Oversight Analyst United Kingdom Posted on 09/14/2023 Be the First to Apply

Oversight Analyst Overview

The primary purpose of the Oversight team is to ensure high quality output and regulatory compliance of fund accounting 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 and clients first
• Ensure accounting standard and policies are continually maintained

This role will play an integral part in achieving this objective.

Key Accountabilities and Main Responsibilities

• Analyse output from third party service providers to ensure the required standards are being achieved
• Support fund accounting activities through the timely and accurate response to queries and production of accounting information required by third party service providers, investment managers and other LASFS departments
• Prepare and/or review Management Information and Key Performance Indicators produced by the external providers and internally in LASFS
• Ensure procedures are followed and updated as required in order to comply with all applicable regulations and deliverables
• Support the delivery of continuous improvement plans
• Support management on any ad hoc projects or deliverables

Experience & Personal Attributes

Required

 

• Knowledge of the UK collective investment industry, including accounting and the regulatory environment
• Experience of working in a Finance environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• The ability to work to strict deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook)
• 5 GCSE’s or equivalent (including Maths and English), grade C or above

Desirable

• Recognised industry qualification (eg. IOC)

What we hope you’ll do next:

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