Associate Fund Accountant

Fund Accounting Onboarding Associate Location: Edinburgh Contract Duration: 10 months Responsibilities: - Understand and articulate the impact of assigned on-boarding or new product development requests and, through the development of functional specifications (where required), work closely with our partners on both technology and operations to execute the on-boarding or new product deployment. - Build and maintain close working relationship with each business partner (e.g. Operations, OSD, Client service, Product, Technology etc) - Ongoing support in all assigned phases of the product development activity (on-boarding or new product / change) through design, testing and implementation, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of end deliverables to our partners. - Gather, understand and document business requirements and support the preparation of functional specifications - Development & review of detailed operating model from a business and process perspective (touch-point into regional / global operating model) - Define and document requirements e.g. define inbound and / or outbound data required and any calculations needed. - Work with the SME / business partner to develop test strategy, document test plans, test scripts and test data, ensuring adequate testing of business requirements and operating model. - Actively pursue the resolution of business issues identified during testing - Work within the team to co-ordinate project efforts and delivery plans - Deliver any necessary training programs - Work with the manager to identify and manage project risks Technical Skills & Knowledge: - Detailed knowledge of fund accounting and / or financial reporting consummate with the grade - Detailed knowledge of business processes and the operating operating model as it relates to Fund Accounting within the region. - Detailed knowledge of CIB products which utilise or interact with fund accounting would be beneficial - Knowledge of a Project Life cycle, project governance, project control, best practices Experience: - Previous experience of business analysis - Previous experience in process re-engineering - High level of expertise in fund accounting / financial reporting consummate with grade - Proven networking ability across the organisation

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Posted Date: 2/1/2025