Fund Accountant, Fund Administration M/F

CACEIS; Putrajaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global asset servicing banking group in Malaysia seeks a Funds Compliance professional to ensure investment compliance and operational excellence. The ideal candidate has solid funds industry experience and proven skills in funds accounting. Responsibilities include performing analyses, providing guidance, and reviewing compliance breaches. Join a diverse team committed to improving service quality and operational scalability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant operational knowledge and experience.
• Good interpersonal skills and networking abilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team to achieve collective goals.

Responsibilities

• Perform investigation and analysis on exceptions identified in ALTO.
• Provide coaching and guidance to the Fund Accountant administrator.
• Perform control review on all breach items.

Skills

Relevant operational knowledge and experience

Solid Funds industry experience

Proven experience in Funds Accounting/Investment Compliance

Good written and verbal communication skills

Good organisation skills

Education

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel (Macro)

Multifonds/HiPort

Bloomberg

Job description

Job Description

CACEIS Malaysia is a processing centre of operational excellence supporting 10 countries across three geographical time zones. Malaysia is one of two operational processing hubs that supports Custody – Transaction Management; Settlements; NAV Production; Fund Reporting; Shareholder Services; Global Fund Platform Services; Data Service Delivery; Entitlements – income and corporate actions and Reconciliations. The country employs a Global Operating Model to maximise efficiencies across time zones and supports a 24/5 operational capability. The objectives for Malaysia are to enhance the scalability of our global operations, improve service quality via our ‘centres of excellence’ and to implement/leverage standard processes globally.

Supporting Region: Luxembourg

Working Hours: 9AM – 6PM

What will you do?

• Understand and perform the complexity fund with minimum support and propose improvement on the rule setup to reduce false positive.
• Perform investigation and analysis on all exceptions identified in ALTO. In case of breach, determine the status (active, passive, warning and technical breach).
• Provide coaching and guidance to the Fund Accountant administrator of Fund Risk Management Support Team.
• Perform analysis on the fund prospectus and information from external data provider (Bloomberg, Telekurs…etc).
• Understand and analyse the legal rules of UCITS and legal requirements and share with the team on any new changes.
• Understand clients and country specificities in terms of investment limits and propose best practice on compliance checks.
• Perform control review on all breach items and input in the systems (ALTO).
• Provide explanation and information to oversight team on any new breaches identified by the day through email communication.
• Perform and review the control for PCS fund.
• Provide support on any initiative changes within the team.

Nice‑to‑have

Accounting or finance business administration qualification desirable.

Fund accounting system knowledge desirable

• Multifonds/HiPort, Bloomberg or equivalent applications

Excel (Macro) and other Microsoft Office applications.

Application criteria

Starting date: 02/06/2025. Position with management. Minimum level of study: Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent. Training / Specialization: Bachelor’s degree. Languages: English.

Must‑have

• Relevant operational knowledge and experience (min 2‑3 years).
• Solid Funds industry experience.
• Proven experience in Funds Accounting/Investment Compliance.
• Previous analytical exposure is desirable.
• 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.
• Funds Product Knowledge.
• Investment Compliance / Regulatory knowledge.
• Company CACEIS.

About CACEIS

CACEIS is the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole dedicated to asset managers and institutional investors. Through offices across Europe, North and South America and Asia, CACEIS offers a broad range of services covering execution, clearing, forex, securities lending, custody, depositary, fund administration, fund distribution support, middle‑office outsourcing and issuer services. CACEIS is a consolidator in the European asset servicing market and posts sustained growth in its business activities. The group holds €5.3 trillion in assets under custody and €3.4 trillion in assets under administration (figures as of 31 December 2024). By working every day in the interest of society, we are a Group committed to diversity and inclusion and place people at the heart of all our transformations. All our job offers are open to persons with disabilities.