Asset Management – Investment Operations Middle Office, Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting Associate

The Role

Asset Management – Investment Operations Middle Office, Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting Associate

Martis Search are exclusively representing a West End based, but global Asset Management company to hire a permanent “Asset Management – Investment Operations Middle Office, Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting Associate” to join their Investment Operations Middle Office.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established, but growing West End based Institutional Asset Manager.

Our client is looking for a “Asset Management – Investment Operations Middle Office, Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting Associate” and the role reports into their Head of Investment Operations Middle Office & Fund Accounting, so it is an excellent opportunity to learn not just from the Head of Operations, but also from other stakeholders in the business, such as senior Operations Managers and other team members. The Head of Operations is very knowledgeable, but also genuinely friendly and approachable too and willing to share their wealth of knowledge to the chosen incumbent.

The role will involve lots of different very manual processing tasks every day. Over time there will be more automation with their existing OMS, but you need to be able to cope working with manual “Portfolio Administration/ Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting” type tasks.

There will be a lot of manual Payments processing, Cash Reconciliations and every quarter, you will be working with NAV’s/ Valuations on a range of their different Equity, Private Equity and Fund-of-Funds. Full “on-the-job-training” will be provided.

Our client is open-minded and is happy to look for:

1. Either a graduate calibre with x 6-Months – 3-year’s Portfolio Administration/ Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting experience gained from a Financial Services company such as within Asset Management, global Custodian, or Administrator.
2. Either a graduate calibre with x 3-years + Portfolio Administration/ Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting experience gained from a Financial Services company such as within Asset Management, global Custodian, or Administrator.
3. A Part-Qualified Fund Accountant with some experience in Portfolio Administration/ Fund Administration/ Fund Accounting experience gained from a Financial Services company such as within Asset Management, global Custodian, or Administrator (and who is happy to do both manual Fund Administration/ Operational duties, as well as the quarterly Fund Accounting/ NAV work.

In addition, having the ability to be a logical thinker is key, as well as having exemplary communication skills i.e. confident to approach people at the right time, to pick up the phone and speak to senior Operations Managers, as well as approaching senior people/ Fund Managers face-to-face to get information without having been told to.

Our client is also looking for someone who has a willingness to learn and does not think that any type of work related task is beneath them.

The company offer a hybrid mix of working-from-home and also in-the-office, so you get the best of both worlds. They boast an excellent culture and a great manager to learn from. The company are ethical in their stance and outlook and are an employer with genuine morals.

In-our-opinion, this is an excellent opportunity.

Please apply if you have the relevant experience and we can provide a more detail specification.

Salary

£35,000 k pa – £66,180 k pa, dependent upon experience, plus very good holiday allowance and pension, plus Healthcare, Life Assurance etc.