Associate - Investment Accounting

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About the Role

Responsible for investment and unit-linked product accounting activities

Perform daily investment accounting processing in accordance with Business Process Manuals and applicable accounting policies & standards and ensure that all investment accounting data are processed and maintained accurately, in a complete manner and on a timely basis.

Maintain high quality of documentation for investment accounting processes and in accordance with Business Process Manuals

Attend and respond to investment accounting enquiries from Group and Local Finance and Investment Operations teams, and other relevant stakeholders, satisfactorily and in a timely manner.

Support Group and Local Finance and Investment Operations teams, and other relevant stakeholders on daily investment accounting matters as well as projects and initiatives.

Assess, recommend and implement improvements in investment accounting processes and systems to improve effectiveness and efficiency of daily processing, including interdependencies with upstream / downstream processes and systems and incorporation of changes onto Business Process Manuals.

Job Requirements : Qualifications :

University Degree in Accountancy or related fields.

Internationally Recognized Accounting Qualification (ACCA, CFA, etc)

Professional experience :

1 + Years investment accounting experience in multi-national insurance, asset management and / or unit trust companies

Experience in a shared services or similar environment providing investment operations and / or accounting services to external / internal stakeholders

Specific Business Knowledge :

Basic knowledge of investment products (fixed income, equities, funds, structured products, asset-backed securities, derivatives money market etc) including both their investment characteristics and accounting treatments

Knowledge of control environments in an investment operations and / or accounting environment

Experience in investment accounting and / or operations systems (PORTIA , SAP FAM, PAM, HIPORT etc) and architecture