specification

The brief description outlined above will involve the following specific duties:The brief description outlined above will involve the following specific duties:

• Planning and controlling team workload andworkflow;
• Provide informal on the job training for teammembers;
• Liaise with the other departments in respect of issues affecting the output of the supervisor’steam;
• Ensure that Accounting and Valuations procedures are correctly followed by the team under theirsupervision;
• Ensure that Net Asset Value calculations are prepared in a timely, efficient and accuratemanner;
• Review valuations up to final sign-offstage;
• Ensure that valuation reports are sent to clients within agreeddeadlines;
• Resolve client queriestimeously;
• Provide fund auditors with required information and explanations asrequested;
• Suggest and implement valuation procedure and process improvements;Ensure that all filing for the section is kept up to date and is performed in a neat and orderly manner.
• Responsible for FundAccounting;
• Pricing;
• Manualexcel NAV file verification roll forward;
• Security position and pricereview;
• Cash and interestreconciliation;
• Reporting;
• 3rd Partyvalidation;
• Calculation of income distribution and
• Management fee reporting on theAlusiFund.

Skills Required:

• Commerce degree or diploma with at least Financial Accounting2;
• At least 5 years relatedexperience;
• Proficient in MSExcel;
• Hedge fund industry knowledge.
• Necessary management and interpersonal skills to manage a team of fundaccountants;
• Thorough knowledge of the fund valuation process and all elementsthereof;
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy in order to review valuations and ensure a high level of quality in the output of the Accounting and Valuationsfunction;
• Effective time management skills to achievedeadlines;
• A high level of problem-solving skills and
• Exceptional communication skills.