Senior Fund Accountant

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Time management

Regulatory reporting

Pricing

Communication skills

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Location
Melbourne VIC
 
Full job description
What is this position about?

The Senior Fund Accountant has responsibility for the accurate and timely delivery of fund accounting services, with a significant focus on unit pricing and reporting activities.

In this role, the Senior Fund Accountant works with clients, internal and other external stakeholders as a subject matter expert to facilitate excellent client delivery.

Primary Role Responsibilities

Delivery of accurate unit prices and reporting, in accordance with timing specified in client SLAs.
Review and approve unit prices, exception reporting and other client reporting generated by offshore teams for client delivery.
Review and approve client instructions for fee processing, cash and rebalancing, static data setups and ensures no adverse impacts to unit prices.
Main point of contact for client queries.
Main liaison point with Registry on unit reconciliation differences.
Work with internal teams to reduce and interrogate reconciliation differences and identify themes to be addressed.
Ensure consistency across client reporting; unit pricing and accounting packs are aligned.
Ensure controls are maintained at all times and procedures and escalation protocols are adhered to.
Other contributions

Participate in transversal projects and transitions as the subject matter expert from Fund Accounting and facilitate collaboration and excellent client delivery.
Assist internal teams with their queries to achieve the best outcomes for the bank.
What is required for you to succeed?

5+ years industry experience in a custodian or similar fund accounting role with unit pricing and some understanding of the full-service model including tax and regulatory reporting.
Technical accounting ability: Knowledge of fund accounting, unit pricing, reporting and tax and related operational risk and compliance requirements of the client service function.
You have the ability to provide pragmatic and commercial solutions in problem solving.
The successful candidate has an inquisitive and questioning mindset and good time management skills, with the ability to meet critical deadlines in the area.
Demonstrated quality focus ensuring reports and the handling of queries or issues meet the requirements of departmental or client Service Level Agreements.
Operating from a customer-focused work ethic, you have the ability to think with an improvement focus, always looking to enhance the service you and the team provide.
Effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills. You have experience in liaising and working effectively with colleagues across various teams, including offshore teams.
You have the ability to question or escalate issues for resolution. You actively seek to resolve queries or reconciliation items for the clients you support, ensuring appropriate treatment. You ensure work completed meets compliance standards in terms of signoff.
You enjoy participating fully in a team, assisting with the technical growth and development of team members where possible.
About BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas is a top-tier European and international banking establishment, with an uninterrupted presence in the APAC region since 1860 and in Australia since 1881. Combining global expertise and local know-how, BNP Paribas in Australia and New Zealand delivers solutions to our clients through Corporate and Institutional Banking and Asset Management - a bridge between corporate and institutional clients.

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, ****** orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us at bnpp.hrss.recruitment.operations [at] asia.bnpparibas (dot) com
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or +61 2 +216 8633 (and ask for the Talent Acquisition Manager in the HR Team).
https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/
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