Description
Job description:
Core-Asset Consulting's client, a global financial services organisation in Edinburgh, has a new opportunity available for a Migration Manager to join their successful business on a 7 month initial basis. The role holder will be a subject matter expert working on TPA migrations playing a key role in the migration team supporting the lead migration manager including defining Transition Methodology documentation and migration success criteria.
Our client is looking for an experienced migration manager or team member with a strong knowledge of fund accounting, they will undertake detailed upfront analysis of the fund structures from current TPA data, this will involve review of fund pricing, Trial Balance accounts, and Tax and Fee Structures as well as Operational processes supporting the funds followed by mappings of the funds to HSS methodology and models which will support a successful migration.
Core responsibilities:
- Analysis of Funds Structures and Trial Balances and liaise with operational SMEs as appropriate.
- Trial Balance Mapping activities.
- Testing of the migration data load activities.
- Fund migration load and reconciliation activities.
- Parallel run reconciliation and reviews with focus being on investigating and resolving issues to both client and the firm's satisfaction.
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and strong negotiation skills
- Highly organised, able to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
- Good process design skills
- Good training and knowledge transfer skills
- Significant operational experience or sound understanding of the principals/objectives of life and pension fund accounting essential.
- Proven Track record of Fund migration/on-boarding experience essential
- Client facing migration management or change experience highly desirable
- Sound understanding of Fund Accounting Systems - Icon preferable
- Experience of P Control desirable
- Strong systems skills
- NAV Pricing or Life Fund Accounting
- Astute knowledge of fund accounting reporting
- End to End Operational understanding of fund accounting
- Project Documentation
- IAQ Merit Award or equivalent.- Required
- PRINCE2/Six Sigma - Desired
- IMC Certificate - Desired
- CFA - Desired
- ACCA/CIMA - Desired
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to the investment management, financial services and accounting & finance markets across Scotland.