Vice President

**Summary**:Reporting to the Director Fund Accounting, the Vice President (VP) - Fund Administration will be an integral part of the team’s success.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

The role consists of managing a number of client relationships, ensuring superior client service and the delivery of accurate information in a timely fashion. The VP - Fund Administration will have responsibility for their clients’ portfolios from start to finish. This will include (but is not limited to) the following:

- Serves as point-of-contact for multiple clients, addressing inquiries and ensuring timely service delivery (both internal and external) on a daily basis.
- Manage client-specific requests and define projects to develop processes to improve the product offering
- Understanding of fund structures, investment strategies, management and performance fee calculations, profit/loss allocation and currency class hedging.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders, investment managers, brokers & custodians where issues arise with regards to day-to-day running of the fund.
- Responsible for the review and/or calculation of Net Asset Values in line with clients’ requirements.
- Responsible for preparation and review of financial statements, supporting information and tax schedules in relation to the year-end audit
- Manage the Investor Services team including training and professional development
- Develop and maintain client confidence and belief in the company’s vision and strategy for delivering stakeholder value
- Understanding of fund structures, investment strategies, performance fee calculations, AML & compliance regulations
- Deliver a high level of service and immediate response time to all client and investor queries
- Manage client-specific requests and define projects to develop processes to improve the product offering
- Work with external auditors in preparation of year-end financial statements for the Funds
- Manage CRS reporting including FATCA reporting
- Work closely with the Compliance Officer to ensure all AML procedures are followed in accordance with the company’s Anti-Money Laundering procedures manual
- Participate in special projects within the Waystone group including quality control and process improvements
- Management of a team consisting of Assistant Vice Presidents, Associates & Sr. Associates where applicable.
- Assist with recruitment process and provide recommendations for hiring decision
- Ensure successful onboarding of new employees and seek assistance from Assistant Vice President or other team members as needed
- Ensure proper alignment & implementation of company policies, procedures or standards
- Monitor adherence of employees to company standards and business ethics
- Execute employee discipline on process, procedures and standards including investigation and corrective action decisions.
- Responsible for proper management of staff including workload distribution within the team, continued engagement, retention, professional development and wellness of team members.
- Ensure timely and proper communication of management direction or decisions to the team and vice versa.
- Conducts performance monitoring, review and support employee development to drive consistent high performance of the team.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee information, objectivity and equity in their exercise of Manager discretion and approvals.
- Review client deliverables of team members in accordance with agreed timelines.
- Responsible for managing the processing of trades, cash, income and expenses on a daily basis.
- Responsible for managing the daily cash and positions reconciliations.
- Responsible for preparation and/or review of expense payments
- Complete any other additional ad hoc tasks or deliverables that may be assigned as needed or due to business demand.

**REQUIREMENTS**

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**Experience**:

- Overall 8-10 years of experience in Accounting field
- Minimum 5 years of Fund Administration experience is required (ex. private equity, hedge funds)
- Fluent in written and spoken English, Mandarin is a plus
- Financial Reporting experience an advantage
- Minimum 3 years prior managerial or supervisory experience an advantage
- Experience in navigating fund accounting systems (ex. Invest One, eFront, Investran is an advantage)

**Education**:

- A university degree (B.A./ B.Sc./ M.B.A.) in Business (preferably specializing in accountancy or another financial-related discipline).
- Professional certification CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent or other international accounting certifications is an advantage