Financial Reporting - Sr. Associate

CO_AFSLGO Apex Fund Services Holdings Ltd (AFSHL Group Ops); Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a Financial Reporting Specialist to review and prepare financial statements for hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate entities across GAAP frameworks including IFRS and US GAAP. You will ensure accuracy and compliance while supporting a high-volume FR function.

You will manage a team, implement standardized FR procedures, train staff, and coordinate with onshore, clients, auditors, and directors to meet deadlines and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Accounting/Finance or a professional qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA/CFA).
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills.
• Experience with IFRS/US GAAP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop procedures to make the financial reporting process efficient and standardized.
• Manage a high-volume, deadline-driven FR team with 100% accuracy.
• Provide ongoing training and development of team members to maintain client service standards.
• Coordinate onshore timelines and deliverables for financial statements.
• Resolve queries from onshore, clients, auditors, and directors.

Skills

Financial reporting

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CA

CPA

ACCA

CFA

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Job specification

As a Financial Reporting Specialist, you will review financial statements for Hedge Funds, Private Equity funds, Real Estate entities and similar structures across multiple GAAP frameworks, including IFRS, US GAAP, UK GAAP, Luxembourg GAAP, and Canadian GAAP. You will be responsible for preparing and analyzing financial statements based on the provided data, as well as conducting thorough reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop document and institute procedures to make the FR process more efficient and standardized, saving time and money
• Manage a team in a high-volume, deadline and production-driven environment while maintaining 100% accuracy
• Provide ongoing and continuous training, motivation and development of all team members to maintain high client service standards
• Use resources within the team, establishing goals and objectives of the team
• New hiring, process training for new staff, people issues, performance management, KPIs etc.
• Manage a team and deadline and be effective in a production-driven environment while maintaining 100% accuracy
• Train the team to ensure quality services to clients
• Define the timeline of financial statements onshore
• Resolve queries raised by Onshore, Clients, Auditors, and Director.

Experience in Financial Reporting Experience of Financial Reporting in Hedge Funds Manual experience of reporting in IFRS/US GAAP is preferred Excellent interpersonal and time management skills Adaptability in MS Excel and MS Word.

Skills Required

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Accounting/Finance required or any a professional qualification, CA, CPA, ACCA, CFA, or any course specialising in accounting.

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience.
• Training and development opportunities

Additional information

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

Disclaimer

Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey. Find out more about us