Fund Accounting Assistant Manager

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**The Company**

We are a leader in the Fund Administration space with service centres including Luxembourg, Dublin, New York and Milwaukee and presently service multiple fund structures and investment strategies across several domiciles. Our innovative technology, coupled with a talented and motivated workforce allows us to deliver a superior service to our clients. We are committed to our services being of the highest quality and are continuously improving our technologies and processes, offering challenging, dynamic roles with excellent career prospects. We have established a Professional of the Financial Sector (“PFS”) in Luxembourg and have commenced operations in November 2020.

US Bank Global Fund Services Luxembourg S.a.r.l, (the “Company”) has been authorised by the Commission de Surveillance de Secteur Financier’s (“CSSF”) to be licensed as a PFS offering fund administration, transfer agency, client communication and domiciliary agent activities to Luxembourg domiciled alternative investment fund structures and their SPVs.

**The Role**:
As a Fund Accounting Assistant Manager you will assist the Manager in overseeing the daily fund accounting operations team supporting a group of clients and in maintaining strong client relationships. You will be responsible for ensuring that NAV calculations are performed, reviewed and signed off in accordance with existing procedures. You will be client focused, with the consistent delivery of a high quality client experience being priority at all times.

**Responsibilities**

**Client Service**:

- Serve as an escalation point of contact for a number of clients.
- Ensure all established fund accounting procedures and controls are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Work with team to ensure review & approval of NAV’s are thorough, consistent and timely.
- Ability to provide hands on cover for all funds within the team when required.
- Enable delivery of quarterly/other ad-hoc client reporting requirements.
- Enable timely delivery of annual year-end audit and financial reporting requirements.
- Ensure supervision of accountants on systems, adherence to procedures and maintenance of daily deliverables.
- Demonstrate working understanding of Private Equity/Debt, Hybrid and Alternatives portfolio investments, most common Luxembourg AIF fund structures and critically impacting the financials of the Fund and its entities under Lux GAAP/IFRS/US GAAP including any related tax considerations.

**Staff Management**:

- Assist Manager in providing training, mentoring new employees, promoting staff development and motivation.
- Provide input and feedback to staff regarding their performance /contribute to appraisals.
- Problem, error and operational query resolution on a timely basis (support team in same).
- Promote and monitor adherence to service standards and specified deadlines.
- Idea generation and ongoing assessment and improvement of operational service model.
- Maintain a good working relationship with external clients as well as with internal relationship managers and other business units.
- Assist in the development and implementation of departmental procedures.
- Work on Projects / Ad hoc tasks as required.
- Minimum 3 - 5 years fund accounting experience including Luxembourg funds industry, exposure to Luxembourg domiciled Private Equity/Debt, Hybrid AIF Funds life-cycle.
- Knowledge and experience in Lux GAAP and/or IFRS. US GAAP knowledge and experience is an advantage.
- Experience of performance fee/waterfall calculations, capital calls and distributions.
- Experience of Luxembourg SPV, holding companies and financing.
- Fund accounting experience of Luxembourg UCITS funds
- Experience of Advent Geneva/World Investor or other leading AIF platformsis an advantage.
- Experience of Luxembourg SPV, tax and trust environment.
- Minimum 1 year supervisor experience in a fund accounting team, proven coaching / mentoring skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Fluency in English Language (both verbal and written) essential. Any additional language is considered an advantage.
- Individual who takes initiative and ownership of assigned responsibilities.
- Positive ‘can do’ attitude with excellent problem solving skills.
- Detail-oriented.
- Team player.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise work and manage time to maximise efficiency and to meet strict deadlines.
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