Director, Head of Fund Accounting Operations Lead - Asia South & JANA

Director, Head of Fund Accounting Operations Lead - Asia South & Jana

Citi Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Director of Fund Accounting Operations is a senior management level position responsible for delivering scalable and efficient operations in Kuala Lumpur, driving a variety of fund valuation activities in coordination with multiple stakeholders and teams. The overall objective of this role is to provide leadership to the Fund Accounting Operations team based in Kuala Lumpur, ensure enhanced and seamless delivery of activities associated with Net Asset Valuations (NAVs), and partner with stakeholders for new business and technology initiatives. This role directly reports to Head of Asia Fund Services Operations and will be a member of the Asia Fund Services Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and provide oversight in meeting operational goals, participate in business development including sales pitches and cost-out of new businesses.
• Ensure operations delivery on both strategic and tactical BAU priorities and objectives to provide a quality service to clients and stakeholders.
• Evaluate risk and controls, including operational impact of changes in legislation, and ensure compliance with established controls.
• Monitor service level standards and provide senior management with compliance reporting, maintaining an environment where processes and controls are monitored and potential risks escalated in a timely manner.
• Monitor Profit and Loss (P&L), expense management, budget, and planning.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, ensuring the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citi, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws and regulations, adhering to policy, applying ethical judgment, escalating and reporting control issues, and supervising others to maintain standards.
• Serve as an escalation point for the operations team and ensure open communications between operations and key stakeholders.
• Direct and participate in department and industry initiatives, and support corporate governance and ethics.
• Ensure communication and engagement with staff regarding changing business needs, ensure appropriate staffing through successful selection and retention, establish goals and perform performance assessments on a semi-annual basis. Coach and develop team members and assist in career development.

Qualifications / requirements

Education

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