Fund Accountant

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in asset management is seeking a Senior Associate in Fund Accounting to support its Manchester office. The role requires expertise in UK financial regulations and oversight functions, along with proficiency in various digital tools. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in accounting and have relevant industry experience. This hybrid position allows employees to balance office and remote work effectively while contributing to critical financial operations.

Benefits

Generous paid leaves

Access to flexible resources and tools

Highly competitive compensation

Qualifications

• Understanding of FCA/PRA Regulations.
• Experience with outsourcing frameworks.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and performance monitoring for UK Funds.
• Assist with the development of the FA remediation plan.
• Ensure timely and accurate fund accounting deliverables.

Skills

Ability to advise on UK Regulations

Microsoft Office

Digital tools including PowerBI

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

PowerBI

Alteryx

UIPath

Job description

Overview
Senior Associate
Bring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the world's top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.
With 240 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we're approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.
We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Associate to join our Fund/ Client Accounting team. This role is located in Manchester, UK and will be working in a hybrid capacity. (3 days a week in the office).
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Provide prime experience as core Fund Accounting senior subject matter experts.
• Provide UK specific requirements expertise including application of UK Regulations
• Assist with the development of the FA remediation plan and enhanced Oversight model.
• Complete Daily Oversight Reviews for UK Funds in line with NAV Production, including review of:
• Fund Performance based on daily movement and comparative benchmark where relevant.
• Share Class Performance to ensure that all share class performance returns are aligned across any single sub-fund and significant deviations are identified and justified.
• Significant movements
• Review of Cash/Asset Reconciliations per agreed model
• Review of Errors including deep dive discussions & remediation
• Review of FA Service Delivery Performance which focuses on timeliness and accuracy of Fund Accounting deliverables by client with narratives for each day's deliverables
• Participation in key FA Business forums
• Perform tasks in an accurate and timely manner and update MIS with details of assigned tasks
• Review FA Service Reporting, Service Delivery KPI's, Risk Incident Reporting, reconciliation Reporting.
• Assist the Managers with the following tasks:
• Outsource provider performance monitoring, reporting and escalation, including collation of monthly provider KRI, KPI and other MI data.
• Annual outsourced provider due diligence reviews
• Monitoring and escalation of any issues that arise relating to findings from Compliance, Audit, Risk or Client Due Diligence.
• Develop a sound understanding of all technical functions and processes in the team
• Identify processes/procedures which may be causing delays in performing the oversight function and escalate so that these issues may be addressed and resolved.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• An understanding of Outsourcing and the FCA/PRA Regulations framework that supports this.
• Experience in Microsoft Office including excel, word and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Digital tools including Baseline, PowerBI, Alteryx and UIPath.

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:

• Fortune World's Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion, 2023
• Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 2023
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN - 100% score, 2023
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2023
• Forbes Blockchain 50, 2023

Our Benefits:
BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.