Fund Services Portfolio Accountant Supervisor
Posted on: 17 Feb 2021
Houston, TX
Job Description
Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you\u2019ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.
About the Team
The Fund Administration Team of FIS is a growing, fast-paced business unit within the capital markets division. \u00A0As Fund Services Portfolio Accountant Supervisor, you will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting and administration for closed-end funds managed by clients.\u00A0
What You Will Be Doing
* Serve as portfolio accounting point of contact for clients
* Work closely with clients to resolve inquiries and ensure client satisfaction
* Supervise a team of 5-7 portfolio accountants, and oversee all aspects of portfolio accounting deliverables for several client relationships
* Implement portfolio accounting process with a commercial and control mindset.
* Develop and train portfolio accounting staff
* Review monthly GAV work paper package.\u00A0 Review all month end reconciliations including cash, positions, market price, market value, and accrued interest/dividends to supporting schedules and Trial Balance
* Assist with client onboarding which includes, but not limited to, loading of client's tax lots, cash balance and trial balance onto the accounting platform
* Assist in year-end audit by providing backup documentation for sampling selected by client's auditors.
* Review expense budget analysis and expense calculations
* Maintain daily and monthly accounting records.
* Calculate and review fund returns
* Perform ad-hoc functions related to fund requirements
* Ensure client month-end and reporting deliverables are satisfied
* Work closely with clients to resolve inquiries and ensure client satisfaction.
* Work well in a team environment to achieve common goals
What You Bring
* Minimum 5-7 years of previous fund accounting experience, preferably with hedge fund or fund administrator
* Highly proficient with Microsoft software
* Advanced Excel skills required
* Detailed knowledge of securities and fixed income assets. Structured products knowledge highly desirable (Term Loans, Revolvers, Delayed Draws, ABS)
* Experience onboarding funds onto accounting systems highly desirable
* Detailed knowledge of accounting systems (Geneva, VPM) and partnership allocations
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to work independently and meet deadlines without constant supervision
* Exercises independent judgment and multi-task oriented
* Takes initiative and ownership of job responsibilities
* Must be able to perform essential job duties accurately and timely
* Must adhere to deadlines and targets given
What We Offer You
* Attractive benefits including private medical cover, dental cover, and travel insurance
* A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
* The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology
* A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility, and respect
* Time to support charities and give back in your community
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Privacy Statement
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FIS
Jacksonville, FL
FIS is a leader in technology and services that helps businesses and communities thrive by advancing commerce and the financial world.
For over 50 years, FIS has continued to drive growth for clients around the world by creating tomorrow’s technology, solutions and services to modernize today’s businesses and customer experiences. By connecting merchants, banks and capital markets, we use our scale, apply our deep expertise and data-driven insights, innovate with purpose to solve for our clients’ future, and deliver experiences that are more simple, seamless and secure to advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS employs more than 55,000 people across 50+ countries, dedicated to helping our clients be ahead of what’s next. FIS offers more than 450 solutions and processes over $75b of transactions around the planet. FIS is a Fortune 500® company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.
For a better understanding of how FIS evolved into a world-renowned financial services technology leader, one needs to look back at the company's history.
The company was founded in 1968 as Systematics™, which was later acquired by ALLTEL Information Services, and then bought by title insurance giant Fidelity National Financial® in 2003, who renamed it Fidelity Information Services (FIS). Over the course of the next few years, FIS acquired several other financial technology firms, including Certegy® in 2006, eFunds® in 2007 and Metavante® in 2009.
These acquisitions broadened its reach across the globe, earned FIS a place on the Fortune 500 listing, and positioned the company as the largest technology provider to the global financial industry.
In 2015, FIS acquired SunGard, whose complementary offerings brought FIS into new markets for financial technology services, including asset managers, traders, custodians, treasurers, third-party administrators and clearing agents.
In Q3 2019, FIS acquired Worldpay, a global leader in e-commerce and payments, greatly expanding FIS’ capabilities by enhancing its acquiring and payment offerings and significantly increasing Worldpay’s distribution footprint.
This combination of organic and external growth has positioned FIS among the world's leading technology providers to the capital markets, retail banking and merchant industries. We connect the value chain and use our scale to develop solutions that enable our clients to grow confidently. We help our clients seamlessly adapt to innovations. We share insights and data with one another. We shape better experiences for clients and their customers alike. And we do all of this because at FIS we’re out to lift economies and communities across the world by relentlessly advancing the interests of commerce and the financial world.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees55,000+
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