Reports to the Jurisdictional Head of Fund Services
The Aztec Group is excited about expanding our award-winning fund, corporate and depositary services offering into Ireland. The Head of Transfer Agency, Accounting and Valuations will play a key role in developing our fund services business in Ireland and supporting the Jurisdictional Head of Fund Services with operational, financial, governance and strategic considerations.
Key responsibilities – Establishing our Irish business:
Business establishment
- Providing hands on practical leadership with all elements of establishing our operational environment in Ireland
Regulatory application
- Support the Aztec project team working with the Central Bank of Ireland to obtain our fund administration and DAoFI permissions in Ireland
- Successfully assume the PCF33 and PCF39 functions of our fund services business in Ireland
Recruitment
- Help deliver the resourcing strategies of our fund services talent in Ireland as well as supporting the design and development of other client-facing and support teams in our Irish business
- Develop proactive relationships with recruitment agents, local business communities and educational institutions to support our longer-term team growth aspirations
Business development
- Work with Aztec’s business development team and the wider senior leadership team to help deliver a strategic plan of client and intermediary business to deliver revenue growth, profitability, relationship management and business development across Ireland and the EU
- Develop relationships with Aztec’s leadership team, both within Ireland and across the Group and provide a conduit for serving existing Aztec Group clients’ needs in Ireland
- Support the Jurisdictional Head of Fund Services Assist in building and growing Aztec’s fund services offering in Ireland with tasks such as proposal-drafting, fee and team considerations
Client management
- Work with the fund services leadership and management team to ensure that high-levels of client service are delivered on a day-to-day basis for their respective client portfolios
- Ensure that all client outputs are of sufficient quality and subject to satisfactory review
- Actively develop relationships with existing clients and their other adjacent service providers such as auditors and lawyers
- Work collaboratively with other Aztec teams providing services to the same clients to ensure a consistent and co-ordinated client experience
People management
- Provide oversight of and line management to managers within our Irish business, build a results focused culture, effectively supervise, coach, direct and engage the team through their day-to-day work and longer-term career ambitions
- Support people management initiatives including, but not limited to, training, development and/or promotion and remuneration considerations
- Work with the fund services management team on all aspects of junior team member recruitment and the relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Financial performance management
- Work with the fund services management team on an ongoing basis to support them with client- and team-specific financial considerations
- Liaise effectively with our internal finance team and our clients on billing, invoicing and payment considerations, supporting adequate working capital management
Operational performance management
- Act as the first point of contact for the fund services management team for all technical transfer agency, accounting or valuation considerations that may require a senior/experienced level of judgement
- Act as a higher-level authority for internal and external considerations including, but not limited to, new business risk assessments, financial decisions and formal client communications
- Work with the fund services management team, ensuring that Aztec’s internal control framework is consistently delivered across our Irish fund services business
- Work effectively with the Operational Resilience team to facilitate an effective ISAE3402 audit process
Governance
- Join the Aztec Ireland senior leadership team to consider local operational matters
Skills, knowledge, expertise:
- Proven experience of delivering and/or leading the provision of professional services to a portfolio of alternative investment fund clients
- Experience in a regulated financial services business in Ireland, including holding of one or more relevant regulated functions
- A relevant professional qualification in accounting, law, administration or governance
- Experience of contributing to and being responsible for operational, financial and people performance in a successful organisation
- Proven experience of contributing to both proactive and reactive business development activity, including relationship development, proposal development and presentation scenarios
- Strong technical knowledge of the transfer agency, accounting and valuation frameworks applicable in the Irish alternative funds industry
We will provide the training, both in-house for relevant technical knowledge and also 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.