Fund Administration Executive

at  ZEDRA TRUST COMPANY SINGAPORE LIMITED

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

The Fund Administration Executive will demonstrate good theoretical and practical understanding of the day to day administration and regulatory requirements of investment funds, employer solutions trusts, and pension funds. He/she should have at least 2-3 years of experience in fund administration/client services with international or mid-large local fund administrators, trust/corporate services providers, and/or employees incentive services providers.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Fluent in both English and Mandarin

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Relevant qualification (degree, professional certification, diploma) in Business, Accounting/ Finance, Corporate secretarial is preferred.

OTHER SKILLS

Investment & Fund Services
Fund Administration/Fund Accounting & Valuation
Pension Funds
Pensions Administration
Administration
Accounting
Trust Administration
Regulatory Requirement

PURPOSE OF ROLE

The Fund Administration Executive will have direct responsibility for the administrative and fiduciary duties for a portfolio of investment funds, employer solutions trusts, pension funds, and other structures, ensuring timely delivery and high quality of service to both intermediaries and clients.
This is a client facing/client servicing role, and the Fund Administration Executive will work closely with senior administrator(s)/ client manager(s)/fund accountant(s) to service the needs of clients on a day-to-day basis.

He/ she will be responsible for overseeing and handling a portfolio of investment funds, employer solutions trusts, pension funds, and other structures, with the following key duties:

• Manage and process day-to-day administration of a portfolio of clients (e.g. investment funds, employer solutions trust, pension funds), and ensure delivery of high quality services to all intermediaries and clients
• Take responsibility for undertaking first level oversight review and testing of trust/fund requirements, record-keeping, resolutions and payment instructions in accordance to agreed trust/fund timeline, procedures and relevant regulations
• Liaise with external parties to obtain relevant valuation statements for NAV calculations
• Prepare and review periodic fund and trust valuation and oversight reports; communicate with clients, issue statements for investors and beneficiaries (e.g. employees for ESOP and investors/ fund managers for investment funds)
• Process invoice payments, subscriptions, redemptions, distributions and notices in accordance to requirements of the fund/trust requirements
• Working and coordinating with other team members belonging to local or other offices, where required, to ensure smooth and efficient administration and high quality service