Hybrid Fund Accounting & NAV Analyst

Adecco; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco are assisting a major investment management firm in London, seeking an experienced Fund Accounting Analyst for an initial 6-month contract with hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days remote). The role focuses on day-to-day fund accounting activities, trade processing, reconciliations and NAV support.

The ideal candidate has hands-on fund accounting experience in investment operations or related fields, with HiPortfolio experience and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in fund accounting, investment operations, fund administration or portfolio reconciliation.
• Experience in a custodian bank environment, asset management or investment management organisations.
• Experience with HiPortfolio or similar fund/portfolio accounting system is highly desirable.
• Good understanding of investment transactions, cash movements, securities, dividends, corporate actions and FX.
• Experience with cash and stock reconciliations, preferably against custodian records.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and resolve reconciliation breaks.
• Comfortable working to daily, month-end and quarter-end deadlines.
• Good Excel skills and ability to work with large volumes of financial data.
• Ability to work independently while escalating issues appropriately.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain shadow accounting records and ensure books and records are complete and accurate.
• Use HiPortfolio to process and maintain daily portfolio transactions and accounting records.
• Process subscriptions, redemptions and other fund cash transactions.
• Input and validate daily investment trades.
• Perform daily cash reconciliations against custodian records.
• Perform stock reconciliations and ensure holdings agree with custodian records.
• Process and reconcile dividend income and withholding tax.
• Process and reconcile fees and other portfolio cash movements.
• Ensure daily reconciliations are kept up to date to support month-end and quarter-end deliverables.
• Prepare NAV related data and assist with month-end reporting.

Skills

Fund accounting

Investment operations

Fund administration

Portfolio reconciliation

Attention to detail

Independent work

Deadline-driven

Strong communication

Tools

HiPortfolio

Excel

Job description

Adecco are assisting a major investment management firm in London, seeking an experienced Fund Accounting Analyst for an initial 6-month contract with hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days remote). The role focuses on day-to-day fund accounting activities, trade processing, reconciliations and NAV support.

The ideal candidate has hands-on fund accounting experience in investment operations or related fields, with HiPortfolio experience and strong Excel skills.