Fund Administrator

**Overview**

To provide investment operations support to Fund Operations boutique fund managers covering a range of portfolio administration functions namely valuations, corporate actions, cash forecasting, performance reporting, trade settlement management, cash movements, broker and custodian liaison, and relationship management. The role covers a range functions working on managed funds, private equity funds and listed investment companies. Investment types covers both domestic and international types including Equities, Futures, Options, FX, Currency forwards, Swaps, Fixed Income, and Managed Funds.

**Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities**

Strategic Focus
- Provide support in the onboarding of new clients and ensuring the effective and timely implementation of client change requests
- Contribute to project work to improve service quality e.g. system implementations, automation
- Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders such as wholesale and retail clients, custodians, fund managers and brokers
- Regularly review processes and procedures with a view to implementing efficiency and accuracy improvements

Operational Management
- Accurately prepare and review unit prices for managed investment funds, private equity funds and listed investment companies
- Produce and review Gross Asset Value (GAV) and Net Asset Value (NAV) including unit pricing calculation for NAV
- Reconcile cash records, positions and trades to the custodian/ PB
- Update portfolio system relating to investment trades, settlements, corporate actions, income receipts and cash movements
- Prepare periodic reports to fund managers, their clients, and asset consultants
- Ensure timely delivery of various reporting requirements to fund managers
- Preparation of reconciled month end portfolios for accountants to complete unit pricing
- Preparation of periodic reports to fund managers, their clients, and asset consultants
- Update portfolio system relating to investment trades, settlements, corporate actions, income receipts and cash movements

People Leadership
- Partner effectively with cross functional teams, including Australian teams, ensuring clear communication and knowledge sharing
- Provide support, review and preparation of Investment Operations daily deliverables
- Collaborate closely with the team and the broader organisation to achieve shared goals, treating all colleagues and clients as valued partners

Governance & Risk
- Ongoing monitoring and improvement of risk and compliance controls.
- Post trade compliance monitoring
- Adopt a risk management culture, and effectively limit risk exposure to MUFG Corporate Markets with strategies to mitigate risk

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.

**Experience & Personal Attributes**
- 2+ years registry experience in a custody, fund administrator or fund manager environment within a high volume, client focused working environment
- Tertiary degree in relevant field such as Finance, Accounting or Commerce is required
- Strong technical knowledge in financial markets including investment products, markets and securities
- Process expert knowledge in the investment process and trading instruments across various asset classes
- Comprehensive understanding of performance measurement, attribution analysis, and risk assessment models for evaluating investment outcomes.
- Skilled in problem solving and implementing practical solutions
- Proactively responds and adapts to change - supports and influences strategies to enable business transformation and enhancement
- Excellent written & verbal communication to engage with people at all levels of the organisation and build strong relationships and trust with clients and internal stakeholders
- Excellent organization skill - ability to multi-task in a high-pressure environment
- Attention to detail - ensures accuracy and efficiency of daily tasks and high personal standards in all work areas
- Takes ownership and pride of quality of work delivered to ensure exceptional client focussed approach

MUFG Pension & Market Services is a global, digitally enabled business that empowers a brighter future by connecting millions of people with their assets - safely, securely and responsibly.

Through our two businesses MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets, we partner with a diversified portfolio of global clients to provide robust, efficient and scalable services, purpose-built solutions and modern technology platforms that deliver world class outcomes and experiences.

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