Manager - Nav Oversight Job at Waystone Governance Ltd. (Leeds)

Job Description

The primary purpose of the FA Oversight team is to ensure high quality output and regulatory compliance of NAV production and financial reporting activities outsourced to third party service providers, particularly in relation to the production and dissemination of fund/class prices, financial statements, and associated deliverables. This will be achieved through: - Ongoing monitoring and due diligence - The identification and mitigation of operational risk - Building and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders - The application of collective investment industry knowledge and experience - Putting investors first - Ensuring accounting standards and policies are continually maintained. This role will play an integral part in achieving this objective.

Job Responsibility

Understand and challenge the output from third-party service providers to ensure required service standards are achieved
Ensure the escalation of issues in accordance with the team's escalation procedure
Review Management Information and Key Performance Indicators produced by third-party service providers, and internally, providing input for reporting to senior management and Investment Managers
Contribute to Due Diligence assessments of third-party service providers, as required, and provide reports senior manager on findings
Ensure timely and accurate response to queries raised by third-party service providers and fund auditors
Attend service review meetings, as required, to support the resolution of service issues
Build and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders, including third-party service providers, Investment Managers, Trustees/Depositaries, Custodians, and internal teams
Support senior management on any ad hoc projects or deliverables
Establish and manage the delivery of continuous improvement plans
Ensure ongoing monitoring and challenge of continuous improvement plans of the third-party service providers
Ensure pControl system for Oversight and Back-up NAV is maintained to reflect fund and regulatory change activity, along with appropriate validations and data to support the oversight of third-party service providers
Ensure work is allocated to the team in a timely manner and completed in accordance with deadlines, procedures, and relevant service levels
Facilitate fund change as required to ensure successful delivery in accordance with investor appropriate outcomes, along with Investment Manager and regulatory requirements
Effectively manage a team to ensure objectives are met
Establish and manage team training plans to ensure knowledge and experience is developed and maintained, and deliver training as required
Develop and maintain appropriate procedures for activities within the team, and in conjunction with external parties for outsourced services
Ensure breaches are recorded accurately and in accordance with deadlines
Produce MI as required for reporting to senior management
Support internal and external audits through provision of documentation and response to queries

Requirements

In depth knowledge and understanding of the UK collective investment industry, including accounting and the regulatory environment
Proven experience of leading a team, including performance reviews, coaching and resource planning
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to challenge information and results
Experience of working to strict deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook)
Recognised industry qualification (eg. IOC)

Nice to have

Recognised accountancy qualification desirable
Practical experience of working in fund administration operations desirable

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