Reconciliation Officer - #101297

Role Summary:

The Reconciliation Officer is responsible for Fund Reconciliation, Fund Administration and Tax Filing.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs daily reconciliation of cash and securities positions for all the Trust accounts
• Performs daily reconciliation of Portia Core cash balances and holdings versus Fund
• Accounting ledger balances and holdings
• Performs weekly and monthly reconciliation of securities positions for all the Trust accounts
• Performs monthly reconciliation of cash positions held with other settlement banks
• Performs monthly reconciliation of securities positions held by Unit Investment Trust Funds
• Monitors ageing of reconciling items, ensure that all reconciliation breaks are properly communicated and escalated to process owners
• Allocates monthly and quarterly interest earned of all settlement bank accounts
• Acts as documents custodian and ensures all documents are safekept and organized properly. Ensures all movements of documents are also recorded properly.
• Complies with regulatory requirements, company and group policies; maintain compliance awareness

• Relevant educational qualifications, preferably in university degree in economics, finance, business, accounting or similar courses
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience, particularly in reconciliations operations in banking or investments industry
• CPA is highly preferred
• Knowledge of the banking and financial services industries and asset management products
• Efficient and thorough; strong attention to detail with the ability to multitask and prioritize in a deadline-driven environment; firm commitment on quality and excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to develop relationships with multiple stakeholders throughout an organization
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Self-motivated, able to work independently in a relatively unstructured environment
• Proficiency with MS Office applications particularly MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word, as well as familiarity with trading systems (Bloomberg etc.)
• Knowledge of accounting and financial concepts, experience with bank accounting and financial statement analysis {highly preferred}
• Ability to identify and resolve potential issues problems
• High level of integrity