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Fund and Investment Accountant - SimCorp Business Services

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

SimCorp is a leading provider of software solutions to the investment management, asset servicing, insurance, and pension fund industry globally.

Our main product SimCorp Dimension is used by over 180 Tier 1 and Tier 2 client’s globally and is famed for being a fully integrated enterprise offering in the market.

Simcorp’s Business Services offering provides our clients with Fund and Investment Accounting where we take responsibility for the Fund, Investment accounting and reporting outcomes and success.

We are looking for a Senior Fund Accountant to join our international team, dealing with a wide range of funds and instrument types. The person will be responsible for maintaining fund accounting processes and client relationships. The role involves ensuring quality delivery of accounting outputs and compliance with SLAs.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Senior Fund and Investment Accountant will maintain daily fund accounting processes, validate closing outputs, resolve exceptions or provide commentary of those outside agreed tolerances.

• They will also assist with client implementation, ensure adherence to service level agreements, and facilitate service reviews.

• In-depth experience of Fund and Investment accounting including components and calculation of NAV, complex funds (single and multiclass, fund of funds, mutual, hedge and Private equity funds), fee structures, share class ratios, look-through, fund transaction types, accruals, and fund administrators’ reconciliations.

Model of work: hybrid (2 days / a week from the office).

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Manage and/or perform day to day fund accounting processes including fee accruals, fund administration reconciliations and NAV calculations.

• Perform validation of period end closing output and provide exception resolution and or commentary where the output falls outside agreed tolerances.

• Primary contact for assigned Fund Accounting clients/portfolios including change requests and query handling.

• Assist with implementation and onboarding of new Fund and Investment Accounting clients.

• Facilitate periodic service review meetings with clients.

• Delivery of client requirements in line with SLAs with critical focus on quality and service delivery.

• Collaborate with other business units to support and drive forward Simcorp’s operational efficiency and technology driven automation.

• Provide senior level review and support for daily, monthly, and year end periods in accordance with multiple accounting frameworks.

• Provide internal and external knowledge sharing on Fund Accounting outputs and processes.

• Support implementation and testing of new accounting frameworks, instrument scope expansion and accounting software upgrades.

• Track and assess accounting and regulatory requirement changes and assist in implementation and testing of the solutions.

• Bring real world Fund and investment accounting knowledge and experience to assist with continuous process and reporting improvement.

• Service Level Agreement adherence and KPI monitoring.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest:

• Minimum of five years Fund and Investment accounting experience.

• Accounting or finance degree/qualified accountant or Fund Accountant qualified by experience.

• In-depth experience of Fund and Investment accounting including components and calculation of NAV, complex funds (single and multiclass, fund of funds, mutual, hedge and Private equity funds), fee structures, share class ratios, look-through, fund transaction types, accruals, and fund administrators’ reconciliations.

• In depth knowledge of diverse security types and the investment industry knowledge including Bonds, Equities, Funds, Derivatives, Alternative Investments, FX forwards, Options, Repos etc.

• Experience of engaging with Auditors including the provision of audit evidence with a Risk management framework.

• Advanced organization skills, ability to prioritize and constantly look for improvements.

• Problem solving and decision-making skills with a motivated approach.

• Ability to work on their own or as part of a geographically dispersed team.

• Ability to work to strict deadlines within Service level agreements.

• Commitment to continuous learning to gain in depth understanding the SimCorp Dimensions accounting system.

• Understanding of IBOR and ABOR including general ledger and journals outcomes.

• Client engagement, presentations, service review meetings.

• Client reporting via self-service portal for report generation.

• UAT testing of system updates affecting Fund and Investment Accounting.

• Working knowledge of IFRS9, multiple EMEA local GAAPs and Solvency I and II are nice to have.

• Speaker of either German, Danish, or French would be an advantage, in addition to English.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed.

At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. For any questions you are welcome to contact Alina Wiejak, Talent Acquisition Manager, at Alina.Wiejak@simcorp.com.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

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