Fund Accounting Team Leader - Securities
KrakówFund Accounting Team Leader - Securities
Kraków
NR REF.: 1149891
Universal-Investment is the largest independent investment company in the German-spoken Europe and market leader in the areas of master-KVG and private label funds. With its administration, insourcing and risk management services, the company focuses on the administration and structuring of funds, securities, real assets as well as alternative asset classes and offers complex risk management solutions.
To achieve our ambitious growth goals, we are currently looking for a Team Leader to join the Securities Team, part of the Operations Division (Fund Administration Services). The exciting position combines hands-on daily business and building up team structure to cope with huge growth.
Your areas of responsibility include:
What you offer:
What we offer: Employees at our company are encouraged to work independently, show commitment and be supportive. In our company, creativity and team spirit are actively practised. We offer our employees both personal and professional training opportunities and promote the individual strengths of each individual.
By pressing the ‘Apply’ button the Candidates are applying to Hays recruitment agency which provides its services to Universal investment Branch in Kraków. The applications of Candidates meeting the Universal Investment requirements will later be forwarded to Universal Investment for further recruitment.
Kraków
NR REF.: 1149891
Universal-Investment is the largest independent investment company in the German-spoken Europe and market leader in the areas of master-KVG and private label funds. With its administration, insourcing and risk management services, the company focuses on the administration and structuring of funds, securities, real assets as well as alternative asset classes and offers complex risk management solutions.
To achieve our ambitious growth goals, we are currently looking for a Team Leader to join the Securities Team, part of the Operations Division (Fund Administration Services). The exciting position combines hands-on daily business and building up team structure to cope with huge growth.
Your areas of responsibility include:
- Ensure that processes are delivered efficiently and effectively as well as governed appropriately
- Comprehensive processing and accounting of securities transactions, loans, securities lending transactions as well as call and time deposits
- Checking and monitoring the individual transactions
- Quality assurance by checking and matching the internal and external items on the bank accounts
- Processing and resolving complaints with the custodians, asset managers and internal units
- Support in processing new fund projects and implementing new products
- Cooperation in structuring, implementing and optimizing new processes
- Participation in internal projects and working groups
- Cooperation in the specialist and technical development of assigned tasks
- Build up team structure incl. capacity management, responsibilities
- Lead, motivate and develop team members
- Participate in the recruitment and selection process of future team members and performance review process
- Introduce control & escalation mechanism
- Involvement in the specialist and technical development of the assigned tasks (incl. submitting proposals for improvement, concepts, carrying out tests and implementation measures in the systems)
- Direct contact partner for internal and external auditors
- Involvement in implementing, structuring and optimizing new processes
- Driving implementation of digital initiatives and transformation projects
What you offer:
- Bank officer training or comparable training, supplemented where applicable by a university degree in financial economics, business related areas
- Several years' professional experience in the fund accounting department of an investment management company or custodian and/or in the securities accounting department of a bank;
- Experience in Supervisor/Team Leader role in operations
- Strong management skills, ability to delegate tasks and to gain commitment of team member
- Ability to build trust and strong relationship management
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional work environment
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Strong analytical skillset and attention to details, solution orientation
- Knowledge of different investment products / finance instruments (securities, loans, funds, fixed deposits, etc.);
- Knowledge of setting up transaction models (Advisory, Outsourcing);
- Knowledge of the implementation and the settlement of commercial transactions;
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel) and conventional information systems;
- Ideally - experience in working with XENTIS and Bloomberg;
- Very good knowledge of English (in writing and speaking);
- Knowledge of German is a plus.
What we offer: Employees at our company are encouraged to work independently, show commitment and be supportive. In our company, creativity and team spirit are actively practised. We offer our employees both personal and professional training opportunities and promote the individual strengths of each individual.
By pressing the ‘Apply’ button the Candidates are applying to Hays recruitment agency which provides its services to Universal investment Branch in Kraków. The applications of Candidates meeting the Universal Investment requirements will later be forwarded to Universal Investment for further recruitment.
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