Job Title: Senior Fund Accountant
Business Unit: Fund Accounting – BNP Paribas Fund Administration Services Limited
Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract (12 months)
Location: Sandyford, Dublin/Parkmore, Galway (Hybrid)
About BNP Paribas
At BNP Paribas, we center our values on what drives the company forward. Our driving forces are Agility, Client Satisfaction, Compliance Culture and Openness.
Agility: we want to behave more simply to embrace useful innovation and digital transformation.
Client Satisfaction: we believe that our success lies in being the customers’ and clients’ preferred choice.
Compliance Culture: we believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics
Openness: we promote open-minded attitudes towards our stakeholders. We aim for everyone in Group to feel included, to have their say and be empowered
Our strengths are based off four key areas of Stability, Expertise, Responsibility and Good Place to Work
Stability: we build upon our solid, long-term oriented management, our diversified and integrated business model and our international footprint.
Expertise: we build upon our recognized and expanding knowledge of our teams.
Responsibility: we build upon our culture of responsibility and integrity to ever better serve the interest of our customers
Good Place to Work: we foster a stimulating workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect

ROLE

The onshore Senior Fund Accountant (SFA) role is responsible for the validation and release of the Nav price for funds completed offshore and the management of client interaction, including responses on queries and the sending of reports.
The validation process involves oversight of the Nav Pack completed by our offshore teams and a high level review of any exceptions in our exception based system prior to Nav price release. Client queries, monthly reporting requirements and adhoc client report requests are managed by the SFA through Hobart, a query management tool.
SFA’s are expected to have daily engagement with a number of different stakeholders in the valuation process, such as internal Transfer Agency, Depository, Client Service Management teams, and external Investment Managers, Management Companies, Auditors and brokers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Monitor and respond to queries from our offshore teams received via Outlook
Escalate or communicate issues/queries on a NAV with a client, IM, broker or any other external or internal team where required
Attend daily touch point calls with onshore and offshore teams. (to note there could be two daily touch point calls)
Manage allocated deliverables through active engagement with offshore teams
Review and release of super exceptions in PControl ensuring valid comments are input by the offshore Nav team and relevant back up is saved down, where needed, as part of the NAV Pack
Update team allocation tracker regularly throughout the day
Communicate and collaborate regularly throughout the day with fellow SFA’s via the team Skype chat
Take ownership of any queries received in Hobart/ team Outlook DL that relate to allocated deliverables
Respond to assigned queries received from clients, IM’s or any other external/internal team in Hobart by EOD with an aim to close all queries within 24 hours where possible
Escalate queries to a Team Leader/Assistant Manager where required
Communicate and highlight client issues to the relevant CSM
Complete monthly balance sheet reviews as per team allocation
Take ownership of additional assigned daily/monthly adhoc tasks including but not limited to review of monthly admin and quarterly board packs, monthly fee reviews and completion/review of monthly OCR
Assist the Financial Reporting team with audit and semi-annual financial statement queries, taking ownership of FA queries on allocated funds
Responsible for cross training team members on tasks and any unique aspects of client reviews/queries when requested by the Team Leader to ensure adequate support and coverage on the team
Review and comment on aged cash/position breaks, stale prices file for allocated funds and represent the team in weekly department Rec Committee meetings
Attend monthly team meetings in order to provide feedback on deliverables/processes

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLES

A minimum of 2-3 years Fund Accounting experience with final Nav release experience preferred
Good outlook and excel knowledge
Good knowledge of Fund accounting, including Custodian and Prime Brokers/Counterparty activities
Leadership skills, including mentoring, assessment, training, and development planning
A good understanding of mutual and hedge fund investment types, strategy, and performance fees
Experience of dealing directly with clients and other external stakeholders
Prior experience using accounting systems such as Multifonds preferred but not essential
‘End to end’ of valuation process experience preferred but not essential
A third level qualification preferably in a business or accounting related discipline
Excellent organisational skills