About the role:
This role leads the client accounting function for fund and corporate services, translating business strategy into operational plans and ensuring consistent, high quality financial reporting. The position involves building, developing and managing accounting teams, standardizing processes ensuring the core accounting software is implemented and developed to suit client and business requirements and serving as a technical expert across jurisdictions.
Key responsibilities:
• Work closely with the Head of Client Accounting to build a strong Fund and Corporate Client Accounting function across the Group.
• Translates business segment strategy into functional plans and guides their execution.
• Accountable for results which impact the entire client accounting function for the Funds and Corporate business line.
Skills and experience:
• Strong ability to lead teams of specialists and generalists with significant persuasion and communication skills.
• Ability to set and promote the correct organisational culture and values and act as a figure head/business advocate for the path forward.
• Deep knowledge of policies, procedure, regulations and legislation in operational area, and up to date knowledge of external issues (legislative, regulatory, best practice standards, etc.) that affect client servicing area in order to be able to affect change in the business in line with the industry standards.