Fund Accountant

Davita Inc. • Woburn, MA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 2h ago

Overview

Northeast Retirement Services (NRS) offers administration and processing solutions for large Financial Services organizations in the area of employee benefit plans and charitable programs, including services for all types of defined contribution and defined benefit plans, endowment programs and charitable trusts. Our clients include institutional investors, brokers, advisors and financial services firms requiring flexible, customized platforms for their customers. NRS' business model enables us to create an integrated approach that provides responsive & comprehensive solutions.

NRS leverages technology and its partners' strengths to bring measurable value to our clients. Our teams address strategy, operations, risk and technical issues in formulating end-to-end administrative solutions that are tailored to a client's specific situation and processing requirements.

Responsibilities

You will be a part of our growing operations team that has a wealth of experience in providing services to a global institutional market place. This is an opportunity for an individual looking to take the next step in their career.

In this role, you will be responsible for the daily operations of a set of clients in support of the firm's institutional transfer agency and fund-of-fund administration business lines. You will have primary ownership of a group of clients and a set of deliverables.

Perform review and reconciliation of daily transactions, ensuring accurate calculation of fund prices and cash movements are in balance.
Ensure daily, accurate, and timely delivery of reporting and processes.
Provide superior customer service to assigned clients.
Identify, research, and solve problems that may arise.
Build expertise within the Investment Services team.
Proven ability to re-prioritize based upon client deadlines.
Work closely with internal operations and systems teams to improve processes and drive operational efficiency.
Perform monthly close process and exceed deadlines based on management direction.
Pro-actively respond to client inquiries.
Work effectively with internal departments to prioritize client requests, deliverables, and issue resolution.
Assist senior team members in the preparation and implementation of client conversions.
Maintain proficient knowledge of, and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to this position, ensure ongoing adherence to pertinent policies, procedures, and internal controls, and meet all job-specific training requirements in a timely fashion.

Qualifications

BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field and/or equivalent work experience.
1 to 3 years of Fund Accounting, transfer agency or processing experience in financial services.
Ability to work quickly and accurately in a deadline-oriented environment.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Strong ability to apply analytical skills to data, workflows, numeric information, and problem-solving.
Proven ability to work in a team environment.
Advanced Excel skills.

Other Job Information

Compensation: Commensurate with experience plus potential for annual merit increase. In addition to your competitive salary, you will be rewarded benefits including: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation, Medical, Vision & Dental insurance, 401K with generous match, Pension, Tuition Reimbursement, Banking discounts and the list goes on!

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk or sit. Use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands or arms, and speak and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to focus.

The Company is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

The Company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability. If you have a physical or mental impairment and would like to request an accommodation with respect to the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department.