MAIN TASKS

Outsourcing controlling in accordance with 36 KAGB for fund accounting and the middle office

Ensuring regulated outsourcing controlling in accordance with § 36 KAGB

-          Regular review of the activities of the assigned outsourcing partners

-          Duty of documentation

-          Coordination and agreement with the outsourcing partners

-          Planning, implementation and documentation of the steering committee meetings

Fund controlling

• Ensuring compliance with legal, contractual and internal investment restrictions for the investment assets, responsible for correct set-up of limits in internal systems
• Monitoring that investment limit violations by portfolio management are reversed
• Review and publication of unit prices on the intranet and verification of the correct and complete booking of transactions
• Market conformity check for mandates
• Coordination with the depositary, the fund administration and middle office department to ensure a proper fund administration process
• Participation in the preparation of the semi-annual and annual reports for the funds
• Cooperation with auditors and internal audit
• Responsible for the withholding tax process

 

Data Management

• Keep Master Data File for all funds up-to-date
• Ensure correct fund data in external databases

 

Reporting

• Preparation of regular reports on compliance with investment limits
• Ensuring proper reporting for the investment assets
• Regular reporting (regulatory and client-specific reports)
• Ensuring proper publications (Federal Gazette) or monitoring of publications from fund admin (website)

EDUCATION:

Commercial vocational training as a bank clerk or studies in business administration or law with a focus on finance or capital market law.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 3 years of experience in fund accounting and fund risk controlling.
• Practical experience in the area of risk management of a capital management company appreciated.

HARD SKILLS (technical and cross-functional knowledge)

• In-depth knowledge of fund accounting and fund risk controlling
• Good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel
• Good knowledge of securities and financial innovations
• Good knowledge of supervisory law (KAGB, Derivatives Ordinance, WpHG, etc.)

SOFT SKILLS

• Strong numerical reasoning skills
• Analytical thinking skills
• High ability to work under pressure even under time pressure
• Precise and very accurate way of working
• Strong communication and teamwork skills

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Fluent in German and English or French
• Other languages appreciated : French/ English