Fund Accountant, Fund Administration M/F

CACEIS; Putrajaya; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A processing center of operational excellence in Putrajaya is seeking a candidate to support various fund-related tasks. The role involves understanding fund management rules, analyzing exceptions, and providing oversight on compliance. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and relevant operational experience, along with strong communication and organizational skills. You'll play a vital role in enhancing service quality while supporting global operations across time zones. The position is full-time with operational hours from 9 AM to 6 PM.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of relevant operational knowledge and experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Solid understanding of compliance checks and funds product knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Understand and propose improvements on fund rules to reduce false positives.
• Investigate exceptions identified in ALTO.
• Coach and guide the Fund Accountant administrator.
• Analyze fund prospectus and external data.
• Conduct discussions on UCITS rules with the team.
• Understand clients' investment limits for compliance checks.
• Perform control reviews on breach items.
• Communicate any new breaches with the oversight team.

Skills

Relevant operational knowledge and experience

Funds industry experience

Proven experience in Funds Accounting/Investment Compliance

Analytical exposure

Written and verbal communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organization skills

Funds Product Knowledge

Investment Compliance/Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel (Macro)

Bloomberg

Multifonds/HiPort

Job description

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Job summary

CACEIS Malaysia is a processing center 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 times 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.

Supported Region

Luxembourg

Working Hours

9AM - 6PM

What will you do?

• Understand and perform the complex fund with minimum support and propose improvement on the rule setup to reduce false positive.
• Investigate and analyze all exceptions identified in ALTO; determine status (active, passive, warning, technical breach) in case of breach.
• Provide coaching and guidance to the Fund Accountant administrator of the Fund Risk Management Support Team.
• Analyze the fund prospectus and information from external data providers (Bloomberg, Telekurs etc.).
• Understand and analyze the legal rules of UCITS and legal requirements; conduct sharing 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 into the systems (ALTO).
• Provide explanation and information to oversight team on any new breaches identified daily through email communication.
• Perform and review control for PCS fund.
• Support any initiative changes within the team.

Supplementary Information

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.

Position location

Geographical area

Asia, Malaysia

City

Putrajaya

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelor's degree

Level of minimal experience

0-2 years

Experience

Relevant operational knowledge and experience (min 2-3 years).

Required skills

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 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 organization skills, ability to prioritize workloads to meet tight deadlines.
• Funds Product Knowledge.
• Investment Compliance /Regulatory knowledge.

Languages

English