Fund Administration Manager

About the role

The Treasury & Portfolio Services (TPS) Team, part of the Fund Administration department, is a group of financial professionals responsible for accounting and custody oversight across multiple Fund platforms and product lines. The team’s core functions include oversight of Funds’ net asset value (NAV) calculations, Fund distributions, cash management, facilitating Fund events, ensuring closed-end Fund compliance, developing accounting policies, and providing accounting/custody guidance. The TPS Manager plays a key leadership role within this team, overseeing daily operations for a select group of analysts and driving various accounting and custody initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the resolution of complex accounting and operational issues
• Provide direct and/or indirect management to a team of TPS analysts
• Take a leadership role in the oversight of the Custodian Bank relationships
• Display strong understanding and technical ability around fund accounting activities related to NAV calculation
• Analyze impacting movements to the Funds’ NAVs and lead the NAV error resolution process
• Perform final review of multiple daily and periodic deliverables completed within the team
• Leverage accounting/custody/operational expertise to identify issues and provide guidance to staff around pertinent concepts within these processes
• Act as team’s subject matter expert on multiple operational oversight functions completed within the team
• Lead TPS in the completion of cross functional projects to support overall business initiatives
• Represent TPS and play an active role in various internal committees
• Care for the coordination of quarterly Board of Trustees materials and/or presentations for senior management
• Ensure team adherence to detailed procedures and policies when completing objectives
• Identify and drive needed updates to applicable procedures to ensure continued relevance and risk mitigation
• Lead the drafting of applicable accounting policies
• Support during internal/external audits and risk assessments
• Ensure adherence to various regulatory requirements
• Direct and oversee automation initiatives that utilize technology to help drive efficiency improvements and workflow optimization within the team

Requirements

• At least 10 years’ experience in the mutual fund accounting, operations, or financial services industry with progressive increase in responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field of study
• Extensive experience and solid understanding of core accounting principles
• Extensive experience in leading teams and fostering employee development
• Strong technical, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and verbal/written communication skills
• Prominent ability to manage large-scale projects effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding communication skills, including strong presentation and meeting facilitation abilities
• Ability to apply knowledge and experience to identify and help generate improvements in operational efficiency
• Strong sense of ownership across responsibilities and team initiatives
• Ability to arbitrate and resolve conflicts between internal and/or external constituents when necessary
• Ability to adhere to and develop appropriate procedures and controls to mitigate risk across the business
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Microsoft Excel)
• Familiarity with Bloomberg
• Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, and other data compilation/workflow tools a plus