Typical Day in the Role:
• Reconcile general ledgers to subsidiary ledgers and escalate to Senior Fund Accountants/Assistant Manager for outages
• Review and process transactions related to dividends, interest, corporate actions and trades instructed by traders/portfolio managers
• Reconcile and review accounting holdings to custody, investment book of record and prime broker statements. Investigate and resolve any outages.
• Reconcile and review accounting unitholder holdings to transfer agency report. Investigate and resolve any outages.
• Reconcile and review bank statements. Investigate and resolve any outages with internal and external parties to resolve in timely manner
• Assisting with Month End Process
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 5-7 years as an Accountant
2) Strong knowledge of MS Office – Specifically Excel and comfortable working with large data/spreadsheets (V-Look ups/Pivot Tables)
3) 2+ years of experience in Account Reconciliation
4) Experience with Peoplesoft or OBI
5) Previous experience working in a Financial Institution
Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) CPA is an asset
2) Previous client experience
Education:
• Post Secondary education in Accounting or related field