Junior Associate Director, Client Operations, Fund Administration - Hedge Funds

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director, Client Operations, a list of your responsibilities will include:

1. Manage a team of fund accountants responsible for client deliverables such as NAV production, financial statements and associated reports.
2. Ensure the team is trained, engaged, and as efficient as possible in achieving organizational goals.
3. Partner with investment managers, brokers, and auditors for daily operational issues.
4. Work with other teams, such as IO, finance, regulatory reporting, and banking to ensure all deliverables are met.
5. Participate in multiple system improvement projects, global and local plans, and identifying and building on efficiency improvements.
6. Ensure the accuracy of client deliverables prepared by your team while observing service level agreement timelines.
7. Maintain responsibility for the audit process, prepare financial statements, or review them if prepared by other parties.
8. Ensure all processes are performed following operational controls as stipulated in SOC1 and complete all relevant checklists.
9. Ensure all fees are billed on time and collected promptly for their assigned team.
10. Participate in different system projects and contribute to idea generation for future process or technological improvements.
11. Any other ad-hoc tasks as needed by our clients, organization, or employees on their team.

Qualifications

1. Post-secondary education/University Degree with a concentration in finance or accounting.
2. 4+ years experience working in the fund administration industry with experience managing staff. This can include other administrators, investment managers, or fund auditors.
3. Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel.
4. In-depth understanding of the fund administration industry. This includes multiple fund structures, fee calculations, financial instruments, and fund offering documentation review.
5. 1+ years of experience with fund accounting software Geneva, Investran, or Yardi would be an asset.
6. Have a working knowledge of Bloomberg would be beneficial but not necessary.

Additional Information

At MUFG Investor Services, we are exceptionally proud of our approach to Hybrid Working. It enables the flexibility to thrive from wherever our employees work and stay connected to their team and our culture. When we make Hybrid Working plans, we get to know the individual and pride ourselves in underpinning all our decisions with fairness and consistency.

MUFG Investor Services provides all of its employees with an extremely attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays, and assistance towards gym memberships.

We thank all candidates for applying; however, only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.

MUFG is an equal opportunity employer.