Job description
Manage daily operations for Japanese and Cayman funds, including fund accounting oversight, middle-office activities, NAV oversight, trade lifecycle monitoring, cash monitoring, subscriptions/redemptions, fee accruals, valuation and reconciliations.
Monitor outsourced service providers, including middle/back office, fund administrators, fund accountants, custodians and trust banks; review deliverables, service quality and timeliness.
Review NAV calculations, accounting records, fund expenses, financial statements, performance reports, risk-asset reports, regulatory reports and audit deliverables. Coordinate responses to internal and external audits and support regulatory reporting, inquiries and requests involving relevant authorities and industry associations, including BOJ, JITA and JIAA, as applicable.
Support Japanese investment trust and public offering fund operations, including daily NAV, reporting, workflow design, UAT and implementation.
- Identify and resolve NAV errors, valuation issues, control exceptions and operational incidents; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions
Support new fund and product launches, regulatory and system changes, process optimization and automation.
- Coordinate with Risk, Compliance, Finance, distributors, counterparties, administrators, trust banks and auditors
8+ years of relevant experience in fund operations and/or fund accounting, with strong hands-on experience in Japanese fund operations.
Experience in Japanese fund accounting, fund administration, middle-office operations and fund reporting, including performance reporting and risk-asset reporting, is required. Japanese public offering fund and Cayman/offshore fund experience is strongly preferred.
Ability to manage end-to-end daily fund operations, from middle-office activities through NAV publication, and to handle operational incidents and valuation corrections.
T-STAR experience is highly preferred, together with practical knowledge of portfolio accounting and front-to-back investment-operation systems.
Good knowledge of equities, bonds, FX, onshore/offshore funds and listed derivatives; OTC derivatives or TRS experience is advantageous.
Strong Excel and MS Office skills, with the ability and willingness to automate operational processes. Basic programming capability and strong overall IT proficiency are expected. Experience in UAT, process development and project/change management is desirable.
- Independent, analytical, organized and proactive, with strong communication and stakeholder-management skills and a collaborative mindset.
OUR CULTURE:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DE&I):
Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our vision:
• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
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