Senior Portfolio Accountant

Opus Fund Services; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Fund Services in Mumbai is seeking a portfolio accounting professional to manage daily and month-end deliverables, ensuring accuracy and consistency across fund workloads.

You will review reconciliations, support system enhancements, and collaborate with client service teams to resolve complex issues while driving process improvements and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related analytically focused field.
• Minimum of 3 years in the fund administration industry.
• Exposure to multiple financial instrument types and P&L drivers.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee portfolio accounting activities with daily and month-end deliverables.
• Review and maintain reconciliations and controls, identifying and resolving discrepancies.
• Act as a technical resource for accounting issues and system/data-related problems.
• Support projects such as system enhancements and process changes.
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve complex scenarios and client inquiries.
• Critically evaluate processes to identify inefficiencies and suggest practical improvements.

Skills

Portfolio accounting

Financial instruments

Client communication

Process improvement

Technical troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Accounting software

ERP systems

Job description

At Opus, we grow together. Our team of bold thinkers and passionate doers is united by a shared mission to tackle meaningful challenges. Our culture of trust and belonging has earned us the Great Place to Work certification in four countries, based entirely on team feedback. It reflects our commitment to fairness, pride credibility and camaraderie, and reinforces what we believe: when people feel valued, they do their best work.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee portfolio accounting activities, monitoring daily and month-end deliverables, reviewing outputs for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Review and maintain reconciliations and controls, ensuring discrepancies are identified, investigated, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Act as a technical resource for accounting and operational issues, independently investigating and resolving discrepancies, root causes, and system or data-related issues.
• Support projects and initiatives such as system enhancements, process changes, or remediation of recurring issues.
• Partner with internal teams to resolve complex or non-standard scenarios, applying judgment rather than relying solely on precedent.
• Serve as a point of support for client inquiries, either directly or in partnership with client service teams, providing clear explanations of results, drivers, and issues.
• Critically evaluate existing processes, controls, and workflows to identify inefficiencies or gaps, and proactively raise improvement ideas that lead to practical enhancements

Key Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related analytically focused field (such as Business, Mathematics, Computer Science), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the fund administration industry, with prior experience supporting investment funds or portfolios
• Broad exposure to multiple financial instrument types, with the ability to interpret investment activity and analyze drivers of portfolio- and security-level P&L.
• Portfolio Accounting Expertise: An understanding of financial instruments such as equities, bonds or derivatives, security setups, trade capture, corporate actions, and market data management
• Strong technical aptitude, including the ability to troubleshoot complex issues, support projects, and serve as a subject-matter resource.
• Client-facing experience or close collaboration with client service teams, supporting communication, issue resolution, and ongoing relationship management.
• Proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement, including identifying inefficiencies, raising issues, and contributing ideas to improve processes and outcomes.