PERM - Assistant Fund Accountant - London - Up to £35k

Assistant Fund Accountant:

A leading global advisory and solutions company that helps Financial Services clients around the world is looking for an Assistant Fund Accountant to provide support to their Investment Trust department.

Key responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will work within the Operation team and focus on the Fund Accounting.
• Act as a point of contact in the relation with the daily priced Investment Trust.
• Assist the team across the whole Fund range when required.
• Reconcile and prepare any distributions to the Investment Trust
• Manage the buyback process with both internal and external parties
• Manage the dividend income process
• Shadow accounting, calculation of Fund NAV's, monitoring of trade confirmations and reconciliations.
• Achieve the daily fund accounting responsibilities and assist with other operational activities such as credit facility management, currency and share class hedging, fund budgets and expenses.

Key skills:

• Experience/Understanding of working with Investment Trusts is highly desirable
• Understanding of Investment Trust distributions and buy backs.
• Corporate actions management and reconciliation
• Successful completion of at least 3 ACCA or CIMA exams

This a permanent opportunity based in Surrey. If you are keen to discuss this role further, please respond to this advert with your latest CV.