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Role Overview
Fund Accountant at The Apex Group, located in KSA. Full-time position reporting to Senior Fund Accountant, supporting open-ended clients.
Company Overview
FundRock is a Pan-European leading independent UCITS management company and AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager). Our clients are established blue-chip companies and leaders in their domestic markets. We invest in our people, enabling development of skills and experience within a multicultural, ambitious and growing organization.
Role Purpose
Deliver accurate and timely fund accounting services for open-ended clients, ensuring full compliance with fund terms, regulatory requirements and company policies while maintaining strong client relationships and supporting the senior accounting team.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance & Regulatory
- Ensure all work undertaken complies with the respective fund's terms and conditions, relevant regulatory requirements, and anti-money laundering regulations.
- Maintain compliance with the firm's policies and procedures.
- Perform AML and KYC verifications.
Fund Administration
- Execute all-around processes of fund administration including calculation of NAV, pricing, processing of corporate actions, calculation of performance fees and shareholder services.
- Timely review and submission of NAV to clients in line with the SLA signed by the clients.
- Create required reports in time, without any reminders.
Quality Assurance & Client Management
- Review work performed by offshore teams and ensure its accuracy.
- Serve as the contact person for accounting matters for entities and promote excellent relationships with the company's clients.
- Deliver client deliverables on time with flexible work approach as needed.
Support & Development
- Assist seniors and receive coaching as needed.
- Provide backup for transfer agency functions.
- Demonstrate positive attitude and team spirit.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience as fund accountant or equivalent role.
- Strong educational background, preferably in accounting.
- Experience in all-around processes of fund administration including calculation of NAV, pricing, processing of corporate actions, calculation of performance fees, shareholder services, AML and KYC verifications.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong PC skills including Word, Excel and Macros in Excel (experience required).
- Expertise in Excel and presentation skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communications skills.
- Ability to read, write and speak English and Arabic proficiently.
- Proactive and willing to drive things forward.
- Ability to work to and meet agreed deadlines.
- Flexible in work approach due to nature of the role.
- Ability to multi-task and work in a pressurised environment.
- Capacity to problem-solve and ability to deal with complex issues.
- Ability to work separately and collectively in a group as the situation demands.
Additional Information
Benefits
- High level of visibility within a large organisation on an upwards trajectory.
- Ability to define a function of the Apex Business in the KSA.
- Opportunity to be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that makes genuine impact.
- Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile and global product line.
- Opportunity to innovate, improve processes and make a difference.
- Favourable salary.
- Education support, sponsorship and in-house training programs.
- Benefits tailored to each location to safeguard people and respect local cultures and ways of working.