Reports to Depositary Manager
The purpose of this position is to contribute to the delivery of the routine day-to-day functions of a depositary to a portfolio of Aztec Group clients, under the direction of a Depositary Manager.
Key responsibilities:
- Delivering the daily cash monitoring and reconciliation obligations for a portfolio of depositary clients through the use of a checklist suite. This includes working with a team and/or with the client to source relevant documentation, to support any cash flow activity observed in an efficient and effective manner.
- With the support of your team, collating documentation from internal and external sources that supports our clients’ fund investment activity both as it occurs and for periodic reconfirmations.
- Providing support in verifying the ownership of the assets of a fund.
- Supporting process design, development and improvement activities.
- Maintaining accurate fund accounting records on eFront software and fund documentation records on
- Assisting with the maintenance and monitoring of routine depositary information requests and queries through correspondence with the client and/or other Aztec teams.
Skills, knowledge, expertise:
- A successful university graduate with a strong academic background, or an equivalent accountancy qualification.
- Sound technical financial services knowledge; previous experience of working in Accounting is desirable, although other work experience will be considered.
- An eye for detail, strong organisational and communication skills, the ability to work to fixed deadlines, a good degree of initiative as well as a desire to provide high levels of client service.
- A willingness to read and interpret domestic and EU regulations and legislation, primarily related to Alternative Investment Funds.
- Computer literacy skills are essential.
- The candidate will have the right to work in the UK, and will be expected to study towards a relevant professional qualification (ACCA or ACA), which will be supported through the Aztec Academy. As Aztec is a highly regulated organisation, the candidate will be expected to comply with the requirements of all relevant UK and EU regulations.
We will provide the training, both in-house for relevant technical knowledge and external for the professional qualifications, to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients is at the heart of what we do.