Senior Fund Accountant/Analyst (IFFA)

at  AIMCo Alberta Investment Management Corporation

CLOSING DATE:

April 10, 2024
Opportunity
Are you someone who cannot stop until you find a solution to a problem? Do you relish the chance to tackle something without a proven course of resolution? This could be your next career adventure!
Highly successful Senior Accountants/Analysts at AIMCo share many of the same characteristics. They are self-starting, intellectually curious, and driven by a need for details. They are relationship builders and able to interact with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. They support their team through challenges and enthusiastically celebrate accomplishments.
Our Investment Finance Fund Accounting Department performs highly specialized fund accounting activities across AIMCo’s multi layered portfolios, ensuring client accounting fairness is maintained at all times. We oversee daily unit trades and execute in-kind asset transfers within AIMCo’s investment pool structure to ensure AIMCo’s AUM is accurately accounted for at all portfolio levels. Deeply rooted with accounting and data analytic knowledge, we manage accounting policies and improve the integrity of accounting and NAV data within our system. AIMCo clients rely on our monthly confirmation on Power BI accounting reports to carry out their accounting processes.
The hire will assist in the validation of investment holding, accounting entries and information between various sources, including the investment accounting system, investment general ledger, and investment datamart.
Responsibilities Include:

As the successful hire, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Validating of Investment holdings, accounting entries and information between various sources, including the investment accounting system, investment general ledger, and investment datamart.
• Assisting with the accurate and timely execution of asset transfers, backdates, client fairness adjustment, impairment, book correction, and journal entries.
• Overseeing daily investment pool certificate transactions, changes to portfolio structures and clients ownership ensuring all clients are kept whole through the transaction.
• Participating in change management activities, creating test cases, and providing sign off on all accounting system changes.
• Driving automation improvements, including accounting and data validations, utilizing data tools.
• Assisting with Accounting and DataMart error investigation, resolution, and prevention efforts.
• Facilitating Power BI processes and procedures development and implementation. Identifying, researching, and resolving complex technical problems.
• Responding to any Accounting or Audit inquiries from internal and external clients.

Success Factors:
Your success in the role will be in your ability to gain a deep understanding of SimCorp Dimension, internal reports and various data /validation tools. Your enthusiasm and passion for learning will be supported by the Investment Finance Fund Accounting team.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Business, Finance or another related field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in the financial industry with a strong understanding of finance, accounting, and business concepts.
• Professional designation (CPA or CFA).
• Strong technical capability in SimCorp Dimension (SCD) is considered an asset.
• Excellent data skills, including basic familiarity with Power BI, SQL Server, Power Query, Python, Snowflake and advanced excel proficiency.
• Proficiency in capital market, various instruments, quantitative analysis, and in reviewing extensive amounts of data and information.
• A team player with strong organizational and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Superior problem-solving skills and strong attention to details.
• Proven track record of taking initiative to independently research and resolve issues.

Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
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• Validating of Investment holdings, accounting entries and information between various sources, including the investment accounting system, investment general ledger, and investment datamart.
• Assisting with the accurate and timely execution of asset transfers, backdates, client fairness adjustment, impairment, book correction, and journal entries.
• Overseeing daily investment pool certificate transactions, changes to portfolio structures and clients ownership ensuring all clients are kept whole through the transaction.
• Participating in change management activities, creating test cases, and providing sign off on all accounting system changes.
• Driving automation improvements, including accounting and data validations, utilizing data tools.
• Assisting with Accounting and DataMart error investigation, resolution, and prevention efforts.
• Facilitating Power BI processes and procedures development and implementation. Identifying, researching, and resolving complex technical problems.
• Responding to any Accounting or Audit inquiries from internal and external clients