Assistant Manager Accounting & Reporting Services PERES Operations

Crédit Agricole; Putrajaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider is seeking an Assistant Manager for Accounting & Reporting Services in Putrajaya, Malaysia. This role involves supporting and overseeing fund accounting operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory demands and enhancing operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience in fund accounting or financial reporting, strong communication and organizational skills, coupled with a detail-oriented mindset. A background in audit or consulting and familiarity with fund accounting systems would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in fund accounting and/or financial reporting.
• Relevant operational knowledge with 4+ years experience.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize workloads to meet deadlines.
• Robust fund accounting and workflow management experience.

Responsibilities

• Support origination, review and updating of operating procedures.
• Monitor execution of agreed processes supporting Fund Accounting.
• Review work of Fund Accounting administration team members.
• Execution of complex processes and control functions.
• Ensure audit and regulatory requirements are met.

Skills

Experience in fund accounting

Financial reporting

Business administration

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting or business administration qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Job title: Assistant Manager, Accounting & Reporting Services, PERES Operations M/F

Contract type: Permanent Contract

Expected start date: 03/02/2025

Region: Asia, Malaysia

Job summary

CACEIS Malaysia has been a cornerstone of asset servicing since 2008, evolving into a trusted hub of operational excellence within the global CACEIS network. Strategically located in IOI City, Putrajaya, the company employs over 1,200 skilled professionals, providing a broad spectrum of services to institutional clients across Europe. These services include Custody & Cash Clearing, Fund Administration, Fund Distribution, Master Data Services, Market Solutions, Group Invoicing, Reconciliations and Private Equity & Real Estate Solutions. As a centre of excellence, CACEIS Malaysia plays a pivotal role in driving the scalability of global operations, enhancing service quality, and implementing standardized processes to meet the diverse needs of its clients. The dedicated team in Malaysia is committed to delivering reliable, high‑quality solutions that empower clients to thrive in a dynamic and competitive financial landscape.

Region: Luxembourg

Job summary

CACEIS Malaysia has been a cornerstone of asset servicing since 2008, evolving into a trusted hub of operational excellence within the global CACEIS network. Strategically located in IOI City, Putrajaya, the company employs over 1,200 skilled professionals, providing a broad spectrum of services to institutional clients across Europe. These services include Custody & Cash Clearing, Fund Administration, Fund Distribution, Master Data Services, Market Solutions, Group Invoicing, Reconciliations and Private Equity & Real Estate Solutions. As a centre of excellence, CACEIS Malaysia plays a pivotal role in driving the scalability of global operations, enhancing service quality, and implementing standardized processes to meet the diverse needs of its clients. The dedicated team in Malaysia is committed to delivering reliable, high‑quality solutions that empower clients to thrive in a dynamic and competitive financial landscape.

Working Hours: 3:00PM to 12:00AM or 4:00PM to 1:00AM

What will you do?

• Support origination, review and updating of the team's day to day operating procedures (with review and control support from management), act as an escalation point for the Fund Accounting oversight team and support the coaching and development of new and developing team members.
• Monitor the accurate and timely execution of agreed processes supporting the Fund Accounting functions across the range of PERES Operations structures supported by the business.
• Review the work of other Fund Accounting administration team members in support of the 'maker checker' process and control functions.
• Deep understanding and exemplary execution of mandatory escalation processes in accordance with agreed procedures when required. Create and maintain detail and status of any issues/events.
• Execution of complex processes, tolerance checks and control functions and oversee and provide cover for the input of any required manual entries including in relation to cash and transaction reconciliation logs, transaction working papers, and other metrics and control data.
• Ensure all audit and regulatory requirements must be clearly satisfied and key service level agreements met as evidenced through the timely and accurate completion of processes, and a deep understanding and exemplary execution of mandatory escalation processes in accordance with agreed procedures when required is essential.

Must-have

• Experience in fund accounting and / or financial reporting and / or business administration with a focus on financial services and preferably fund structures.
• Relevant operational knowledge and experience (4+ years).
• Good written and verbal communication skills, ability to use initiative and excellent attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills and networking abilities with agents and internal departments and ability to work as part of a team to achieve collective goals.
• Good organisation skills, ability to prioritise workloads to meet tight deadlines.
• Robust fund accounting and workflow management experience.

Nice-to-have

• Audit/consulting background will be added advantage
• Accounting or business administration qualification desirable.
• Fund Accounting system knowledge desirable.
• Multifonds or equivalent applications.
• Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.

Languages

English (Fluent)