Fund Accounting Analyst

Fund Accounting Analyst

London/Hybrid

6 month contract

Day rate £300 via Umbrella Company

Our commitment is to provide equal opportunity regardless of, for example, your gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or beliefs. We also engage with employers to develop programmes and pathways that embrace diverse talent and promote more inclusive employment worldwide through partnerships and other initiatives. We recognise and celebrate the value of difference and how it makes us faster, smarter and more innovative than our competition.

My client is one of the largest investment management companies in Japan, backed by a number of the leading financial institutions in Japan. They offer discretionary investment management, investment trusts and advisory services to a range of institutional investors, pension funds, government agencies and retail investors worldwide.

They are looking for an experienced Fund Accounting Analyst to join a small Fund Accounting and Valuations team on an initial 6 months contract with the potential for extension. In this position you will be working Monday to Friday, standard office hours with the occasional out of hours requirement in line with business needs, The position is being offered on a hybrid working basis being office based 3 days a week, 2 days working from home.

This role has arisen to provide business-as-usual support while the wider team focuses on a strategic transformation project and onboarding new investment management capabilities. This is a hands‑on operational role focused on maintaining the day‑to‑day running of fund accounting activities, including trade processing, portfolio administration, cash and stock reconciliations, corporate actions, dividends, FX processing and month‑end NAV support.

The role would suit someone with experience in fund accounting, investment operations, fund administration or custody operations who is comfortable working independently in a deadline‑driven environment and has strong attention to detail.

You will join a collaborative team of three professionals responsible for middle and back‑office fund accounting and valuation activities.

The underlying portfolios primarily consist of traditional equity investments, with potential exposure to broader global equity and fixed income mandates over time.

• Maintain shadow accounting records and ensure books and records are complete and accurate.
• Use Hi Portfolio to process and maintain daily portfolio transactions and accounting records.
• Process subscriptions, redemptions and other fund cash transactions.
• Input and validate daily investment trades.

• Perform daily cash reconciliations against custodian records and investigate and resolve any breaks.
• Perform stock/position reconciliations and ensure portfolio holdings agree with custodian records.
• Process and reconcile dividend income and withholding tax.
• Process and reconcile fees and other portfolio cash movements.
• Ensure daily reconciliations are kept up to date to support month‑end and quarter‑end deliverables.

• Process corporate actions and ensure the resulting cash and stock movements are correctly reflected in Hi Portfolio.
• Maintain daily security prices and FX rates to support accurate portfolio valuations.
• Process and post spot and forward FX transactions.
• Monitor the monthly forward FX rolling process.

• Monitor daily dealing cash flows and cash positions.
• Prepare cash forecasts and identify funding requirements, cash surpluses or potential shortfalls.
• Escalate any cash or reconciliation issues promptly to the relevant Fund Managers/team members.