Associate Manager, Fiduciary & Fund Servs

Standard Chartered India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered India in Bengaluru seeks a Fund Services professional to deliver NAV calculations, fund accounting, and client reporting. You will maintain fund records, verify trades, manage cash, and produce accurate valuations and statements for CPC/clients.

You will also handle dividends, payments to managers and service providers, and ensure timely updates with internal teams while supporting risk controls and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in fund services and NAV calculation
• Strong understanding of accounting entries for investments
• Attention to detail and ability to verify trades and prices

Responsibilities

• Deliver service/reports to stakeholders within SLAs
• Ensure accurate calculation and posting of valuation, fees and expenses
• Maintain accounting records for multiple fund books and investments
• Review reports to CPC/clients and verify valuations with third party sources
• Monitor cash positions and prepare cash projection reports
• Reconcile daily cash and trades and prepare valuations and compliance reports
• Calculate NAV on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and communicate results to CPC/clients
• Disburse dividends and payments to service providers; ensure fees are settled
• Communicate with CPC and other teams for timely updates of client records
• Support ad hoc projects and manage risks ensuring timely and accurate reporting

Skills

NAV calculation

Fund accounting

Cash monitoring

Trade reconciliation

Job description

• To deliver service / reports to Country Stakeholders/clients in accordance with requirement and timeline as agreed in Services Level Memorandum and ensure reporting deadlines are met.
• To ensure accurate calculation and posting entries in relation to valuation including management fee, expenses, performance fee…etc in accordance with Service Level Memorandum, and as appropriate the Fund Offering Memorandum and related documents such as fund’s SLM.
• To ensure accurate capturing of trades / prices / Corporate Actions/ FX rates data and relevant accounting entries for the purpose of providing accurate Net Asset Value calculation.
• Responsible for the daily maintenance of full accounting and client records of several investment funds books including general ledgers, cash positions, distribution records, investment records and pricing records of investments and support in fund administration related matters, such as recording and processing transactions, obtaining and verification of relevant documentation thereof and ensuring that investments are correctly recorded and priced, and accounted for Purchase and sale of listed or unlisted securities, Corporate Actions, Forward FX deals, OTC deals (Swaps, Options etc) and relevant accounting entries for the purpose of providing accurate Net Asset Value calculation.
• Perform detailed review of the reports to CPC/clients including: Verification trades to relevant supporting, Ensure valuation of investments being checked to third party sources, Ensure appropriate accounting for complex investment, Ensure compliance with internal investment restrictions, external regulations and international accounting standards, if applicable. Identify issues and report to senior/supervisor with suggested solutions.
• Responsible for fundamental cash monitoring for the assigned clients, i.e. monitoring cash positions of clients and prepare cash projection reports.
• To be responsible for daily activities, cash & trade reconciliation.
• Preparing Portfolio Valuations, investment compliance reports or other reporting, as required.
• To calculate the Net Asset Value (on a daily, weekly, monthly or other basis as agreed) and deliver service / reports to CPC/clients in accordance with requirement and timeline as agreed in Services Level Memorandum.
• To ensure proper and accurate calculation and posting of management fee, expenses, performance fee…etc in accordance with Service Level Memorandum, and as appropriate the Fund Offering Memorandum.
• Recording and disbursing dividends either by payment or re-investment.
• Calculating and disbursing payments of fees to the investment manager/advisor, custodian, administrator and other service providers as required.
• To ensure fund administration services fees are settled by the client on timely manner.
• Communicate with CPC and other relevant parties on daily operational issues (under appropriate supervision of Senior/Manager) and regular services review.
• To liaise with internal customers/stakeholders and senior team members to ensure completion of complex or exceptions-based process actions.
• To ensure clear and smooth communication with Fund Accounting Team, Transfer Agency Team, Fund Compliance Team, Custody Team and other operations team for timely updating / maintenance of client records.
• To support Assistant Manager/Manager/Senior Manager, handle and delivery assigned ad hoc project within the deadline.
• Manage and avoid risks to clients, Bank / Group by ensuring prompt and accurate reporting to clients / management, timely rectification and / or monitoring of any discrepancies.
• To provide accurate statistics relating to Key Risk Indicator (KRI) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to help measuring and meet division objectives.
• To drive Process efficiency and initiatives
• To conduct RCA and focus on reduction of repeated errors
• Reference the processes for which the Role Holder is responsible, as per the Operational Risk Framework definition of first / second line, for example, Responsible for executing and supervising the Budget process.
• Responsibilities that are related to the development and implementation of a strategy, for example, Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Key Responsibilities

Processes

Fund Services

• To deliver service / reports to Country Stakeholders/clients in accordance with requirement and timeline as agreed in Services Level Memorandum and ensure reporting deadlines are met.
• To ensure accurate calculation and posting entries in relation to valuation including management fee, expenses, performance fee…etc in accordance with Service Level Memorandum, and as appropriate the Fund Offering Memorandum and related documents such as fund’s SLM.
• To ensure accurate capturing of trades / prices / Corporate Actions/ FX rates data and relevant accounting entries for the purpose of providing accurate Net Asset Value calculation.
• Responsible for the daily maintenance of full accounting and client records of several investment funds books including general ledgers, cash positions, distribution records, investment records and pricing records of investments and support in fund administration related matters, such as recording and processing transactions, obtaining and verification of relevant documentation thereof and ensuring that investments are correctly recorded and priced, and accounted for Purchase and sale of listed or unlisted securities, Corporate Actions, Forward FX deals, OTC deals (Swaps, Options etc) and relevant accounting entries for the purpose of providing accurate Net Asset Value calculation.
• Perform detailed review of the reports to CPC/clients including: Verification trades to relevant supporting, Ensure valuation of investments being checked to third party sources, Ensure appropriate accounting for complex investment, Ensure compliance with internal investment restrictions, external regulations and international accounting standards, if applicable. Identify issues and report to senior/supervisor with suggested solutions.
• Responsible for fundamental cash monitoring for the assigned clients, i.e. monitoring cash positions of clients and prepare cash projection reports.
• To be responsible for daily activities, cash & trade reconciliation.
• Preparing Portfolio Valuations, investment compliance reports or other reporting, as required.
• To calculate the Net Asset Value (on a daily, weekly, monthly or other basis as agreed) and deliver service / reports to CPC/clients in accordance with requirement and timeline as agreed in Services Level Memorandum.
• To ensure proper and accurate calculation and posting of management fee, expenses, performance fee…etc in accordance with Service Level Memorandum, and as appropriate the Fund Offering Memorandum.
• Recording and disbursing dividends either by payment or re-investment.
• Calculating and disbursing payments of fees to the investment manager/advisor, custodian, administrator and other service providers as required.
• To ensure fund administration services fees are settled by the client on timely manner.
• Communicate with CPC and other relevant parties on daily operational issues (under appropriate supervision of Senior/Manager) and regular services review.
• To liaise with internal customers/stakeholders and senior team members to ensure completion of complex or exceptions-based process actions.
• To ensure clear and smooth communication with Fund Accounting Team, Transfer Agency Team, Fund Compliance Team, Custody Team and other operations team for timely updating / maintenance of client records.
• To support Assistant Manager/Manager/Senior Manager, handle and delivery assigned ad hoc project within the deadline.
• Manage and avoid risks to clients, Bank / Group by ensuring prompt and accurate reporting to clients / management, timely rectification and / or monitoring of any discrepancies.
• To provide accurate statistics relating to Key Risk Indicator (KRI) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to help measuring and meet division objectives.
• To drive Process efficiency and initiatives
• To conduct RCA and focus on reduction of repeated errors
• Reference the processes for which the Role Holder is responsible, as per the Operational Risk Framework definition of first / second line, for example, Responsible for executing and supervising the Budget process.
• Responsibilities that are related to the development and implementation of a strategy, for example, Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Strategy

• Responsibilities that are related to the development and implementation of a strategy, for example, Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Business

• Responsibilities related to the delivery of business and / or financial objectives, for example, Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates

People and Talent

• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.

Risk Management