Financial Reporting

The candidate should have 3+ years or more experience in a fund accounting/ financial reporting/financial statement audit environment and will have experience in financial statement preparation and self review from both a detail and quality perspective including application of IFRS and US GAAP.  The candidate should ideally have prepared and/or reviewed financial statements previously and have knowledge of audit requirements for hedge/mutual funds.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of primary financial statements (annual and interim) & all related notes in accordance with accounting and regulatory disclosure requirements (IFRS, US GAAP an advantage) within agreed client deadlines & SLA’s
• Self review financial statements both from a numbers perspective and also completed word documents for disclosures, quality and completeness perspective
• Liaise with partner sites for external deliveries and communicate status effectively and in a timely manner to local management and partner sites
  
• Interaction with stakeholders to respond to any accounting or financial reporting-related queries that may arise.
• Recognise and act on opportunities to improve processes including developing and making recommendations for change and encourage the team to come with ideas for effeciency
• To ensure all the risk and control checks are adhered to for clients in portfolio and follow all required checklists and SOPS, ensure they are up to date post audit cycles
• Liaise with (internal control) team on any issues that arise that need to be reviewed

Key Skills and Knowledge

• You will have 3+ years experience in a Financial Reporting or Audit environment in the Funds industry

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• Post graduate/CA/CPA with major in Finance/Accounting will be added value.
• You will be able to work within a team and build key internal relationships across locations with partner sites
• You will have very strong attention to detail in review of documents and analytical review capabilities in relation to financial statement numbers & reporting
• You will have knowledge and understanding of all primary GAAPS – Irish/UK, IFRS, US GAAP
• You will posses the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines at peak delivery times
• You will be able to implement change, efficiencies and manage initiatives along with your daily workload